Webb spinning

Ronnie Scott’s launches appeal for musical instruments

Not so sacred: life of a dairy cow

Monumental: how Philip Jackson became a go-to sculptor

Barre tenders: bringing ballets back to life

Review: Folk, at Hampstead Theatre

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Conundrum; Freud’s Last Session; Habeas Corpus; Force Majeure

Michael White’s classical news: Gianni Schicchi; Roderick Williams; Mendelssohn Octet

Grooves: In The Round; Green Note; January Blues Festival

So, so Soho: capturing the essence of a legendary neighbourhood

The bands played on

A Hero: realist portrait of Iran is key to prison drama

Veganuary: something to chew over in a new year

Review: Five Guys Named Moe, at Upstairs at the Gatehouse

Lucy Popescu’s theatre news: Power Luncheon; The Rubber Merchants; The 4th Country

Michael White’s classical news: Voices Unwrapped; Maxim Vengerov; Marriage of Figaro

Hunter Davies: ‘The Heath is not a museum’

Plot lines: the lessons of ‘Dig for Victory’

Whimsy and trauma in The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Classical news: New Year Gala; National Youth Orchestra; Handel; Holst; Life and Death of Alexander Litvinenko