Back to Life – haven’t we been here before?

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: Bare Hunter a glass act; Kerrang! snaps on show; Gigs of the week

Gospel Oak novelist Gill Paul’s Tsar turn

Saturday concerts: a rich choice of Tallis or Pergolesi…

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: The James Brothers, Angel Orchestra, Jazz at Foyles and cancer fundraiser, Jette Parker concert, NYJO, Hermitage Ensemble

Handel’s feisty female

Arabesque returns in a blaze of glory

Soaking up the islands’ culture

Revealed: How film censors failed to see the funny side of Monty Python’s gore

Vistas from morning land

Dan Carrier’s movies news: Ugly side of Beauty and the Beast; Check out Personal Shopper!

Review: My Country: A Work in Progress, at National Dorfman

It’s a sisters act, Upstairs at the Gatehouse

That would be an ecumenical matter

‘Fake news about the Bard still exists’

Review: A Dark Night in Dalston, at Park Theatre

Bête fair: Emma Watson stars in classy Beauty and the Beast

A bubble of Syria breaks new ground

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: The Coral at Camden Rocks; Courtney Pine at Barbican; Holloway’s Suzanne