Arts
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…
The Wright stuff
Kate Chisholm talks to the director of the BBC Proms about the challenges of coming up with 75 nightly programmes
Celebrity watch
Sofia Coppola’s latest film is not an action adventure, or a supernatural horror, or a stoner comedy, just so you…
Young blood
Dominic Cooke did it at the Royal Court. Now Ed Hall is having crack as well. Cooke’s crazy decision to…
North stars
Siegfried is, everyone agrees, the hardest of the Ring dramas to bring off. The first and almost insurmountable problem is…
