The Siege by Ben MacIntyre
Just over 45 years ago, for six days in February 1980, the attention of the…
Browsing: The Culturist
The Boy With Wings
On a Saturday afternoon at the end of June, I took my eight-year-old son Wilfred…
The Lemon in the Half-Light: Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
What if Cambridge’s most enduring legacy is not its Nobel laureates, nor the centuries of…
A Gilbert & Sullivan Double Bill at Opera Holland Park
If anyone tells you that opera is outdated and irrelevant to today’s audiences, just send…
The Merry Widow at Opera Holland Park
With soaring temperatures and more colour than the Notting Hill Carnival, Opera Holland Park’s Merry…
A Prophet with a Palette: George F. Watts
Before art was branded, filtered, or farmed for clicks, one man insisted it was a…
A Spymaster Begins: Karla’s Choice
Following in the footsteps of the master of any trade, let alone when that master…
The Frogs at Southwark Playhouse
The time is the present and the place is Ancient Greece, we are told in…
Jane Eyre at Sadler’s Wells
Northern Ballet’s Jane Eyre has come at last to Sadler’s Wells. Created nine years ago…
Hiroshige: Artist of the Open Road
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) is a masterful Japanese artist. Born in Edo (now Tokyo) into a…
Playhouse Creatures at Theatre Royal Bath
When I discovered that the majestic Anna Chancellor (Four Weddings and a Funeral) was to…
The Brightening Air at The Old Vic
Conor McPherson’s last show at the Old Vic, Girl from the North Country, was phenomenal.…