Arts
Perfect harmony
To curate a festival these days is to put oneself in the firing line. There is every chance that all…
Perfect harmony
To curate a festival these days is to put oneself in the firing line. There is every chance that all…
Batman: from midnight monster to pop-tacular star. Kapow!
Batman is 75. Peter Hoskin considers the septuagenarian’s enduring appeal
Britten’s worldwide reputation is enhanced in Lyon
One of the proudest boasts to come from Britten HQ in Aldeburgh during the composer’s anniversary last year was that…
The German devotion to high culture is quite shaming
The 300th anniversary of George I coming to the British throne on 1 August 1714 is big news in his…
The Matisse Cut-Outs is a show of true magnificence
Artists who live long enough to enjoy a late period of working will often produce art that is radically different…
The real original kitchen-sink drama
Rewrite the history books! Tradition tells us that kitchen-sink drama began in 1956 with Look Back in Anger. A season…
If The Other Woman is a box-office hit, I’m going to have to top myself
The Other Woman is not just an extremely bad film but also a wholly reprehensible one (she says, with her…
Estate agents: we were right about the bastards all along
Television executives must be longing to make a programme about estate agents that casts the agents in a good light.…
Dolly Parton’s secret for surviving decades of celebrity
It’s a shame Dolly Parton has never gone into politics. She’s someone who’s lived her life very much in the…
Exploring the world of Jean Paul Gaultier
‘London,’ says Jean Paul Gaultier, ‘was my vitamin. I love the freedom of London…The energy, the character, all the people…
Vive la différence!
‘London,’ says Jean Paul Gaultier, ‘was my vitamin. I love the freedom of London…The energy, the character, all the people…
Vive la différence!
‘London,’ says Jean Paul Gaultier, ‘was my vitamin. I love the freedom of London…The energy, the character, all the people…
The National Gallery's Veronese is the exhibition of a lifetime
The National Gallery’s exhibition succeeds triumphantly, says Andrew Lambirth
Ferdinand Kingsley interview: 'Yeah, but mum's dad was totally bald too!'
Francesca Steele talks to Ferdinand Kingsley about his family and his future
In the mood for Parsifal, my Passiontide fare
This week, I have been mostly listening to Parsifal. Not the St Matthew Passion, which is my usual Passiontide fare.…
Bryn Terfel lords it over 'Faust' magnificently
There’s a great deal to disapprove of in Gounod’s Faust. It breaks down a pillar of western literature and whisks…
Modern dance vs Shakespeare
In a dance world that has chosen to dispense with stylistic and semantic subtleties, ‘narrative ballet’ and ‘story ballet’ are…
Another Country could almost be a YouTube advert for Eton
Another Country was an instant response to Anthony Blunt’s exposure in 1979 as a Marxist spy. Julian Mitchell set out…
The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Too much bang-bang, not enough kiss-kiss
Have you seen that pizza with a cheeseburger crust? If not, just imagine a normal pizza, except where the pizza…
Without a strong woman in charge, bees are doomed — just like us
God bless the BBC. And I’m not being entirely sarcastic here. There are some things the BBC does very well…
BBC radio gets Easter right
Given the decline of Christian belief in the UK, it’s surprising to discover there’s quite so much about the Easter…
Brains on a lithographic slab
The Blyth Gallery is situated in the Sherfield Building, deep in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College London. The…
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…
Unsettling meditations
The Blyth Gallery is situated in the Sherfield Building, deep in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College London. The…
