Culture notes
North star
There are festivals of everything, everywhere. So why get excited about the Ryedale Festival (11–27 July) apart from the fact…
North star
There are festivals of everything, everywhere. So why get excited about the Ryedale Festival (11–27 July) apart from the fact…
Seeing London afresh, one bridge at a time
Bridges aren’t necessarily something you think of as being beautiful, particularly if you consider them primarily as the means to…
Points of view
Bridges aren’t necessarily something you think of as being beautiful, particularly if you consider them primarily as the means to…
Points of view
Bridges aren’t necessarily something you think of as being beautiful, particularly if you consider them primarily as the means to…
Has the rake progressed?
Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress has been a rich resource for artists. Film-makers recognise his modern moral subjects as an ancestor…
Modern manners
Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress has been a rich resource for artists. Film-makers recognise his modern moral subjects as an ancestor…
Modern manners
Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress has been a rich resource for artists. Film-makers recognise his modern moral subjects as an ancestor…
The song that fought apartheid
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Mannenberg, the seminal album by the Cape Townian jazz pianist…
Anthem of hope
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Mannenberg, the seminal album by the Cape Townian jazz pianist…
Anthem of hope
This month marks the 40th anniversary of the release of Mannenberg, the seminal album by the Cape Townian jazz pianist…
New wonders among old shelves at the London Library
The Royal Court Theatre, the Young Vic Theatre and the London Library (above) are buildings of varied character and rich…
Tough love
The Royal Court Theatre, the Young Vic Theatre and the London Library (above) are buildings of varied character and rich…
Tough love
The Royal Court Theatre, the Young Vic Theatre and the London Library (above) are buildings of varied character and rich…
Uncovering a Royal treasure trove
It’s rare for the public to be given access to the Royal Archives. They are housed in the forbidding Round…
Royal mail
It’s rare for the public to be given access to the Royal Archives. They are housed in the forbidding Round…
Royal mail
It’s rare for the public to be given access to the Royal Archives. They are housed in the forbidding Round…
When Van Gogh lived in London
Eighty-seven Hackford Road, SW9, is unremarkable but for a blue plaque telling the world that Vincent van Gogh once lived…
Past lives
Eighty-seven Hackford Road, SW9, is unremarkable but for a blue plaque telling the world that Vincent van Gogh once lived…
Past lives
Eighty-seven Hackford Road, SW9, is unremarkable but for a blue plaque telling the world that Vincent van Gogh once lived…
Norman Thelwell: much more than a one-trick pony
‘The natural aids to horsemanship are the hands, the legs, the body and the voice.’ But a Thelwell pony sometimes…
Pony tales
‘The natural aids to horsemanship are the hands, the legs, the body and the voice.’ But a Thelwell pony sometimes…
Pony tales
‘The natural aids to horsemanship are the hands, the legs, the body and the voice.’ But a Thelwell pony sometimes…
The general who scribbled and doodled his way around the British empire
Soldier scribes are rare, soldier artists rarer still, and soldiers who can write and draw rarest of all. General Henry…
Sketches of war and peace
Soldier scribes are rare, soldier artists rarer still, and soldiers who can write and draw rarest of all. General Henry…
