Giuseppe Penone: Thoughts in the Roots
The artist Guiseppe Penone, born in 1947 in the village of Garessio, in northern Italy,…
Browsing: The Culturist
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…
The Inaugural PLATFORM at The Design Museum
In 2009, the British designer Bethan Laura Wood took part in the Design Residency programme…
‘Siena: The Rise of Painting’ at The National Gallery
Transferring directly from the Metropolitan Museum in New York, where it has been ‘the hottest…
Making the Weather: Six Politicians Who Changed Modern Britain
As the Labour government seeks to establish its credentials, it is still far too early…
Zero Day and the De Niro Conundrum
Netflix’s new political thriller covers the aftermath of a catastrophic one-minute cyber-attack on the US…
In Conversation: Karen Harvey MBE
The Arb’s art writer Rosalind Ormiston meets photographer and philanthropist Karen Harvey, founder of the…
I Am Martin Parr
On general release in the UK this week, I Am Martin Parr documents the successful…
The Arb’s Oscar Predictions 2025
Our man for all things ‘on screen’, Paul Joyce, takes a look at this year’s…