Michaelina Wautier at the RA
At the Royal Academy of Arts currently, a revelatory exhibition restores the often overlooked 17th c…
Browsing: The Culturist
Grace Pervades at Theatre Royal Haymarket
David Hare’s new play (his 32nd), Grace Pervades, a sweeping, century-straddling meditation on the lives of…
Before Bond: The Books That Built the Spy Genre
Long before Bond, Bourne and Lamb, there was Kim, Hannay and Ashenden. For The Arbuturian,…
Don Quixote at Sadler’s Wells
The great choreographer of the golden age of Russian ballet, Marius Petipa, is probably best…
Pompeii: Below the Clouds
With the release of Gianfranco Rosi’s hauntingly beautiful documentary, Rosalind Ormiston is absorbed by this meditation on life…
The Wizard of the Kremlin
Sometimes a book almost seamlessly fits a moment in real time and flies off the…
Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style
Celebrating our late monarch’s centenary, the new Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style exhibition,…
In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World
At the Ashmolean Museum, Rosalind Ormiston explores ‘In Bloom: How Plants Changed Our World’, a…
Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art
The V&A’s new exhibition, Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art, is the first UK event of its…
Catherine Opie: To Be Seen
On now at the National Portrait Gallery, ‘Catherine Opie: To Be Seen’ offers a powerful…
Teeth ‘N’ Smiles
Produced by Wessex Grove and Gavin Kalin and directed by Daniel Raggett, it’s great to…
Carlos Acosta in London
Carlos Acosta: Myths and Modern Masters at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden One of…