Return of rap star for big lift off

How the Bull and Last was transformed into a culinary landmark

Dangers of feverish faith in devastating Kidnapped

Change of winds

Kolamba stays true to its roots – and is full of surprises

Review: London Tide, at Lyttelton, National Theatre

Review: Boys on the Verge of Tears, at Soho Theatre

Michael White’s classical news: Götterdämmerung; Balakirev; Monteverdi Vespers; Masaaki Suzuki

Comyns and goings

Hot topic

Questions of memory, revisiting the past and hindsight in intriguing Close Your Eyes

Review: The Comeuppance, at Almeida Theatre

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Beats; In Everglade Studio; English Kings Killing Foreigners; 1884

Dead reckoning

Michael White’s classical news: Fairy Queen; Brett Dean; Lucia di Lammermoor; Graham Ross

Grooves: Record Store Day; Annie Dressner; Kula Shaker; Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Wilde cards

‘Music is political’

Art ‘history’ man

Dedicated to him… and we were listening