Transatlantic Sessions: “…roots that encompass Celtic and Appalachian music.”
Richard Lutz watches a night of pure roots at Symphony Hall.
Village People and other tales
Richard Lutz remember his early innocence in New York’s Greenwich Village.
What’s in a Name at The Rep: “…sharp wits, deep secrets around the dinner table..”
Richard Lutz sits down to a quip-heavy dinner party at the Birmingham Rep.
Love at The Birmingham Rep: “…. harrowing drama from the lower depths…”
Richard Lutz takes a pew for a gripping tale about homelessness and the enduring power of love.
Screengrab: A grounded Redford takes to the high seas
Richard Lutz navigates through the dross of the week’s movies on tv to find a sunken treasure
That was the wall and the walk that was and other tales
Richard Lutz leafs through the wreckage of his past week.
Sparkbrook and the eye of the lens
Richard Lutz highlights a book about a Birmingham neighbourhood that continually changes and refuses to die.
Street legal on High Street
Richard Lutz contemplates what’s on offer inside a US marijuana shop.
Screengrab: The Straight Story about an odyssey in old age
Richard Lutz checks out the best movie on the box for this week.
Ban the Bard and other tales
Richard Lutz peers through the leaves of his past week.
Screengrab: Clooney, Kirk and Christmas
Richard Lutz trawls the movies on the box that you just can’t miss…
Sharks and Other Tales
Richard Lutz wanders through Warwickshire, hears a choir, fails at a pub quiz and ponders the world of sharks
The dark shadow on the sidelines
As the British football sex scandal gains steam, Richard Lutz remembers his school where a sports coach preyed on boys. It has caused a national scandal in the US
RSC Tempest: Stratford meets the digital age in a vibrant classic
Imagine a 30 foot high Ariel towering above Propero – that’s what you get in this groundbreaking performance, says Richard Lutz
Road map to Pence-sylvania
With all the noise about Donald Trump, how about the other guy- the one a heartbeat away from the Oval Office? Richard Lutz checks the facts
Robert Glasper review: free-flowing, innovative, cheeky
Richard Lutz catches a mix of jazz, hip-hop, RandB and techno from a young master
That was the west Texas that is..and other tales
Movies, English sunken lanes and an internet warning. Richard Lutz surveys another week
Lord Howard: Why I feel safe in the United States of Animosity
Diplomatic editor Sir Howard Elston analyses the new Trumpie inner circle.
Trump to Queen: ‘You’re fired, girl”
Sir Howard Elston, inside the Trump citadel, with an exclusive that’ll shock all lime-eating Brits.
High Five- one of Britain’s finest writers emerges on a new bill
Scotland has engraved the portrait of one of its best kept secrets on its new £5 note. She’s a writer almost no one has heard of…until now.
A quick constitutional walk through Trump, guns and a really rigged voting system
Donald Trump enters the White House with little knowledge or respect for constitutional law. But things must change to accommodate the times, says Richard Lutz.
Kiss Me Kate: sharp, funny, an absolute winner
Richard Lutz brushes up his Shakespeare, thanks to the Welsh National Opera.
Rover’s glorious return
Richard Lutz reviews The Rover at the RSC’s Swan Theatre in Stratford upon Avon.
Review: KT Tunstall in Birmingham
Richard Lutz reports from Symphony Hall.
Those were the woods that was….and cars and baseball and the US election
Richard Lutz rummages through the vestiges of the last week
Review: What Shadows at The Birmingham Rep
Richard Lutz reviews a new play about Enoch Powell, the politician who polarised a nation with a venomous speech made more than four decades ago.
Review: Million Dollar Quartet is ‘..a livewire exuberant night out…’
Richard Lutz puts on his blue suede wellies to take in a jukebox classic at the Birmingham Hippodrome.
Review: Two Noble Kinsmen
Richard Lutz is in two minds about the latest RSC offering at Stratford on Avon.
Review: Loudon Wainwright III
Richard Lutz takes his pew at Birmingham’s Town Hall for a concert by an old troubadour
Trump and Fear
With less than a month to polling day, Richard Lutz reports on the US election.