Arts
Making a splash
Turner’s contemporaries regarded him primarily as a marine painter. This perception extended to his persona, with many who met him…
Underpowered Wagner
Debussy’s description of the music of Parsifal as being ‘lit up from behind’ is famous; less so is Wagner’s own…
Beauty without consolation
Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata is thrilling and brain-twisting. Its nickname derives from the fact that it was published as a sonata…
Yuletide joy
So I’m looking at the seasonal TV schedules trying to find something — anything — to watch. Britain and the…
A well-spent 40p
Is it time to scrap the licence fee? That’s a question we’re going to hear more and more about in…
Walk on the wild side
If, like me, you are allergic to pantomime (‘Oh, no you’re not!’; ‘Oh, yes I am!’) then help is at…
Walk on the wild side
If, like me, you are allergic to pantomime (‘Oh, no you’re not!’; ‘Oh, yes I am!’) then help is at…
Building a future
One of the big differences between Frank Lloyd Wright and me is that, when he was nine, his mother gave…
Walk on the wild side
If, like me, you are allergic to pantomime (‘Oh, no you’re not!’; ‘Oh, yes I am!’) then help is at…
Building a future
One of the big differences between Frank Lloyd Wright and me is that, when he was nine, his mother gave…
Modern master
William Cook talks to the architect David Chipperfield, whose work has made him a star in Germany
Who are they?
There aren’t many operas from which you can extract a single act and make a concert of it, in fact…
Street cred
There hasn’t been a decent Daumier exhibition in this country for more than half a century, so art lovers have…
Larval Butterworth
In 1992 Quentin Tarentino gave us Reservoir Dogs. At a stroke he reinvented the gangster genre and turned it into…
Women only
Powder Room is a small British film all about women and starring only women — boo-hoo, men; my heart bleeds…
Notes on a scandal
While the airwaves resonate with celebrations of Britten’s birth, I cannot help thinking that what was happening in Paris at…
Pensioner passion
Does love run out when life runs out? Or does it intensify, touching and changing all around it? Two series…
The President’s devotions
Just in time for Advent, that season of preparation, of getting ready, of making sure we are in the right…
Collision course
I have a new party piece. I can explain, with a degree of clarity and precision, how the Hadron Collider…
Collision course
I have a new party piece. I can explain, with a degree of clarity and precision, how the Hadron Collider…
Collision course
I have a new party piece. I can explain, with a degree of clarity and precision, how the Hadron Collider…
No short cuts
Immersion is the key to adaptation says Mike Poulton, who is bringing Turgenev and Hilary Mantel’s novels to the stage
Take your pick
The current exhibition in the Sainsbury Wing claims to be a portrait of Vienna in 1900, but in fact offers…
Circus of blood
Strange actor, Martin Shaw. He’s got all the right equipment for major stardom: a handsome and complicated face, a languid…
Miller’s tale
Lloyd Evans talks to Ben Miller about politics, physics and his part in The Duck House
