View of the Woodstock festival from backstage, August 1969. Photograph: Amalie R RothschildView of the Woodstock festival from backstage, August 1969. Photograph: Amalie R RothschildDocumentary filmsIn new film The Show’s The Thing, the story of Frank Barsalona, who blueprinted the modern concert industry is explored with help from the major artists he helped to the stage
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FictionReviewSamantha Harvey’s fourth novel is a richly immersive detective story set in a 15th-century Somerset village
Samantha Harvey’s first novel, The Wilderness, about an old man’s descent into Alzheimer’s, gained nominations for most of the major prizes of 2009 and won the Betty Trask award. Harvey specialises in the unravelling both of mental states and narratives, so it’s appropriate perhaps that her fourth, The Western Wind, is a medieval detective story. Read More...