Arts

Battle of the buildings

25 July 2013 1:00 pm

A rare jewel sits in the middle of the Hyde Park Corner roundabout. The Quadrant Gallery, run by English Heritage,…

When a smartphone gallery is better than the real thing

20 July 2013 9:00 am

Michael Prodger finds that new technology is transforming how we experience art – in galleries, on computers and on smartphones too

A cast of celebs fails to bring any oomph to The Ladykillers

20 July 2013 9:00 am

The Ladykillers is back. Sean Foley’s adaptation of the classic Ealing comedy introduces us to a crew of villains who…

A Crisis of Brilliance makes the trek to Dulwich worthwhile

20 July 2013 9:00 am

This exhibition was dreamt up by David Boyd Haycock, a freelance writer and curator, following the success of a book…

Give us our gold: the Rhinemaidens in ‘Das Rheingold’ at Longborough

Opera review: Longborough's tiny stage takes on the Ring - and wins

20 July 2013 9:00 am

There are no two ways about it: Wagner’s Ring cycle, the biggest challenge that any opera company can face, has…

Spirited and wryly subversive: Waad Mohammed (Wadjda)

Wadjda is Saudi Arabia’s first feature-length film and is shot by a woman

20 July 2013 9:00 am

Wadjda is the first feature-length film to come out of Saudi Arabia, and was shot by the country’s first female…

If you’re craving some Kiwi bush angst, Top of the Lake fits the bill

20 July 2013 9:00 am

I sincerely hope you’re not watching television. With the glorious summer sun we’re having, you should be having picnics and…

Radio review: At last! A proper Book at Bedtime

20 July 2013 9:00 am

It had begun to look as if Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime had been taken over by the zealous publicity-hungry…

Bear hunting on Shaftesbury Avenue

20 July 2013 9:00 am

Shaftesbury Avenue might not be traditional bear-hunting territory, but young adventure-seekers would be well advised to beat a path this…

Bear necessity

18 July 2013 1:00 pm

Shaftesbury Avenue might not be traditional bear-hunting territory, but young adventure-seekers would be well advised to beat a path this…

We're Going on a Bear Hunt - Michael Rosen, Sally Cookson, London theatre 2013

Bear necessity

18 July 2013 1:00 pm

Shaftesbury Avenue might not be traditional bear-hunting territory, but young adventure-seekers would be well advised to beat a path this…

Wanted: a producer for Peter Nichols’s four new plays

13 July 2013 9:00 am

Lloyd Evans meets Peter Nichols, who, in his ninth decade, is riding a wave of public favour

The last taboo in pop: fat old men

13 July 2013 9:00 am

Don’t worry, I’m not going to go on about Glastonbury. I wasn’t there, I never have been and, unless forced…

Opera review: Verdi should be as controversial as Wagner

13 July 2013 9:00 am

I’m not the first person to remark that Verdi is getting oddly little attention in this his bicentenary year, especially…

Yes, 'The Moo Man' is a film about cows. But it is absolutely amazing

13 July 2013 9:00 am

Pacific Rim is a giant monsters v. giant robots film and although written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, who…

Exhibitions: Why can’t the critical fraternity make up its mind?

13 July 2013 9:00 am

As more time elapses since the regrettable fracas over Kitaj’s 1994 Tate exhibition and his tragic suicide in 2007, he…

Exhibition: What really goes on in a royal bedchamber

13 July 2013 9:00 am

What exactly are the ‘secrets of the royal bedchamber’? That the actual bed was seldom if ever slept in let…

Private Lives at the Gielgud: Spot the sexual tension between Anna Chancellor and Toby Stephens

13 July 2013 9:00 am

It’s always a problem with Macbeth: what accents to use? The Globe is applying the traditional remedy. Lord and Lady…

Gusto galore from Boston Ballet

13 July 2013 9:00 am

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

13 July 2013 9:00 am

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

13 July 2013 9:00 am

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?

13 July 2013 9:00 am

Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…

Reap what you sew

11 July 2013 1:00 pm

Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…

Reap what you sew

11 July 2013 1:00 pm

Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…

Boston’s artistry

11 July 2013 1:00 pm

Those who lament sluggishness in contemporary stagings of Balanchine’s ballets — and those who are responsible for it — should…