Arts
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…
Building block
What a strange affair it now seems, the Mansion House Square brouhaha. How very revealing of the battle for the…
Pump up the volume
Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only the End of the World is one of those angst-ridden dramas focusing on what is commonly…
On the make
Rudolfo Paolozzi was a great maker. In the summer, he worked almost without stopping in the family’s ice-cream shop, making…
American psyche
The latest exhibition at the Royal Academy is entitled America after the Fall. It deals with painting in the United…
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…
Snap, crackle and pop
As you go into the new Wellcome Collection exhibition, Electricity: The Spark of Life, you might have in mind a…
Snap, crackle and pop
As you go into the new Wellcome Collection exhibition, Electricity: The Spark of Life, you might have in mind a…
Building block
What a strange affair it now seems, the Mansion House Square brouhaha. How very revealing of the battle for the…
