The Latest Breaking News from Mark Simpson

RLPO/Hickox review – a made-to-measure clarinet collaboration two decades in the pipeline

Mark Simpson delivers gauzy luminosity and punchy tone in Gavin Higgins’s exquisite new work, conducted with spellbinding pacing by rising star Adam Hickox alongside spirited accounts of Britten and Stravinsky

The Guardian - UK · Oct 18

Reform MSPs in 'racist and dishonest' bid to 'exploit' Spanish migration crisis

REFORM UK have been accused of a “racist, dishonest and deliberately dehumanising” attempt to exploit the fatal migration crisis unfolding in…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 31

Scottish halal student accommodation 'faces violent threats' after Reform UK comments

THE UK's first halal student halls, based in Dundee, has faced threats of violence after Reform UK pledged to shut it down.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 29

Philharmonia/ Schwarz/ Ólafsson review – a masterclass in pianissimo

Marking György Kurtág’s 100th birthday, Elena Schwarz and Víkingur Ólafsson led a programme of hushed intensity and fleeting ferocity

The Guardian - UK · Mar 2

Shibe/BBCPhil/Bihlmaier review – vivid, vibrant and exuberant virtuosity

Mark Simpson’s vibrant new work for Sean Shibe was the centrepiece of a polychromatic Prom that began with Strauss and ended with a vividly told Symphonie Fantastique

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2025

Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique at the Proms review: raises a delicious shudder

4/5 Sean Shibe shined on guitar at this Prom before the witches swooped in

Evening Standard · Jul 23, 2025

London couple 'steal back' their car after nighttime theft by tracking it down online

Mia Forbes Pirie and Mark Simpson tracked down the car after it was stolen on Wesnesday morning

Evening Standard · Jun 9, 2025

Couple ‘steal back’ their own car after police didn’t know when they could investigate

The car contained an Apple airtag, which allowed the couple to track its location to just a few miles away

The Independent UK · Jun 9, 2025

A "Lonely" Princess Diana Thanked One Unexpected Person for Their Friendship—and "Bowls of Cereal"—After Her Royal Wedding

Julien's Auctions tells 'Marie Claire' that an extraordinary letter is up for sale in the "biggest Diana auction ever."

Marie Claire · Jun 2, 2025

Ken Reid was loved and respected across Northern Ireland, funeral told

Hundreds packed into St Patrick’s Church in Ballymena Co Antrim for a service of thanksgiving for the former UTV political editor

Evening Standard · Nov 28, 2024