Arts
Ring of confidence
You’ve probably already read or heard somewhere that the inspiration for Grayson Perry’s current series of Reith Lectures on Radio…
Mine of information
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is an art show largely without art (at Manchester Art Gallery until 19…
Mine of information
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is an art show largely without art (at Manchester Art Gallery until 19…
In defence of developers
When architectural preservationists meet at the tedious conferences and grim councils of despair that feed oxygen to their nihilistic and…
Mine of information
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air is an art show largely without art (at Manchester Art Gallery until 19…
Entertaining romp
Bold decisions are at the core of great artistic directorship. And Tamara Rojo, the ballet star leading English National Ballet,…
Tales of the unexpected
Tim Rice’s latest venture is about to open in the West End. Here he takes us through the happy accidents that have led to his hit musicals
‘Give people a break’
David Blackburn talks to Gwyneth Williams,who wants to revitalise Radio 4’s coverage of the arts
Early flowering
Emilio Greco (1913–95) is considered to be one of Italy’s most important modern sculptors, and certainly he was a successful…
Slav flavour
This year’s live relays of New York Met performances have a markedly Slav flavour, with Shostakovich’s rare The Nose next…
Lagging behind
Bang! The race is on. James Graham is the celebrated author of This House, a superb examination of Labour’s administrative…
Through the wringer
The main thing you should know about Captain Phillips is that it really puts you through the wringer. It’s based…
Farce and furious
Among the criticisms rightly levelled at the BBC are that its commissioning editors are overcautious, unimaginative, unadventurous and over-reliant on…
Women on top
Boy, we’ve had to wait a long time for this. But last Thursday morning something unusual happened on Radio 4;…
The stuff of dreams
The exhibition The Renaissance and Dream at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris (until 26 January 2014) explores how artists…
The stuff of dreams
The exhibition The Renaissance and Dream at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris (until 26 January 2014) explores how artists…
The stuff of dreams
The exhibition The Renaissance and Dream at the Musée du Luxembourg in Paris (until 26 January 2014) explores how artists…
The last gladdy
Robert Gore-Langton talks to Barry Humphries, alter ego of the gigastar Dame Edna
Going nowhere
Just how interesting you find The Fifth Estate may entirely depend on how interested you are in the whistle-blowing site…
First impressions
First impressions always count, and they are almost always wrong. This is particularly pertinent if you review albums for a…
The good and the ugly
The Watts Gallery, just outside Guildford off the Hog’s Back, is a delightful place to visit at any season, with…
Divine comedy
Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus (but if it’s given in English, why not The Bat? Does that somehow sound too unglamorous?)…
The rivals
A feast of pleasures, and some annoyances, at the Trike. Handbagged, by Moira Buffini, is a fictional account of the…
Watching the detectives
Did Dr Jekyll turn into Jack the Ripper? Besides becoming evil Mr Hyde, did Robert L. Stevenson’s fictional creation morph…
Finding a connection
Why are we still listening to the radio in 2013, to an outdated technology that has hardly changed in manufacture…
