Our prolific music reviewer shares sounds from the new Pet Shop Boys album, plus Bloomsday, Torres, Paraorchestra with Brett Anderson (of The London Suede) and wait, Billy Idol?

Not exactly rainbowlicious, some prickly entertainments by sophisticated queer creators can be found amidst the shrapnel of June’s glitter bomb; ’Company’ at The Orpheum, a Sondheim celebration in ...

The opening pages of Neel Mukherjee’s novels have a singular staying power. Mukherjee’s new three-part novel, "Choice" (Norton), has three you won’t be forgetting anytime soon.