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…
Browsing: The Culturist
The Bloomsbury Art Fair
A dejected-looking burnt orange-hued figure subtly lords over a courtyard at Goodenough College, the location…
Rock ‘n’ Rolls at Loch Ness
Can the food at a festival rival the music line up? Mina journeys to the Scottish Highlands for Rockness, where the food on offer makes as much noise as the bands on stage…
Puccini in the Park
Summer is finally upon us. How can you tell? All around the UK festival goers…
The Great Gatsby at Wilton’s Music Hall
“I’m not cool enough for East London. I always get lost and the shabby-chic trademark of most establishments to the right of Liverpool Street troubles my neat-freak inclinations…”
Forever Crazy
The Parisian underworld is on its way to London’s Southbank. The Crazy Horse has been…
Vivaldi’s L’Olympiade at Garsington Opera
“The sweeping 2,500 acre estate means the opera can blast forth without causing disturbance to neighbours – apart from the odd fox.” Rebecca visits the glorious Garsington Opera…
James Joyce: All the Things That Hand Did
When an earnest, bookish young man travelled all the way to Zurich and met James Joyce, one of the greatest writers not only of his age but of all time, he asked: “May I kiss the hand that wrote Ulysses?”
Anthony Minghella’s Madam Butterfly
“Since premiering in 2005, this highly acclaimed English National Opera Madam Butterfly production went on to win Anthony Minghella an Olivier Award and remains the only opera ever directed by him…”
The Nabokov Arts Club: Fable
Rahnam Pachry – poet, scribe, journalist, painter, musician and cultural columnist for the Delhi Morning Post – is sent to review the Nabakov Arts Club. Oh dear. What were we thinking!?
Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950
Opening the British Design Season at the Victoria and Albert Museum and held in the…
Hampton Court Palace Festival
One of the most exciting and anticipated outdoor events of the season, Hampton Court Palace…