Arts
Snap happy
These days the world is experiencing an unprecedented overload of photographs, a global glut of pictures. More and more are…
Sound storms
Nothing pleased Iannis Xenakis more than a great big rattling storm. The sound of a thunderclap would have him running…
Statue-esque
Why set a supremely great play to music? The Winter’s Tale, the play of Shakespeare’s that I love most, has…
All in the mind
At the third UK International Radio Drama Festival held last week in Herne Bay, entitled ‘And Let Us Listen to…
The terrible truth
Here’s the bad news. One day you or someone like you will be shopping in a mall or enjoying a…
All that jazz
It’s every impresario’s dream. Buy a little off-West End venue to try out stuff for fun. Andrew Lloyd Webber has…
Alison Whyte and Colin Friels
When I was at secondary school in the 1950s, we were taught about the significance of the 20th century’s Irish…
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…
Snap happy
These days the world is experiencing an unprecedented overload of photographs, a global glut of pictures. More and more are…
All that jazz
It’s every impresario’s dream. Buy a little off-West End venue to try out stuff for fun. Andrew Lloyd Webber has…
All that jazz
It’s every impresario’s dream. Buy a little off-West End venue to try out stuff for fun. Andrew Lloyd Webber has…
Statue-esque
Why set a supremely great play to music? The Winter’s Tale, the play of Shakespeare’s that I love most, has…
Statue-esque
Why set a supremely great play to music? The Winter’s Tale, the play of Shakespeare’s that I love most, has…
All in the mind
At the third UK International Radio Drama Festival held last week in Herne Bay, entitled ‘And Let Us Listen to…
All in the mind
At the third UK International Radio Drama Festival held last week in Herne Bay, entitled ‘And Let Us Listen to…
The terrible truth
Here’s the bad news. One day you or someone like you will be shopping in a mall or enjoying a…
Sound storms
Nothing pleased Iannis Xenakis more than a great big rattling storm. The sound of a thunderclap would have him running…
Sound storms
Nothing pleased Iannis Xenakis more than a great big rattling storm. The sound of a thunderclap would have him running…
Tough love
Frank Martin is one of those composers whose work seems to survive only by virtue of constantly renewed neglect. His…
Comic effect
Borag Thungg, Earthlets! If those words mean something to you, then congratulations — you are leading a good life. If…
Olden but golden
This weekend Brian Matthew will present his last-ever Sounds of the 60s show on Radio 2. Now 88, he’s been…
Occupational hazard
Rival law-enforcement agencies arguing about which of them should investigate a murder has, of course, been a staple of crime…
Let’s talk about sex
What does it take to become a prostitute? Youth, beauty, courage, sexual allure, a love of money, a need for…
The Australian Ballet Faster
I imagine that quite a few subscribers to the Australian Ballet would be happiest if they were only offered full…
