Don Quixote at Sadler’s Wells
The great choreographer of the golden age of Russian ballet, Marius Petipa, is probably best…
Browsing: The Culturist
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…
Vincent In Brixton at The Orange Tree, Richmond
Before ‘Sunflowers’, ‘The Starry Night’ and ‘The Potato Eaters’, Vincent Van Gogh spent a year…
Metamorphoses at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Over 2,000 years ago the Roman poet Ovid wrote Metamorphoses, a sweeping narrative of what…
Body and Soul at the English National Ballet
If, when you think of English National Ballet, The Nutcracker springs to mind that wouldn’t…