Arts
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,…
Create your own culture
Technology is turning the human urge to consume information into an unhealthy addiction. Some of this consumption — reading, following…
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,…
Create your own culture
Technology is turning the human urge to consume information into an unhealthy addiction. Some of this consumption — reading, following…
Curiouser and curiouser
An oversized St Bernard’s body masked with a sheep’s head and a regal peacock with penguin feet and flippers punctuate…
Curiouser and curiouser
An oversized St Bernard’s body masked with a sheep’s head and a regal peacock with penguin feet and flippers punctuate…
Houghton revisited
When the Marquess of Cholmondeley inherited Houghton Hall, the Palladian palace by Colen Campbell and James Gibbs, he started rootling…
Houghton revisited
When the Marquess of Cholmondeley inherited Houghton Hall, the Palladian palace by Colen Campbell and James Gibbs, he started rootling…
Losing the plot
Last Friday, ballet’s overcrowded aviary welcomed a new addition: Raven Girl. Sexy, sleek, troubled and troublesome, she is the creation…
Another side of Le Corbusier
On the outskirts of La Chaux-de-Fonds, an industrial town in the Swiss Jura, stands one of the most beautiful houses…
Losing firepower
Man, I love the Flaming Lips. Psychedelic rock sublimity. They movingly address the deepest human concerns without a whiff of…
Losing firepower
Man, I love the Flaming Lips. Psychedelic rock sublimity. They movingly address the deepest human concerns without a whiff of…
The Stamp of quality
If ever a director’s decision to cast an actor based solely on looks could be excused, it would be Pier…
Dream machine
In 1951, Arthur Drexler, an influential curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, organised an exhibition called 8 Automobiles.…
