Right, so, Manchester's own Robert McGinty is back. "Reflections," they call it. Twelve classical instrumentals. Twelve! Like the apostles, but...less preachy, more piano-y. It's supposed to be uplifting and joyful, this album, a sequel of sorts, tracking his growth since the debut. Did you know the collective noun for owls is a parliament? Completely unrelated, I know, but owls are wise, and there's a...

There are weeks that feel too crowded for seven days. They arrive with glowing screens, quick promises, late replies, private doubt, and the odd little silence that follows a message left sitting too long. By Friday, the heart has already held a full committee meeting. By Sunday, the truth has stopped being polite. That compressed emotional weather is the territory Lana Karlay enters on 'For...