Arts
Class act
Cripes. How did I get that one wrong? A few issues back I blithely predicted that Harry Hill’s musical I…
New ways of seeing
This exhibition examines a loosely knit community of artists and their interaction over a decade at the beginning of the…
Voices in my head
I did not mean to snort so loudly. There I was watching the amazing Simon Russell Beale in King Lear…
Shock and gore
Blue Ruin is a low-budget yet highly accomplished revenge thriller although whether you have the stomach for it is another…
Chorus of approval
Within the space of a few weeks we have had the rare chance of seeing the two great torsos of…
Cheating history
I was so looking forward to Generation War (BBC2, Saturday) — a three-part drama series covering the second world war…
Dumped by Tom
Did you hear those bloodcurdling screams from Kirsty? Those long-drawn-out wails that echoed horrifically through the ancient walls of St…
Spirit of Soho
Every so often, John Deakin, jug-eared chronicler of Soho and hanger-on at the Colony Rooms, is breathlessly rediscovered as the…
Spirit of Soho
Every so often, John Deakin, jug-eared chronicler of Soho and hanger-on at the Colony Rooms, is breathlessly rediscovered as the…
Voices in my head
I did not mean to snort so loudly. There I was watching the amazing Simon Russell Beale in King Lear…
Spirit of Soho
Every so often, John Deakin, jug-eared chronicler of Soho and hanger-on at the Colony Rooms, is breathlessly rediscovered as the…
Voices in my head
I did not mean to snort so loudly. There I was watching the amazing Simon Russell Beale in King Lear…
Voices in my head
I did not mean to snort so loudly. There I was watching the amazing Simon Russell Beale in King Lear…
Perfect harmony
To curate a festival these days is to put oneself in the firing line. There is every chance that all…
Perfect harmony
To curate a festival these days is to put oneself in the firing line. There is every chance that all…
Family guy
Batman is 75. Peter Hoskin considers the septuagenarian’s enduring appeal
Just say noh
One of the proudest boasts to come from Britten HQ in Aldeburgh during the composer’s anniversary last year was that…
Hanoverian trail
The 300th anniversary of George I coming to the British throne on 1 August 1714 is big news in his…
King of cut-outs
Artists who live long enough to enjoy a late period of working will often produce art that is radically different…
Mothers’ ruin
Rewrite the history books! Tradition tells us that kitchen-sink drama began in 1956 with Look Back in Anger. A season…
Insult to women
The Other Woman is not just an extremely bad film but also a wholly reprehensible one (she says, with her…
Tricks of the trade
Television executives must be longing to make a programme about estate agents that casts the agents in a good light.…
From the heart
It’s a shame Dolly Parton has never gone into politics. She’s someone who’s lived her life very much in the…
Vive la différence!
‘London,’ says Jean Paul Gaultier, ‘was my vitamin. I love the freedom of London…The energy, the character, all the people…
Vive la différence!
‘London,’ says Jean Paul Gaultier, ‘was my vitamin. I love the freedom of London…The energy, the character, all the people…
