Arts
Gusto galore from Boston Ballet
Those who lament sluggishness in contemporary stagings of Balanchine’s ballets — and those who are responsible for it — should…
Brainwashed from birth: the cult of the BBC
Last week I was on holiday with my family on the Algarve. The good news was that, thanks to the…
Radio review: Malcolm Gladwell’s masterclass on listening
Out and about in Surrey on Sunday I happened upon a scene that could have been played out 77 years…
Are rugs becoming the new must-have art objects?
Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…
Reap what you sew
Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…
Reap what you sew
Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…
Boston’s artistry
Those who lament sluggishness in contemporary stagings of Balanchine’s ballets — and those who are responsible for it — should…
Don’t believe the spin, this arts cut is a disaster
The latest round of cuts have been greeted with relief. Think again, says Stephen Deuchar, director of the Art Fund
Fête de la Musique: Couldn’t we just get over ourselves, risk a bit of foreign and join
One of the many cultural initiatives to have come out of France in the past 50 years — and therefore…
Eduardo Chillida — the great modern sculptor, whom we shamefully ignore
Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002) is one of the greatest of modern sculptors yet curiously little known in this country. The last…
The Stones at Glastonbury: the greatest show EVER
Yes, I’m sorry, the Stones at Glastonbury really were that good and if you weren’t there I’m afraid you seriously…
‘It was like 26-dimensional chess’: Roger Wright on managing the Proms
Kate Chisholm talks to the director of the BBC Proms about the challenges of coming up with 75 nightly programmes
Emma Watson shines in The Bling Ring
Sofia Coppola’s latest film is not an action adventure, or a supernatural horror, or a stoner comedy, just so you…
Theatre: Responsible Other: an assured effort from newcomer Melanie Spencer; The Moment of Truth: Peter Ustinov fails to impress as a playwright
Dominic Cooke did it at the Royal Court. Now Ed Hall is having crack as well. Cooke’s crazy decision to…
Opera: I am dreading the thought of Götterdämmerung if Opera North maintains the standard it has set with Siegfried
Siegfried is, everyone agrees, the hardest of the Ring dramas to bring off. The first and almost insurmountable problem is…
TV review: Get out of my way, Tessa Jowell. Women are not all touchy-feely
Luther is back, in Luther, and so is Donny Osmond, of Donny & Marie fame. Could there be two more…
Radio review: Rambling across Europe and into Asia with Tara Bariana and Clare Balding
One morning in 1995 Tara Bariana walked out of his house in Walsall and didn’t stop walking until he had…
Our shameful treatment of Alan Turing, the man behind the Enigma Code
Alan Turing, the man who developed the Enigma code that saved the Allied war effort, was not merely disregarded by…
The man who saw further
Alan Turing, the man who developed the Enigma code that saved the Allied war effort, was not merely disregarded by…
The man who saw further
Alan Turing, the man who developed the Enigma code that saved the Allied war effort, was not merely disregarded by…
Reel lives
Here’s a documentary called Chronicle of a Summer. Which summer? Why, the summer of 1960, in Paris, when fag-end colonial…
Reel lives
Here’s a documentary called Chronicle of a Summer. Which summer? Why, the summer of 1960, in Paris, when fag-end colonial…
Self styled
As someone who once raved about William Forsythe’s innovative approach to ballet and fondly admired his groundbreaking choreographic explorations, I…
The secret’s out
The word ‘concert’ means different things to different people. For some it evokes dinner jackets and not clapping between movements;…
Carry on up the jungle
‘I am the wrath of God. The earth I pass will see me and tremble.’ Not my words, Mr Speaker,…
