Arts
Love is blind
The thing is, I love the character of Alan Partridge so much it may well be that, when it came…
A Ring for eternity
The first complete performance of Wagner’s Ring cycle at the Proms is already, less than a week after its conclusion,…
Hooked on classics
Tradition is often frowned on. Yet, if properly handled, it can be sheer fun and pure bliss, as demonstrated by…
Anglo-Saxon disaster
‘Somerset. Winter 877,’ said the subtitles below an arty, BBC-nature-doc style close-up of a coot paddling amid the reeds on…
Digital dilemma
Will digital radio ever really take off? We were supposed to be switching over to digital-only reception in 2015 (three…
Making a mint
Send George Osborne to the Tower, then he might learn that currency manipulation rarely ends well. Coins and Kings occupies…
Making a mint
Send George Osborne to the Tower, then he might learn that currency manipulation rarely ends well. Coins and Kings occupies…
Making a mint
Send George Osborne to the Tower, then he might learn that currency manipulation rarely ends well. Coins and Kings occupies…
Hooked on classics
Tradition is often frowned on. Yet, if properly handled, it can be sheer fun and pure bliss, as demonstrated by…
Manet in Italy
Roderick Conway Morris on the French master’s love affair with the art and artists of the Renaissance
Sculptural rhythms
One generation is usually so busy reacting against its predecessors that it can take years for a balanced appreciation of…
Old friends
Mention of the 70th anniversary of Composer of the Week brings to mind a distinguished list of long-running programmes on…
False starts
This is brilliant. The new play by Oliver Cotton, a 69-year-old actor, is set in New York in 1986. An…
Intimate and intense
What could be more delightful than going to Gyndebourne with someone who has never been before, arriving in time for…
Complete opposites
Sandra Bullock is a highly watchable actress and she seems like she’d be fun to hang out with — I…
A different truth
Every so often a programme comes along that completely alters the way you think about something you thought you understood.…
The fake and the furious
I watched Top Gear (BBC2, Sunday) for the first time in my life last week (the rock under which I’ve…
Voyeurs all
Standing enthusiastically by as a naked man writhes in agony might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But this is…
Voyeurs all
Standing enthusiastically by as a naked man writhes in agony might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But this is…
Voyeurs all
Standing enthusiastically by as a naked man writhes in agony might not be everyone’s cup of tea. But this is…
Defying type
Lloyd Evans meets the ever-versatile David Haig
Neglected maverick
When I was in my late twenties I discovered the joy of drinking alone. Well, perhaps ‘joy’ is putting it…
Wilful expression
‘Lounge suit’ is normally a reliable signifier of supine gentility. But there it was on the invitation to Richard Rogers’s…
Proud to be British
There has been much positive comment about the rehang of the Tate’s permanent collection, which sees a welcome return to…
Cheek by Jumbo
West End producers are itching to get their hands on the new show at the Bush. Mama Mia’s director, Phyllida…
