A review of a new production of I puritani might begin with the production—the stage direction, the set design, etc. Or it ...

The solemn hour approaches. It will soon be just three hundred years since the Pilgrims let go their anchor off the coast of Cape Cod. A flood of oratory will surely descend upon us. The New England ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Playing at Coachella last month, Charli XCX brought the curtain down on her lengthy “Brat summer” by screening ...

One of the strengths of These New Puritans is how the expressive vulnerability of Jack Barnett’s vocals sit within the battering of twin brother George’s drumming. In this relationship, I’ve always ...

These New Puritans come with a reputation of making Joy Division look like S Club Juniors. An unfair one, but this is what happens when you combine challenging hymnal music with brutally intense ...

Jack and George Barnett are proof positive that progress is a slow process – the Southend twins’ fifth record, ‘Crooked Wing’, is only their second since 2013. Their glacial rate of return becomes ...

Six years is a long time between records, but These New Puritans – Essex-born brothers Jack and George Barnett – have always worked at their own pace, with a steely-eyed disregard for trends. Their ...

Jack and George Barnett don’t remember exactly when they first met Harley Weir, but they do remember what they liked about her work. “I think she has a way of making the familiar strange, and the ...

From its name to its roots, Cambridge’s Puritan & Company is all New England, all the time. The restaurant is an ode to everything local — the space got its name from the Puritan Cake Company, which ...

The Puritans were a group behind the religious ideology known as “Puritanism”, a type of early modern Reformed Protestantism that was born within the Church of England. They started as a movement for ...