Rowland Thomas

Rowland Thomas is a writer and musician based in Leeds, UK. He has written on music, visual art and film for The Coelacanth Journal, Photo Icon magazine and State of Art newspaper, among other publications.
Isolation Odyssey: Behind the Scenes with a Lockdown Orchestra
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Isolation Odyssey: Behind the Scenes with a Lockdown Orchestra

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 / 20 May 2020

Scattered throughout the world, members of Opera North's orchestra share how they are enduring the loss of live performance and companionship during the COVID-19 lockdown. They also share a mood-lifting, online isolation performance of a work that everyone knows but not always for the same reasons.

A Pact to Be Tender When the World Is Coarse: Stewart Lupton and Jonathan Fire*Eater
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A Pact to Be Tender When the World Is Coarse: Stewart Lupton and Jonathan Fire*Eater

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 / 6 December 2019

With the release of the expanded edition of Tremble Under Boom Lights, the 45-page chapbook of the poetry of Stewart Lupton, and the re-release of Wolf Songs for Lambs, Jonathan Fire*Eater are ripe for reappraisal.