La Serenissima: The Story of Venice
It is a brave writer who takes on Venice, La Serenissima, given the long list…
Browsing: The Culturist
Nederlands Dans Theater at Sadlers Wells
NDT has brought a diverse triple bill to Sadler’s Wells this spring and it demonstrates…
Medea at Soho Place
Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels are superb in this stirring tale of injustice and revenge, Alice…
Halima Cassell ‘From the Earth’ at Watts Gallery
When it comes to art exhibitions, it’s typically the capital’s galleries that capture the headlines.…
Akram Khan’s ‘Jungle Book Reimagined’
Akram Khan, as a ten-year-old, played Mowgli in Peter Brooke’s The Adventures of Mowgli. Clearly,…
Extinction Beckons at The Hayward Gallery
London is currently experiencing a panoply of some great art exhibitions; the Courtauld, Royal Academy,…
Akhnaten at the ENO
From its first opening ripples of sound, Philip Glass’s Akhnaten draws you into a different…
Whorled at Somerset House
Hands up who knew that Cassiopeia A, the supernova-remnant in the constellation Cassiopeia, a galaxy…
Turn It Out with Tiler Peck and Friends
Tiler Peck may not be a household name in the UK but she’s as famous…
A Spy Among Friends
Having just watched the recent TV drama, A Spy Among Friends, based on the book…
Finding Vermeer in Delft
Walking into the Rijksmuseum and upstairs to the exhibition ‘Vermeer’, the very first paintings, in…
A Brief Introduction to the Arab Novel
In a new take on our Books coverage this weekend, Philip Cottam turns his hand to explore…