Review: A Knock on the Roof, at Royal Court Downstairs

Grooves: St Patrick’s Day; Big Zuu/Capo Lee; International Women’s Day; Nubya Garcia; Nieve Ella

Michael White’s classical news: Jennifer Vyvyan; Helen Charlston; London Sinfonietta; Czech Philharmonic

A home from home – just over the road

The age of indolence… and how ‘retirement’ has become a dirty word

A farewell to arms? Bombs, bullets and blighted lives

How photojournalist captured the daily, mundane evil of Apartheid

Review: Backstroke, at the Donmar Warehouse

Review: Light of Passage, at Royal Opera House

Review: Otherland, at Almeida Theatre

Michael White’s classical news: New Generation Artists; Renée Fleming; Carducci Quartet; Nash Ensemble

It’s Orwell and good at the historic Compton Arms

‘Our mission is to spread sound system culture as far and wide as possible’

Late bloomers offer a welcome throwback to earlier times

‘Ave a banana!’ Why the Strand holds a special place in the minds of Londoners

Review: East is South, at Hampstead Theatre

Review: Stalled, at King’s Head Theatre

Review: Unicorn, at Garrick Theatre

Lives of collectors

Grooves: Lafayette; Windows95Man; Lloren; Alan Tyler; Wu-Lu