There is almost nothing to admire about Perry Fitzpatrick's Arthur, apart from the quality of his performance.
Quite apart from the quality of their music, the Stone Roses had a huge impact in 1989 because they embodied the moment.
Quite apart from the quality of the musicianship, Plant had entered a new – well, different – vocal soundscape: intense but restrained, with understated close harmonies.
The standing ovation jamboree Apart from the quality of the staging and singing in ENO's production of John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer, I was struck by how lavishly rehearsed the curtain call seemed to be.
I've been reading Peter Riley's recent pamphlet Pennine Tales, and the first thing to really strike me about it (apart from the quality of the writing) is the ubiquity of buses and bus trips through the poems.
What concerns me more, apart from the quality of the movies themselves (which will continue to vary and to seem, in successive weeks, either better or worse than ever), is the state of the audience.
"The best guess that emerges from interviews with his supporters is that apart from the quality of his work, his zestful and enterprising personality has been key," Mr. McGill wrote in The Times.
It isn't clear what the audience was for the address "When Art Meets Politics", but it must have been painful to hear an admired writer say so coyly, "I am told that one of the criteria for the Nobel prize in literature, apart from the quality of the means of expression, is that the works of the writer should be 'of benefit to mankind'".
One other thing that sets it apart is the quality of its clips.
Apart from the quality of the flooring and bedding, this probably also was dependant on the absence of tail docking and that teeth filing only was effectuated in large litters.
