Novelist: ‘Teachers made my life richer’

Black History Month: A tangoed web

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Tender Napalm; Emmeline; Sleeping Beauty; Little Scratch; Punchy!

Michael White’s classical news: Bluebeard’s Castle; HMS Pinafore; Joy & Devotion

Marching to a different Dune

Were you being served?

Review: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When The Hue Gets Too Heavy, at New Diorama Theatre

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: If You Love Me This Might Hurt; Horror Festival; UNLOCK; Kensuke’s Kingdom; When This Is Over

Michael White’s classical news: Stephen Hough; Bach Cello Suites; Crouch End Festival Chorus; Joyce DiDonato

Grooves: Doc ‘n Roll; Bowie; Darbar; Paloma Faith; Baxter Dury

House music

Living and dying by the sword in The Last Duel

Snapping a sonic hero

Review: A Place for We, at Park Theatre

Licence to grill: the Beaumont and Bond

Economical with the truth

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Skin Tight; New Nordics Festival; Candoco; Broken Lad; Love and Other Acts of Violence; The Tragedy of Macbeth

Michael White’s classical news: Dame Myra Hess; Sir Malcolm Arnold; Alfred Clements

Black History Month: Mentor therapy

Michael White’s classical news: London Handel Festival, Satyagraha, Jenufa, Jakub Josef Orlinski