A Prophet with a Palette: George F. Watts
Before art was branded, filtered, or farmed for clicks, one man insisted it was a…
Browsing: The Culturist
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.…
Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots
The artist Guiseppe Penone, born in 1947 in the village of Garessio, in northern Italy,…
Notes from the Sofa: The Nu Who
With the latest series of Doctor Who on our screens, the Arb’s on screen critic -…
The Forsythe Programme at the ENB
English National Ballet is, of course, best known for its classical ballet productions – Swan…
Grayson Perry’s Delusions of Grandeur
Grayson Perry’s latest show reinterprets the Wallace Collection. The Arb’s art writer, Rosalind Ormiston, went…
Precipice by Robert Harris
Robert Harris has the knack of finding interesting historical individuals or events around which to…