Author: Desmond Bullen

Exhibition Review: Don’t You Forget About Me, British Music Experience, Liverpool

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Apr 2, 2022 | Music |

At its best, pop resists the definitive. It side-steps the constraints of those who try to pin it...

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Exhibition Review: altered by Tony Heaton, Bury Art Museum & Sculpture Centre

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Mar 31, 2022 | Art, Arts |

It depends on how you look at things: what you see, what you notice, what you take heed of. Tony...

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Film Review: Explota explota (My Heart Goes Boom!), ¡Viva! 28th Spanish & Latin American Festival, HOME, Manchester

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Mar 24, 2022 | Arts, Cinema |

The anglicised title of Explota explota, a generous-spirited jukebox musical about Francoist Spain...

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Book Review: Dream Girl by Laura Lippman

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Mar 23, 2022 | Authors & Reviews, Books |

It is hardly unusual these days to find that the protagonist of a widely admired paperback is a...

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Exhibition Review: Archives at Play, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

Posted by Desmond Bullen | Mar 10, 2022 | Art, Arts |

Hard though it is to credit, Manchester’s Castlefield Gallery is fast approaching its ruby...

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