Keeping Thoroughly Good, Thoroughly Good

No patron. No institution. Just keeping the lights on with Buy Me A Coffee.

Thoroughly Good has been running for over twenty years. It covers classical music, television, film, and books — reviews, criticism, interviews, and the occasional provocation. No patron. No institution. Just keeping the lights on.

This work takes time. Research, writing, editing, attending concerts — none of it is free, even when the content is.

If you read Thoroughly Good regularly and find it useful, you can now support it directly via Buy Me a Coffee. There’s no obligation and nothing withheld. A contribution — however small — helps legitimise the time.

Make a one-off tip for as little as £3.

Different Ways to SUPPORT THOROUGHLY GOOD

Choose whichever suits you. A subscription through the Blog goes direct and helps most; BuyMeACoffee is there if you’d rather give that way. You can also subscribe from Spotify via the Podcast (look for the Subscriber Edition Episode) or from Substack. All subscriptions from £3 a month.


← Back

Thank you for your response. ✨

  • Review – Pelleas et Melisande at Aldeburgh Festival 2026

    Review – Pelleas et Melisande at Aldeburgh Festival 2026

    Debussy’s score constructs an intense interior world and plants ideas in the mind of the listener. Rory Kinnear’s direction strips away distraction. Those ideas grow during and after performance.

  • Mrs T in Preview at King’s Place

    Mrs T in Preview at King’s Place

    Opera helps us take some of the political heat out of it” — Dominic Sandbrook, reflecting on his first libretto, accidentally hands the audience the challenge with Mrs T.

  • Review – Manchester Camerata with ‘8 Songs For A Mad King’

    Review – Manchester Camerata with ‘8 Songs For A Mad King’

    Mental disintegration demands energy which this event didn’t always have. But when it counted – as in Peter Maxwell-Davies 8 Songs For A Mad King – the effect was brutal, and the questions potent.