Arts
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…
Boston’s artistry
Those who lament sluggishness in contemporary stagings of Balanchine’s ballets — and those who are responsible for it — should…
Institutional Toynbeeism
Last week I was on holiday with my family on the Algarve. The good news was that, thanks to the…
Glorious moments
Out and about in Surrey on Sunday I happened upon a scene that could have been played out 77 years…
Reap what you sew
Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…
Reap what you sew
Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…
Reap what you sew
Tapestries once had a place of honour in fine art, but that was during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.…
Boston’s artistry
Those who lament sluggishness in contemporary stagings of Balanchine’s ballets — and those who are responsible for it — should…
Fighting culture’s corner
The latest round of cuts have been greeted with relief. Think again, says Stephen Deuchar, director of the Art Fund
French disconnection
One of the many cultural initiatives to have come out of France in the past 50 years — and therefore…
Shape shifting
Eduardo Chillida (1924–2002) is one of the greatest of modern sculptors yet curiously little known in this country. The last…
Greatest show on earth
Yes, I’m sorry, the Stones at Glastonbury really were that good and if you weren’t there I’m afraid you seriously…
