Arts
Serial thriller
For keen students of China, this week’s television provided yet more proof that Deng Xiaoping’s decision to open the country…
Culture buff
It was a sparkling winter morning when the Art Gallery of NSW revealed the 47 finalists for the Archibald Prize…
To tell you the truth…
True Story is based on the book True Story, which is itself based on a true story, so there is…
All you need is love
What could induce a grown-up, rational, childless person to go to see the ballet of Cinderella? You’ll expect to cringe…
He wuz robbed!
Lucas Debargue, a 24-year-old French pianist, came fourth in the finale of the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow on 30 June,…
He wuz robbed!
Lucas Debargue, a 24-year-old French pianist, came fourth in the finale of the Tchaikovsky competition in Moscow on 30 June,…
Serial thriller
For keen students of China, this week’s television provided yet more proof that Deng Xiaoping’s decision to open the country…
‘Shocking is too easy’
No one does transgression like the filmmaker John Waters. Jasper Rees talks to him about political correctness, post-ops and pubes
The beat goes on
It’s rare that I see a piece about music that makes me want to cheer from the rafters and shake…
Shaw hand
When is a rape not a rape? It’s an unsettling question — far more so than anything offered up by…
Chorus of disapproval
If heartwarming, against-the-odds, triumph-over-adversity, wrong-side-of-the-tracks films float your boat and you are in no way demanding then The Choir is…
Curiouser and curiouser
Art is not jewellery. Its value does not reside in the price of the materials from which it is made.…
Home and away
Refugee crisis in the Mediterranean! Fear not. Anders Lustgarten and his trusty rescue ship are here to save mankind. Lampedusa…
Première league
This year the Proms are to stage 21 world premières and 11 European, UK or London premières. It is good…
Caught offside
It’s not surprising that politicians have such an on-off relationship with the broadcast media. One slip. One casual comment. One…
Behind the Black Flag curtain
So you’ve just popped out of town for the day on an errand. And when you get back, everyone has…
Culture buff
My 18-year old consultant can’t understand why I haven’t written a column about games – video and computer games, that…
The beat goes on
It’s rare that I see a piece about music that makes me want to cheer from the rafters and shake…
Chorus of disapproval
If heartwarming, against-the-odds, triumph-over-adversity, wrong-side-of-the-tracks films float your boat and you are in no way demanding then The Choir is…
Première league
This year the Proms are to stage 21 world premières and 11 European, UK or London premières. It is good…
Première league
This year the Proms are to stage 21 world premières and 11 European, UK or London premières. It is good…
The beat goes on
It’s rare that I see a piece about music that makes me want to cheer from the rafters and shake…
The beat goes on
It’s rare that I see a piece about music that makes me want to cheer from the rafters and shake…
Behind the Black Flag curtain
So you’ve just popped out of town for the day on an errand. And when you get back, everyone has…
Starr quality
Ringo’s no joke, says James Woodall. He was a genius and the Beatles were lucky to have him
