Arts
Tapestry in progress: Gordian Knot, 2016
For a creative arts organisation to operate successfully in Australia for 40 years is an achievement in itself. The Australian…
To die for
Down the Mighty River with Steve Backshall (BBC2) was perfect Sunday-night TV — one of the most enjoyable adventure travelogues…
Paradise lost
The American dream was a consumerist idyll: all of life was to be packaged, stylised, affordable and improvable. Three bedrooms,…
Victim mentality
Elle has been described as ‘a rape revenge comedy’, which seems unlikely, and also as ‘post-feminist’, which is likely as,…
Home help
There have been many explanations for what happened in the Italian Renaissance. Some stress the revival of classical antiquity, others…
Scottish power
‘Perhaps in this world nothing ever happens without purpose,’ sings old, blind King Arkel in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, and…
Keeping the faith
Perhaps surprisingly, in these secular times, Radio 4 keeps up its annual (and very Reithian) tradition of holding a series…
On the money
Fans of tough investigative journalism should probably avoid Channel 4’s How’d You Get So Rich? Presenter Katherine Ryan’s main tactic…
Sleaford Mods: English Tapas
It’s all beginning to wear very thin indeed. Ten years ago this already addled Nottinghamshire duo captured the attention with…
Changing of the Bard
Hamlet was probably written sometime between 1599 and 1602. The Almeida’s new version opens with a couple of security guards…
Cressida Campbell Margaret Olley interior (detail) 1992 hand-coloured woodblock Private Collection
Margaret Olley had a gift for friendship, that is, in addition to her gifts as a wonderful painter. Among her…
Paradise lost
The American dream was a consumerist idyll: all of life was to be packaged, stylised, affordable and improvable. Three bedrooms,…
Victim mentality
Elle has been described as ‘a rape revenge comedy’, which seems unlikely, and also as ‘post-feminist’, which is likely as,…
Home help
There have been many explanations for what happened in the Italian Renaissance. Some stress the revival of classical antiquity, others…
Changing of the Bard
Hamlet was probably written sometime between 1599 and 1602. The Almeida’s new version opens with a couple of security guards…
Changing of the Bard
Hamlet was probably written sometime between 1599 and 1602. The Almeida’s new version opens with a couple of security guards…
Scottish power
‘Perhaps in this world nothing ever happens without purpose,’ sings old, blind King Arkel in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, and…
Scottish power
‘Perhaps in this world nothing ever happens without purpose,’ sings old, blind King Arkel in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande, and…
Keeping the faith
Perhaps surprisingly, in these secular times, Radio 4 keeps up its annual (and very Reithian) tradition of holding a series…
Keeping the faith
Perhaps surprisingly, in these secular times, Radio 4 keeps up its annual (and very Reithian) tradition of holding a series…
On the money
Fans of tough investigative journalism should probably avoid Channel 4’s How’d You Get So Rich? Presenter Katherine Ryan’s main tactic…
Sleaford Mods: English Tapas
It’s all beginning to wear very thin indeed. Ten years ago this already addled Nottinghamshire duo captured the attention with…
Sleaford Mods: English Tapas
It’s all beginning to wear very thin indeed. Ten years ago this already addled Nottinghamshire duo captured the attention with…
From page to stage
Reading Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan quartet is a heady experience. You not only see, hear, know her characters — you can…
Parting shots
Gurinder Chadha’s modern comedies have fun with cultural divides. Girls kick footballs in Bend It Like Beckham. A gaggle of…
