Designing 007: Fifty Years of Bond
“The bitch is dead now.” This is the final line that James Bond utters in Ian Fleming’s 1953 novel, Casino Royale, the first of the Bond series. It’s a sentence laced with anger and despair…
Browsing: The Culturist
The London Chamber Orchestra
“With Julian Lloyd Webber on cello, it was an awe-inspiring conclusion to a programme of some of the finest English music ever produced.” Rebecca visits the LCO at Chelsea’s Cadogan Hall…
Cape Town Opera’s Porgy and Bess
To my mind, not enough operas open with a fist fight. La Boheme – just…
The Bliss of Benny Goodman
“Julian Bliss is surely a case for the progressive education movement, a shining example of nature versus nuture. At the age of five he decided to pick up a clarinet of all things, and learn to play it.”
99 Tiny Games
On Saturday 28 July 2012, no less than 99 tiny games will be launched, free…
The Arbuturian Olympiad
So, it’s finally here. No, not the XXXth Olympiad in London, not even the cultural Olympiad that goes alongside, no. This is the Arbuturian Olympiad. A range of events in the capital that offer a meditative alternative to the mania…
Onegin at Opera Holland Park
Onegin. It makes such a rich sound when you say it. Onyaygin. Even if you’re…
LA Art: Who Shot Rock & Roll
“The image still remains after the music stops.” Gail Buckland, author and photo historian. I’m…
Going for Gold: Chariots of Fire
“I’m exhausted, having just watched Chariots of Fire on stage, so Lord knows how the poor actors feel.” Rachel enjoys the theatrical spectacle of Chariots of Fire at the Gielgud Theatre…
Light in the Darkness: Billy Budd at the ENO
Matt Hutchinson reviews the English National Opera’s production of Billy Budd, and Larry talks on film to Benedict Nelson about his leading role in this turbulent opera of good versus evil…
The Bloomsbury Art Fair
A dejected-looking burnt orange-hued figure subtly lords over a courtyard at Goodenough College, the location…