Arts
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…
The end of innocence
As far as memory serves, in my 46 years of being both in and at the ballet I have encountered…
Dream machine
In 1951, Arthur Drexler, an influential curator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, organised an exhibition called 8 Automobiles.…
Knights on wheels
A knight and his lady awaken, naked in the forest. She pins up her embroidered gown while he begins his…
Knights on wheels
A knight and his lady awaken, naked in the forest. She pins up her embroidered gown while he begins his…
Double vision
There were two Joan Eardleys, according to a new biography of the Scottish painter by Christopher Andreae. There was ‘the…
Double vision
There were two Joan Eardleys, according to a new biography of the Scottish painter by Christopher Andreae. There was ‘the…
Trading places
The Philippines: An Archipelago of Exchange at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris (until 24 July) brings together an impressive…
Trading places
The Philippines: An Archipelago of Exchange at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris (until 24 July) brings together an impressive…
Champion of the people
Welsh miners, Basque child refugees (above), Tyneside shipbuilders, Paul Robeson: In the Shadow of Tyranny at the Scottish National Portrait…
Champion of the people
Welsh miners, Basque child refugees (above), Tyneside shipbuilders, Paul Robeson: In the Shadow of Tyranny at the Scottish National Portrait…
Bracing Beethoven
Established 32 years ago in Salzburg, the Hagen Quartet can fairly be described as venerable. It may be said equally…
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…
