Arts
‘I adore the stage’
Michael Kennedy salutes the mezzo-soprano Janet Baker,who celebrates her 80th birthday next week
Political power
Revolution shook Mexico between 1910 and 1920, but radical political change was not mirrored in the art of the period.…
A trio of gems
Jewels is everything a George Balanchine admirer could ask for. The sumptuous triptych, set to scores by Fauré, Stravinsky and…
Wagner’s dream
It would be interesting to know why Tristan und Isolde was placed in the Proms programme in between Siegfried and…
Tragic comedies
How did our comedies become so sad? BBC1’s new sitcom Big School (Fridays) opened with a scene that would probably…
Speed limit
Of course there’s a future for digital radio, it’s just that we’ll probably be listening to it online, or on…
All aboard!
Brother, can you spare me a train? Or maybe just a Pullman carriage or two? There are so many brilliant…
All aboard!
Brother, can you spare me a train? Or maybe just a Pullman carriage or two? There are so many brilliant…
All aboard!
Brother, can you spare me a train? Or maybe just a Pullman carriage or two? There are so many brilliant…
A trio of gems
Jewels is everything a George Balanchine admirer could ask for. The sumptuous triptych, set to scores by Fauré, Stravinsky and…
Places of enchantment
Claudia Massie is impressed by this year’s Edinburgh Art Festival
A noo era
Hats off for theatrical recklessness. The producer Danielle Tarento has taken a $10-million Broadway mega-musical and staged it in the…
Summer focus
In 1929, Samuel Courtauld owned the most important collection of works by Paul Gauguin in England: five paintings, ten woodcuts…
J.J. Cale’s vision
‘I don’t really like most of the music you play,’ said the tall blonde woman with whom I share my…
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…
