Arts
Bracing Beethoven
Established 32 years ago in Salzburg, the Hagen Quartet can fairly be described as venerable. It may be said equally…
Weeknd’s world
There was something vaguely disappointing about seeing Abel Tesfaye appear on stage at London’s Electric Ballroom. A wide-eyed, puffa-jacket-clad figure…
Weeknd’s world
There was something vaguely disappointing about seeing Abel Tesfaye appear on stage at London’s Electric Ballroom. A wide-eyed, puffa-jacket-clad figure…
Country Rose, take me home
Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose. I’d feel awkward admitting that I’m rather obsessed with this Nashville chanteuse, were it…
Country Rose, take me home
Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose, Caitlin Rose. I’d feel awkward admitting that I’m rather obsessed with this Nashville chanteuse, were it…
Sculpture trail
William Turnbull died last year. And if his name is not as familiar as those of his friends Giacometti and…
Sculpture trail
William Turnbull died last year. And if his name is not as familiar as those of his friends Giacometti and…
Lights fantastic
A room filled with glowing fog; shadowy figures among glittering LEDs and warm ‘breathing’ columns of light. Welcome to the…
Lights fantastic
A room filled with glowing fog; shadowy figures among glittering LEDs and warm ‘breathing’ columns of light. Welcome to the…
The man behind Eric and Ernie
It takes a special sort of talent to turn a good act into a great one, and without John Ammonds,…
The man behind Eric and Ernie
It takes a special sort of talent to turn a good act into a great one, and without John Ammonds,…
Filming the unfilmable
Whenever the possibility of a film version of a difficult or complex book is mooted, speculation mounts about how it…
Not the who but the how
Twenty-five years ago I went to St James’s Palace to ask the Prince of Wales if he would open the…
Filming the unfilmable
Whenever the possibility of a film version of a difficult or complex book is mooted, speculation mounts about how it…
Not the who but the how
Twenty-five years ago I went to St James’s Palace to ask the Prince of Wales if he would open the…
The cult horror of The Room
The Room is an awful film. Plot lines are picked up and forgotten in seconds, stock footage is repeated continuously,…
The cult horror of The Room
The Room is an awful film. Plot lines are picked up and forgotten in seconds, stock footage is repeated continuously,…
Mixed blessings
Last week, Sergei Polunin’s powerful entrance in Marguerite and Armand was saluted with a wave of electrically charged silence: not…
Sound and vision
Quite what it was that was so spellbinding about a quartet of middle-aged German blokes in skintight bodysuits standing at…
Sound and vision
Quite what it was that was so spellbinding about a quartet of middle-aged German blokes in skintight bodysuits standing at…
Hall of mirrors
At first glance, Holy Motors is all about one astonishing performance — or several, depending on how you look at…
Hall of mirrors
At first glance, Holy Motors is all about one astonishing performance — or several, depending on how you look at…
From Russia with love
If you want to know what’s so great about John Cranko’s choreography, look at the opening phrase of the final…
Time Travel
Merrily We Roll Along (Menier Chocolate Factory, until 9 March) lets you escape the winter cold to a showbiz party…
Mauvais goût
It was dinner at a prize-winning hotel in Burgundy. I looked, stupefied, at an awkward arrangement of trapezoidal plates, unaccommodating…
