Arts
Vive la différence!
‘London,’ says Jean Paul Gaultier, ‘was my vitamin. I love the freedom of London…The energy, the character, all the people…
Glorious Veronese
The National Gallery’s exhibition succeeds triumphantly, says Andrew Lambirth
The son also rises
Francesca Steele talks to Ferdinand Kingsley about his family and his future
Power of ritual
This week, I have been mostly listening to Parsifal. Not the St Matthew Passion, which is my usual Passiontide fare.…
Gleeful romp
There’s a great deal to disapprove of in Gounod’s Faust. It breaks down a pillar of western literature and whisks…
Study in spectacle
In a dance world that has chosen to dispense with stylistic and semantic subtleties, ‘narrative ballet’ and ‘story ballet’ are…
Scholastic challenge
Another Country was an instant response to Anthony Blunt’s exposure in 1979 as a Marxist spy. Julian Mitchell set out…
A leap too far
Have you seen that pizza with a cheeseburger crust? If not, just imagine a normal pizza, except where the pizza…
Female strength
God bless the BBC. And I’m not being entirely sarcastic here. There are some things the BBC does very well…
Easter thoughts
Given the decline of Christian belief in the UK, it’s surprising to discover there’s quite so much about the Easter…
Unsettling meditations
The Blyth Gallery is situated in the Sherfield Building, deep in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College London. The…
The son also rises
The day before I’m due to meet Ferdinand Kingsley, actor son of Sir Ben, he sends me a message to…
Unsettling meditations
The Blyth Gallery is situated in the Sherfield Building, deep in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College London. The…
The son also rises
The day before I’m due to meet Ferdinand Kingsley, actor son of Sir Ben, he sends me a message to…
Unsettling meditations
The Blyth Gallery is situated in the Sherfield Building, deep in the South Kensington campus of Imperial College London. The…
Study in spectacle
In a dance world that has chosen to dispense with stylistic and semantic subtleties, ‘narrative ballet’ and ‘story ballet’ are…
Power of ritual
This week, I have been mostly listening to Parsifal. Not the St Matthew Passion, which is my usual Passiontide fare.…
Power of ritual
This week, I have been mostly listening to Parsifal. Not the St Matthew Passion, which is my usual Passiontide fare.…
Coming out of the shadows
Niru Ratnam highlights the revival of interest in artists who were popular in the 1960s and 1970s
Old man’s game
It is coming to something when relatively young pop stars die not of drugs or misadventure but, essentially, of old…
Hard lessons
You may not have heard of Goldie. He’s an actor and singer whose name refers to the bullion with which…
The gardens of Kent
How important is William Kent (1685–1748)? He’s not exactly a household name and yet this English painter and architect, apprenticed…
Going places
It’s been a spring tradition for several years now for English National Opera to present small-scale productions in various venues…
Road to redemption
If the very first scene of Calvary doesn’t immediately draw you in there’s every chance there is something seriously wrong…
Women at war
Sunday nights. What are they for? Eggs. Tea. Toast. Nerves about the week ahead. Something comforting on TV. But comfort…
