Culture notes
Insomniac’s heaven
If I wake up at too rude an hour to get up — before four o’clock, let’s say — Through…
Magical mystery tour
Pontius Pilate is deciding the fate of Ha-Notsri (aka Jesus) in Herod’s palace. In Stalin’s Moscow, meanwhile, the Devil (aka…
Magical mystery tour
Pontius Pilate is deciding the fate of Ha-Notsri (aka Jesus) in Herod’s palace. In Stalin’s Moscow, meanwhile, the Devil (aka…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A world apart
Although the starving artist in the garret is no longer the favourite public stereotype, painters and sculptors remain something of…
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,…
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…
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…
Blurring boundaries
Each of the Buddhist monks’ faces tells a variation on the same story. One simmers with fury, another sags with…
Wheels of change
Bicycles can be powerful images in cinema. Like the 1948 masterpiece Ladri di Biciclette, Wadjda, the first film ever to…
Wheels of change
Bicycles can be powerful images in cinema. Like the 1948 masterpiece Ladri di Biciclette, Wadjda, the first film ever to…
