Arts Essay
Composer Nico Muhly on drugs, cults and James MacMillan
There’s a scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Marnie in which Tippi Hedren is emptying a safe while a cleaning lady silently…
The play’s the thing
Donald Winnicott once told a colleague that Tolstoy had been perversely wrong to write that happy families were all alike…
Remembrance of things past
If you want to appreciate why the return of Twin Peaks is so significant, then you need to know something…
Napoleon dynamite
I shall never forget my first encounter with Abel Gance’s Napoleon. I saw it under the most unpromising circumstances —…
Napoleon dynamite
I shall never forget my first encounter with Abel Gance’s Napoleon. I saw it under the most unpromising circumstances —…
Twee, treacly and tearful: Pre-Raphaelites at the Walker Art Gallery reviewed
Dear, good, kind, sacrificing Little Nell. Here she is kneeling by a wayside pond, bonnet pushed back, shoes and stockings…
On the trail of Piero della Francesca
Piero della Francesca is today acknowledged as one of the foundational artists of the Renaissance. Aldous Huxley thought his ‘Resurrection’…
Sweet and sour
Dear, good, kind, sacrificing Little Nell. Here she is kneeling by a wayside pond, bonnet pushed back, shoes and stockings…
On the trail of Piero
Piero della Francesca is today acknowledged as one of the foundational artists of the Renaissance. Aldous Huxley thought his ‘Resurrection’…
Sweet and sour
Dear, good, kind, sacrificing Little Nell. Here she is kneeling by a wayside pond, bonnet pushed back, shoes and stockings…
On the trail of Piero
Piero della Francesca is today acknowledged as one of the foundational artists of the Renaissance. Aldous Huxley thought his ‘Resurrection’…
Even Corbyn would find Thomas More’s Utopia too leftwing
Thomas More’s 1516 classic is a textbook for our troubled times, says William Cook
Lessons from Utopia
As anniversaries go, the timing could hardly be more apt. As Europe braces itself for the next Islamist attack, the…
Lessons from Utopia
As anniversaries go, the timing could hardly be more apt. As Europe braces itself for the next Islamist attack, the…
‘Artmaking is a drug’ - interview with poet Paul Muldoon
Olivia Cole talks to Paul Muldoon about the extraordinary buzz that writing gives him
‘Dabbling’ in poetry
A fellow festival-goer at the recent Calabash literary festival in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, enjoyed chatting to a gentle Irish poet…
‘Dabbling’ in poetry
A fellow festival-goer at the recent Calabash literary festival in Treasure Beach, Jamaica, enjoyed chatting to a gentle Irish poet…
Isn’t it time we asked the National Theatre to support itself?
Isn’t it time we asked the National Theatre to support itself? Lloyd Evans says yes
Going Global
Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_10_July_2014_v4.mp3 Two glorious playhouses grace the south bank of the Thames. Shakespeare’s Globe and the National Theatre stage the…
Going Global
Listen http://traffic.libsyn.com/spectator/TheViewFrom22_10_July_2014_v4.mp3 Two glorious playhouses grace the south bank of the Thames. Shakespeare’s Globe and the National Theatre stage the…
Ferdinand Kingsley interview: 'Yeah, but mum's dad was totally bald too!'
Francesca Steele talks to Ferdinand Kingsley about his family and his future
The son also rises
The day before I’m due to meet Ferdinand Kingsley, actor son of Sir Ben, he sends me a message to…
The son also rises
The day before I’m due to meet Ferdinand Kingsley, actor son of Sir Ben, he sends me a message to…
