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Sunday 7 September 2008

 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill

Clemency suggests


Beware the Hun

Simon Hoggart

13th February, 2008

Attila the Hun (BBC1); Skins (E4)

Uncomfortable truths

Kate Chisholm

13th February, 2008

The Trial and Death of Socrates (BBC Radio 3); The Jazz Baroness (BBC Radio 4)

Back to the soil

Ursula Buchan

13th February, 2008

Ursula Buchan does a spot of gardening

A daunting experience

Tom Hollander

6th February, 2008

Tom Hollander’s first meeting with a theatrical agent didn’t turn out quite how he expected

Be selective

Andrew Lambirth

6th February, 2008

From Russia: French and Russian Master Paintings 1870-1925 from Moscow and St Petersburg

Royal Academy, until 18 April

Sponsored by E.ON

Grief and groans

Lloyd Evans

6th February, 2008

Purgatorio
Arcola

Happy Now?
Cottesloe

The Lover/The Collection
Comedy

Mozart undersold

Michael Tanner

6th February, 2008

Die Zauberflöte
Royal Opera House

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Linbury

Pure genius

Deborah Ross

6th February, 2008

There Will Be Blood
15, nationwide

Juno
12A, nationwide

Reptilian reverie

James Delingpole

6th February, 2008

Lif in Cold Blood (BBC1); Ashes to Ashes (BBC1)

Missing the picture

Kate Chisholm

6th February, 2008

And the Academy Award Goes To... (BBC Radio 4); Art Made in China (BBC Radio 4); Between the Ears (BBC Radio 3); A Good Read (BBC Radio 4)

Unthinking dogmatism

James MacMillan

30th January, 2008

James MacMillan explains why he hates the assumption that he is a liberal left-winger

Italian treats

Andrew Lambirth

30th January, 2008

A Decade of Discovery
Esoterick Collection, 39a Canonbury Square, London, N1, until 6 April

What a monster

Deborah Ross

30th January, 2008

Cloverfield
15, Nationwide

Teletubby approach

Lloyd Evans

30th January, 2008

The President’s Holiday
Hampstead

The Sea
Haymarket

The Vertical Hour
Royal Court

Truffling around

Marcus Berkmann

30th January, 2008

Marcus Berkmann on hunting down new music

Britten surprises

Michael Tanner

30th January, 2008

Peter Grimes
Opera North

Reasons for hope

Kate Chisholm

30th January, 2008

Start the Week (BBC Radio 4); Fortunes of War (BBC Radio 4)

Cult viewing

Simon Hoggart

30th January, 2008

Jonestown (BBC 2); Moving Wallpaper & Echo Beach (ITV); Harry Hill's TV Burp (ITV) 

Drained of colour

Deborah Ross

23rd January, 2008

After the cheerlessness and brutality of No Country for Old Men, I’m not sure a film about a serial killer is just what you want.

Bach substitute

Kate Chisholm

23rd January, 2008

Janis (BBC Radio 2); Have Your Cake (BBC Radio 4)

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