Arts

John Deakin is no genius – and he has not been forgotten

3 May 2014 9:00 am

Every so often, John Deakin, jug-eared chronicler of Soho and hanger-on at the Colony Rooms, is breathlessly rediscovered as the…

Spirit of Soho

1 May 2014 1:00 pm

Every so often, John Deakin, jug-eared chronicler of Soho and hanger-on at the Colony Rooms, is breathlessly rediscovered as the…

Voices in my head

1 May 2014 1:00 pm

I did not mean to snort so loudly. There I was watching the amazing Simon Russell Beale in King Lear…

Spirit of Soho

1 May 2014 1:00 pm

Every so often, John Deakin, jug-eared chronicler of Soho and hanger-on at the Colony Rooms, is breathlessly rediscovered as the…

Voices in my head

1 May 2014 1:00 pm

I did not mean to snort so loudly. There I was watching the amazing Simon Russell Beale in King Lear…

Voices in my head

1 May 2014 1:00 pm

I did not mean to snort so loudly. There I was watching the amazing Simon Russell Beale in King Lear…

Perfect harmony

1 May 2014 1:00 pm

To curate a festival these days is to put oneself in the firing line. There is every chance that all…

Perfect harmony

1 May 2014 1:00 pm

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!

26 April 2014 9:00 am

Batman is 75. Peter Hoskin considers the septuagenarian’s enduring appeal

Britten’s worldwide reputation is enhanced in Lyon

26 April 2014 9:00 am

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

26 April 2014 9:00 am

The 300th anniversary of George I coming to the British throne on 1 August 1714 is big news in his…

‘Icarus’, 1943, by Henri Matisse, maquette for plate VIII of ‘Jazz’, 1947

The Matisse Cut-Outs is a show of true magnificence

26 April 2014 9:00 am

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

26 April 2014 9:00 am

Rewrite the history books! Tradition tells us that kitchen-sink drama began in 1956 with Look Back in Anger. A season…

Failing the Bechdel test: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Cameron Diaz in ‘The Other Woman’

If The Other Woman is a box-office hit, I’m going to have to top myself

26 April 2014 9:00 am

The Other Woman is not just an extremely bad film but also a wholly reprehensible one (she says, with her…

One sympathises with agents to an extent: it’s not entirely their fault that houses are so expensive

Estate agents: we were right about the bastards all along

26 April 2014 9:00 am

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

26 April 2014 9:00 am

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

26 April 2014 9:00 am

‘London,’ says Jean Paul Gaultier, ‘was my vitamin. I love the freedom of London…The energy, the character, all the people…

Vive la différence!

24 April 2014 1:00 pm

‘London,’ says Jean Paul Gaultier, ‘was my vitamin. I love the freedom of London…The energy, the character, all the people…

Vive la différence!

24 April 2014 1:00 pm

‘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

19 April 2014 9:00 am

The National Gallery’s exhibition succeeds triumphantly, says Andrew Lambirth

Ferdinand Kingsley

Ferdinand Kingsley interview: 'Yeah, but mum's dad was totally bald too!'

19 April 2014 9:00 am

Francesca Steele talks to Ferdinand Kingsley about his family and his future

In the mood for Parsifal, my Passiontide fare

19 April 2014 9:00 am

This week, I have been mostly listening to Parsifal. Not the St Matthew Passion, which is my usual Passiontide fare.…

Bryn Terfel as Méphistophélès and Simon Keenlyside as Valentin in ‘Faust

Bryn Terfel lords it over 'Faust' magnificently

19 April 2014 9:00 am

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

19 April 2014 9:00 am

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

19 April 2014 9:00 am

Another Country was an instant response to Anthony Blunt’s exposure in 1979 as a Marxist spy. Julian Mitchell set out…