Arts
Two lessons in listening
Our hearing is the first of our senses to develop while we are in the womb. It’s the first connection…
3,000 acts and no quality control – why the Edinburgh Fringe is the greatest (and patchiest) arts festival in the world
And they’re off. The mighty caravan of romantic desperadoes, radical egoists, stadium wannabes, struggling superstars and vanity crackheads is on…
Edinburgh rocks
And they’re off. The mighty caravan of romantic desperadoes, radical egoists, stadium wannabes, struggling superstars and vanity crackheads is on…
Edinburgh rocks
And they’re off. The mighty caravan of romantic desperadoes, radical egoists, stadium wannabes, struggling superstars and vanity crackheads is on…
Simple pleasures
According to some textbooks, one thing the fathers of Soviet choreography hastened to remove from ballet was that awkward-looking language…
Family ties
One of the many delightful aspects of having children is that you can get them to do things you are…
Family ties
One of the many delightful aspects of having children is that you can get them to do things you are…
Home Front: Radio 4's first world war drama will fight out the full four years
Kate Chisholm on the BBC’s ambitious new radio series
Why did it take so long to recognise the worth of British folk art?
British folk art has been shamefully neglected in the land of its origin, as if the popular handiwork of past…
I think I’ve found the new Maria Callas
Some of my most enjoyable evenings, when I reviewed opera weekly for The Spectator, were spent at the Royal College…
Was Elgar’s The Kingdom an attempt to write a religious Ring Cycle?
To go from the second day of the England v. India Test match at Lord’s to the Albert Hall for…
In Norwich, a director is caught trying to murder Wagner’s Tannhäuser
Seventeen years ago the Norwegian National Opera staged two cycles of the Ring in Norwich’s Theatre Royal, performances that have…
Let’s face it, Greek tragedy is often earnest, obscure or boring. Not this Medea
Carrie Cracknell’s new version of Medea strikes with overwhelming and rather puzzling force. The royal palace has been done up…
Moon Indigo: an all-you-can-eat buffet for the eyes - but your brain will feel famished
Your enjoyment of Michel Gondry’s Mood Indigo may entirely depend on how much visual whimsy you can take, what your…
Barbie dolls? This girl aims for the head
Channel 4’s Kids and Guns (Thursday) began with an American TV advert in which a young boy’s eyes shone with…
Glasgow and the Commonwealth go back a long way; Radio 4 explores a murky past
What’s been missing from the schedules during the Commonwealth Games has been a straightforward reminder about who makes up the…
A history of remembrance
One fight that seems to have been won is that spearheaded by the War Memorials Trust to preserve the thousands…
We will remember them
One fight that seems to have been won is that spearheaded by the War Memorials Trust to preserve the thousands…
We will remember them
One fight that seems to have been won is that spearheaded by the War Memorials Trust to preserve the thousands…
Pitch perfect
To go from the second day of the England v. India Test match at Lord’s to the Albert Hall for…
Pitch perfect
To go from the second day of the England v. India Test match at Lord’s to the Albert Hall for…
How conductors keep getting better at 90
Matthew Stadlen talks to three conductors about growing old very gracefully
The Lunchbox: a love story based on food and free postage
Was Kate due a grounding after the awards extravaganza of Revolutionary Road and The Reader? Because Labor Day (12A) slipped…
Natalia Osipova interview: ‘I'm not interested in diamond tiaras on stage’
Giannandrea Poesio talks to Natalia Osipova about her ballet-based philosophy
When Mr and Mrs Clever-Nasty-and-Rich met Mr and Mrs Thick-Sweet-and-Poor
Torben Betts, head boy at Alan Ayckbourn’s unofficial school of apprentices, has written at least a dozen plays I’ve never…
