Antony and the Johnsons: Cut the World – review

(Rough Trade)Reykjavik's grand new Harpa concert hall is a large, black, architecturally ambitious waterside edifice, a potent symbol of Iceland's economic recovery. After their banks failed in 2008, Icelanders agreed that the men were to blame, and replaced their head of state and other key posts with women. Bank boardrooms followed suit. The decision was taken to build the concert hall, even though the coffers were empty; four years after this female takeover, Iceland appears to be well on the...

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