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Anthony Holden

Anthony Holden

Old school poker shark

9 Aug 2007

As a biographer of the Royals, Shakespeare and Tchaikovsky, as well being the classical music critic of the Observer, Anthony Holden has always been a respected writer but it is the less respectable subject of poker that has given him his biggest sales.

Arthur Smith

(4 stars)9 Aug 2007

The Fringe veteran takes a different approach with a showcase of his and other comedians’ artwork. This exercise in combining comedy and art is Dadaist in its execution, with empty cupboards, daft signs and a happy slapping video. Stewart Lee’s…

As the Mother of a Brown Boy

(3 stars)9 Aug 2007

Just as society lets so many young black men fall through the net, As The Mother Of A Brown Boy also struggles to reach the dead boy it tries to reclaim from the ranks of statistics. As usual, Chickenshed are to be lauded for attending to a subject…

Asobi Seksu

Asobi Seksu

Citrus

(2 stars)9 Aug 2007

ELECTRONIC POP In Asobi Seksu’s world dreamy vocals soar over turbulent guitars and delicate vocals switch between English and Japanese in sweeping psychedelic pop songs. But in the real world the result is somewhat toothless, and, despite its…

Auto Auto

Auto Auto

(3 stars)9 Aug 2007

Humans like doing what they know they shouldn’t: smoking, though we know it could kill us; drinking, though it makes us ill; eating the food that’s bad for us (ever got a thrill from eating a lettuce leaf?). But in real life, without running the risk of…

Away

(Granta)

(4 stars)9 Aug 2007

SOCIAL DRAMA Amy Bloom’s latest novel follows the journey of Lillian, a Russian woman who watches her family being brutally killed and then travels to America to escape those memories and her country. Once there, the plot rockets through a number of…

Barry Castagnola

(2 stars)9 Aug 2007

We all know people who sit in the pub and regale us with stories and have us laughing like drains. How funny do you think these people would be if you put them on stage for a whole hour with no chance to get another round in and maybe a bag of peanuts?

Barry Cryer

Barry Cryer

5 questions

9 Aug 2007

5 words to describe your show this year I’m still here you know. 4 acts who should be more famous in September than they were in July Chris Addison, Andrew Maxwell, Will Smith, Ann Widdecombe. 3 things that you love about Edinburgh in…

Batman Black

Batman Black & White Volume 3

(DC/Titan)

(4 stars)9 Aug 2007

Usually at home as a simple back-up slot in the monthly Batman: Gotham Knights, Batman Black & White has taken on a life of its own and has quickly become a jewel in the crown of DC’s myriad caped crusader titles. A creative playground for various…

Bed and Breakfast

Bed and Breakfast

(2 stars)9 Aug 2007

Oh, the very Englishness of a seaside B&B. The musty quilted headboard, the individual sachets of Nescafe, the trouser press, the damp.

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