This England: The Benefits of a Classical Education
In the first of a new series of reviews and discourses on film and television,…
Author Paul Joyce
The Green Fingered General
I must have on my groaning shelves three dozen biographies of Napoleon, but not one…
Beware the Bitcoin’s Bite
Yes, I blush to confess that I too was tempted by images of that sunny,…
Me, Myself and I: How an Artist Survives Lockdown
There is one simple difference between a comfortable domestic environment and a jail cell and…
On Two Icons of the American West
In one of life’s great ironies both creator and his greatest creation died within a…
A King with Feet of Clay
The 74th Venice Film Festival opens this week, at which Robert Redford is being honoured…
Black Watch: An Arctic Adventure
Artist, photographer and all-round creative polymath, Paul Joyce, takes on one of cruise culture’s most…
Meeting with Henry Moore
Celebrated portrait photographer and film-maker, Paul Joyce, recalls a youthful narrow escape with the legendary…
I Want to be Number One!
“So our esteemed managing editor, Toby, throws me a curve ball knowing I will not be able to resist: a short but luxurious Venice weekend to launch a new upmarket cruise ship.”
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture
Artist, photographer and filmmaker Paul Joyce takes an uncompromising look at David Hockney’s current exhibition at The Royal Academy, and muses over 30 years of friendship with the venerated artist…
White Nights in St. Petersburg
Paul Joyce battles the visa authorities to secure a pass into the stunning metropolis of St. Petersburg, for a cultural, historical and personal tour around one of Russia’s most beautiful cities.
Barbarella Forever
Jane Fonda as Barbarella is one of the enduring icons of 20th century cinema. As a young filmmaker in 1968, Paul Joyce was tasked with documenting the happenings on and around the set of that legendary psychedelic sci-fi romp…