Bank on Bancone for great fresh pasta

Review: Approaching Empty, at Kiln Theatre

Review: Rosenbaum’s Rescue, at Park Theatre

A Specials occasion for Neville?

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: Neville Staple; Live at Camden Chapel; Anna Smyrk; Life Rewired

Verdi’s shimmering strings to die for: La Traviata at the Royal Opera House

New ventures in opera at All Hallows’ and St James’s

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: Trombonist Peter Moore; Bang on a Can All-Stars; Songs of Motherhood and Childhood; Handel Festival

Terry Gilliam cuts the cake as Upstairs At The Gatehouse celebrates 21st birthday

Dan Carrier’s movies news: The House By the Sea; Soundscreen

Remarkable odyssey of anti-apartheid activist

Venus in all shades and guises: Kings Place festival of women composers

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: St Michael’s Highgate; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; LSO Discovery Day; Rebel Yell; Elizabeth Llewellyn

Cora Pearl: ‘There’s a lot of love here’

Sham 69 among headliners at Undercover Festival

Review: Nine Night, at Trafalgar Studios

Review: Paradise, at Hampstead Theatre

Stan and Ollie: Good film? It certainly is!

Train historian’s Southern exposure

Why ‘Lord’ George Sanger was Britain’s Barnum