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Friday 5 December 2008

 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson suggests


Art in Kew

Ursula Buchan

23rd April, 2008

Ursula Buchan enjoys the botanical art in a new gallery at Kew

Under cover of absurdity

Igor Toronyi-Lalic

16th April, 2008

Igor Toronyi-Lalic on the power of animation to subvert and propagate ideas

Sculptor of vision

Andrew Lambirth

16th April, 2008

Nigel Hall: Sculpture + Drawing 1965–2008
Yorkshire Sculpture Park, until 8 June

Honest observer

Laura Gascoigne

16th April, 2008

Laura Knight at the Theatre
Lowry Galleries, until 6 July

Feet of endurance

Giannandrea Poesio

16th April, 2008

Entity
Random Dance, Sadler’s Wells

Won over by Golijov

Michael Tanner

16th April, 2008

Ainadamar
Birmingham Symphony Hall

Der Rosenkavalier
Royal Festival Hall

Foreign folly

Lloyd Evans

16th April, 2008

Wedding Day at the Cro-Magnons
Soho

The Internationalist
Gate

The Black and White Ball
King’s Head

Blame Quentin

Deborah Ross

16th April, 2008

In Bruges
18, Nationwide

Jet set

Kate Chisholm

16th April, 2008

Journey into Space (BBC Radio 4); Broadcasting House (BBC Radio 4)

Doctor’s dilemma

James Delingpole

16th April, 2008

Dr Who (BBC1)

In Scarlett’s shoes

Lloyd Evans

9th April, 2008

Lloyd Evans on the extraordinary story behind Trevor Nunn’s ‘Gone with the Wind’

Take your pick

Andrew Lambirth

9th April, 2008

Robert Dukes (born 1965) is one of our finest younger artists.

Weightless babblefest

Lloyd Evans

9th April, 2008

Bliss
Royal Court

Peter Pan, El Musical
Garrick

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Almeida

Self-confident Royal

Carolyn Bartholomew

9th April, 2008

Carolyn Bartholomew meets Kate Royal

Oh, George, how could you?

Deborah Ross

9th April, 2008

Leatherheads
PG, Nationwide

Screen test

Peter Phillips

9th April, 2008

Why is it so difficult to make engaging television programmes about classical music?

Road to nowhere

Michael Tanner

9th April, 2008

Lost Highway
Young Vic

Aci, Galathea e Polifemo
Middle Temple

IPods for idiots

Charles Spencer

9th April, 2008

It is three years since I last wrote about my iPod.

Wealth of ideas

Kate Chisholm

9th April, 2008

The relentless downgrading of the News to a series of shocking revelations about child abuse, bearded terrorists and the ghastly incompetence of our Olympic pretensions sent me straight to the World Service where even the shortest of hourly bulletins contains enough information to remind us that life goes on beyond our own limited horizons.

Liberating Shakespeare

Mary Wakefield

2nd April, 2008

Mary Wakefield talks to the RSC’s Michael Boyd and learns how he scared the Establishment

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