Arts
Power to the people
In recent years contemporary art and regeneration have gone hand in hand. Works such as Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the…
Power to the people
In recent years contemporary art and regeneration have gone hand in hand. Works such as Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the…
Power to the people
In recent years contemporary art and regeneration have gone hand in hand. Works such as Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the…
The real thing
Every musical career has its own narrative, and most of them include at least one comeback. To come back, you…
The real thing
Every musical career has its own narrative, and most of them include at least one comeback. To come back, you…
Murder, motive and moustachery
Robert Gore-Langton on our love for fictional detectives — and especially Poirot
Codes of conduct
Not long ago the great conductors of classical music were general practitioners. They expected to give satisfactory interpretations of music…
The voices of Firestone
Anyone who frequents the internet will have come across YouTube and soon learned that what may have been planned as…
Lies, damned lies
Alex Gibney’s The Armstrong Lies is fascinating as far as it goes but it may not go as far as…
Lear for masochists
Directors appear to have two design options when approaching a Shakespeare tragedy. Woodstock or jackboot. Woodstock means papal robes, shoulder-length…
Scratching the surface
It is often said of John Craxton (1922–2009) that he knew how to live well and considered this more important…
The end of innocence
Why are we so fascinated by the first world war? As its 100th anniversary approaches, we’re already mired in arguments…
The Third way
When my colleague Charles Moore first began accusing Radio 3 of becoming ‘babyish’, and talking down to us as if…
All the fun of the fair
The Works on Paper annual fair runs from 6 to 9 February at the Science Museum. Its name is a…
All the fun of the fair
The Works on Paper annual fair runs from 6 to 9 February at the Science Museum. Its name is a…
All the fun of the fair
The Works on Paper annual fair runs from 6 to 9 February at the Science Museum. Its name is a…
Codes of conduct
Not long ago the great conductors of classical music were general practitioners. They expected to give satisfactory interpretations of music…
Codes of conduct
Not long ago the great conductors of classical music were general practitioners. They expected to give satisfactory interpretations of music…
Girls on film
Is Hollywood finally waking up to the talents of women directors? Peter Hoskin doubts it
German double
Yet more performances of Elektra, Richard Strauss’s setting of Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s ramped-up, neurosis-riddled 1903 reworking of Sophocles, are unlikely…
Brush with boredom
The death of painting has been so often foretold — almost as frequently as its renaissance — that any such…
War of the divas
If you and your family are bored — if, for example, it’s one of those dull Sunday afternoons that seem…
Farewell, Claudio Abbado
Fellini’s credo ‘the visionary is the only true realist’ could also be applied to the life of Claudio Abbado, who…
Art vs profit
Here’s a heartwarming tale from the London fringe. A company named Above the Stag was merrily plying its trade at…
Strong-minded women
You might think the main storyline in The Archers is all about Helen’s affair with dastardly Rob. (What does she…
