Michael White’s classical & jazz news: Bach St John Passion; Messiah; Mozart’s Coronation

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Marathon; Hear Me Out; Dr Seuss’s The Lorax; We Cover the Universe

Gothic novel will bring author out of shadows

Alan McGee: ‘I was, and still am, a record geek’

Creation Stories: for the records

The CNJ Pod: Inside story of man who signed Oasis

The Margins: charity begins with a home

Grooves: Black Heart; 6 Music Festival; Carrie Underwood; Birdy; U2

Michael White’s classical & jazz news: Thomas Adès; Holy Week Festival

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Telling Tales; Nick Payne; Hysterical!; Eggs on Legs

David Baddiel and the J word

Chips that pass in the night

Virginia Woolf: A street of one’s own

Taking on the trolls in The Columnist

Gosse goss

Captain crook

Radio: Words and Music; The Jump; Endless Second

Spring: loaded with flavour

Michael White’s classical & jazz news: L’Heure Espagnol; Saffron Hall; Halle Orchestra

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Assembly; Outside the Box; Adventurous; The Death of a Black Man