Arts
Special K
There’s a K-Pop Academy in London. Students go through a 12-week course and learn not only the finer points of…
London’s high life
You can take a five-minute flight across the Thames on something called the Emirates Air Line. It’s a cable-car ride…
In the worst possible taste
What are the rules of taste at Christmas? How might the fastidious chart a neat path through this garish and…
London’s high life
You can take a five-minute flight across the Thames on something called the Emirates Air Line. It’s a cable-car ride…
In the worst possible taste
What are the rules of taste at Christmas? How might the fastidious chart a neat path through this garish and…
Selling secrecy
In the ‘psychotherapy ward’ of a secret venue somewhere in east London, watercolour portraits of troubled male faces line the…
Selling secrecy
In the ‘psychotherapy ward’ of a secret venue somewhere in east London, watercolour portraits of troubled male faces line the…
Review: The Rolling Stones at the O2 Arena
‘How’re you doing in the cheap seats? They’re not that cheap, though, that’s the problem,’ said Mick Jagger as he…
Review: The Rolling Stones at the O2 Arena
‘How’re you doing in the cheap seats? They’re not that cheap, though, that’s the problem,’ said Mick Jagger as he…
A world apart
Although the starving artist in the garret is no longer the favourite public stereotype, painters and sculptors remain something of…
The Dagenham Dustbin
For those of us who find passion in national iconography, this is a melancholy historical moment. It’s a very bad…
A world apart
Although the starving artist in the garret is no longer the favourite public stereotype, painters and sculptors remain something of…
The Dagenham Dustbin
For those of us who find passion in national iconography, this is a melancholy historical moment. It’s a very bad…
Weaving magic
Tapestry, papal and princely, never quite went away. Today it satisfies a need for conspicuous displays of skill of the…
Weaving magic
Tapestry, papal and princely, never quite went away. Today it satisfies a need for conspicuous displays of skill of the…
London pride
The trend for documentary portraits of individual cities assembled from archive footage continues with Julien Temple’s London: The Modern Babylon,…
London pride
The trend for documentary portraits of individual cities assembled from archive footage continues with Julien Temple’s London: The Modern Babylon,…
Captivating kaleidoscope
When Philippe Decouflé first introduced the idea of sheer fun into the deadly serious business of postmodern dance-making, sceptics predicted…
All that jazz
What London can give jazz music — beyond an audience in its concert halls — is a setting to match…
All that jazz
What London can give jazz music — beyond an audience in its concert halls — is a setting to match…
Mixed bag
Last year I raved about Birmingham Royal Ballet, their artistic drive, their freshness, their impeccable artistic eclecticism and, not least,…
21st-century Disney
When, in 1940, Walt Disney released Fantasia, his radical arrangement of animations set to classical music, he fancied that he…
21st-century Disney
When, in 1940, Walt Disney released Fantasia, his radical arrangement of animations set to classical music, he fancied that he…
Blurring boundaries
Each of the Buddhist monks’ faces tells a variation on the same story. One simmers with fury, another sags with…
A step away from buying toothpaste
Fifty years ago it was not possible to bid at auction via the telephone — that first historic telephone bid…
