Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize 2004National Portrait Gallery, St. Martin’s Place until 20February
The Return of Jack SplashPlantlifeGut Records PLANTLIFE ARE the missing link between hip-hop and funk, caught somewhere between Sly and the Family Stone, Prince and Outcast.
Robert Burns lived in the last third of the 18th century, a time of the most rapid change in Scottish history. The agrarian revolution was squeezing the peasantry, the class into which he had been born, out of existence. The industrial revolution was underway.
SidewaysDirected by Alexander PayneReleased Friday 28 January
End of the century — the story of the RamonesDirected by Jim Fields and Michael Gramaglia
The British jazz scene has often been overshadowed by its much larger American cousin. But a new series starting on BBC4 next Friday lifts the lid on the development of jazz in this country. In doing so, it offers a fascinating glimpse of Britain’s multicultural history.
A Very Long Engagement Directed by Jean-Pierre JeunetReleased Friday 21 January
THERE’S A bedroom. A cosy bed, storybooks, toys, pretty curtains, birthday cards. Look closer. The effigy of a little girl on the bed. Is she dead? Unable to move? Above her men’s shoes dangle.
Rock the KasbahVarious artists
Many people know you for your stamp designs. How did you first come be involved in that?
