Arts
Strauss’s swansong
Richard Strauss’s operatic swansong Capriccio made an elegant and untaxing conclusion to the Royal Opera’s season. It was done in…
Character study
Frances Ha will make many spit ‘Frances…Bah!’ but I won’t be among them. Yes, it is rather kooky, and highly…
Public lives
Watching Burton and Taylor (BBC4, Monday) I felt a bit like I do when I go to the theatre —…
Celebrity triumphs
The licence fee is both a blessing and a curse for the BBC. The clue is in that nickname —…
Battle of the buildings
A rare jewel sits in the middle of the Hyde Park Corner roundabout. The Quadrant Gallery, run by English Heritage,…
Battle of the buildings
A rare jewel sits in the middle of the Hyde Park Corner roundabout. The Quadrant Gallery, run by English Heritage,…
Wilful expression
‘Lounge suit’ is normally a reliable signifier of supine gentility. But there it was on the invitation to Richard Rogers’s…
Battle of the buildings
A rare jewel sits in the middle of the Hyde Park Corner roundabout. The Quadrant Gallery, run by English Heritage,…
Virtual art
Michael Prodger finds that new technology is transforming how we experience art – in galleries, on computers and on smartphones too
Bring on the clowns
The Ladykillers is back. Sean Foley’s adaptation of the classic Ealing comedy introduces us to a crew of villains who…
Visual feast
This exhibition was dreamt up by David Boyd Haycock, a freelance writer and curator, following the success of a book…
Taking up the challenge
There are no two ways about it: Wagner’s Ring cycle, the biggest challenge that any opera company can face, has…
Riding high
Wadjda is the first feature-length film to come out of Saudi Arabia, and was shot by the country’s first female…
Poking fun by proxy
I sincerely hope you’re not watching television. With the glorious summer sun we’re having, you should be having picnics and…
Bedtime stories
It had begun to look as if Radio 4’s Book at Bedtime had been taken over by the zealous publicity-hungry…
Bear necessity
Shaftesbury Avenue might not be traditional bear-hunting territory, but young adventure-seekers would be well advised to beat a path this…
Bear necessity
Shaftesbury Avenue might not be traditional bear-hunting territory, but young adventure-seekers would be well advised to beat a path this…
Bear necessity
Shaftesbury Avenue might not be traditional bear-hunting territory, but young adventure-seekers would be well advised to beat a path this…
A fine vintage
Lloyd Evans meets Peter Nichols, who, in his ninth decade, is riding a wave of public favour
Fat boys slim
Don’t worry, I’m not going to go on about Glastonbury. I wasn’t there, I never have been and, unless forced…
Verdi virtues
I’m not the first person to remark that Verdi is getting oddly little attention in this his bicentenary year, especially…
One man and his cows
Pacific Rim is a giant monsters v. giant robots film and although written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, who…
Back in print
As more time elapses since the regrettable fracas over Kitaj’s 1994 Tate exhibition and his tragic suicide in 2007, he…
Master bedroom
What exactly are the ‘secrets of the royal bedchamber’? That the actual bed was seldom if ever slept in let…
Miscast Macbeth
It’s always a problem with Macbeth: what accents to use? The Globe is applying the traditional remedy. Lord and Lady…
