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Friday 5 December 2008

 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Michael Henderson

Michael Henderson suggests


Courting humour

Lloyd Evans

18th March, 2008

Legal Fictions
Savoy

Baby Girl; The Miracle
Cottesloe

Living doll

Deborah Ross

18th March, 2008

Lars and the Real Girl
12A, Nationwide

Unsung hero

Giannandrea Poesio

18th March, 2008

New York City Ballet
London Coliseum

Death of television

Kate Chisholm

18th March, 2008

The City Speaks (BBC Radio 4)

’Arold’s tragedy

James Delingpole

18th March, 2008

The Curse of Steptoe (BBC4); The Passion (BBC1)

Crossing continents

Lloyd Evans

12th March, 2008

Lloyd Evans on the trend among British authors to sell their archives to the United States

Face value

Andrew Lambirth

12th March, 2008

Pompeo Batoni 1708–1787
National Gallery, until 18 May

Shrewd survivor

Michael Tanner

12th March, 2008

Falstaff
WNO

Paradise Moscow
Royal Academy of Music

Teenage pain

Deborah Ross

12th March, 2008

Water Lilies
15, Curzon Soho and key cities

Parisian heights

Charles Spencer

12th March, 2008

Charles Spencer on seeing Neil Young in Paris

Death by laptop

Peter Phillips

12th March, 2008

Peter Phillips on taking Victoria's Requiem to the college campuses of America

Coward’s way

Lloyd Evans

12th March, 2008

The Vortex
Apollo

Plague Over England
Finborough

Major Barbara
Olivier

Street life

Giannandrea Poesio

12th March, 2008

Insane in the Brain
Bounce, Peacock Theatre

Making history

Simon Hoggart

12th March, 2008

Rivers of Blood (BBC2); Delia (BBC2); The Most Annoying Pop Moments ...  We Hate To Love (BBC3) 

Reality bites

Kate Chisholm

12th March, 2008

The Archers (BBC Radio 4); The Afternoon Play (BBC Radio 4); Between the Ears (BBC Radio 3)

In tune with poetry

Henrietta Bredin

5th March, 2008

Henrietta Bredin talks to Ian Bostridge about his passion for Lieder and his plans for the future

Velvet revolutionaries

Andrew Lambirth

5th March, 2008

Modern Painters: the Camden Town Group
Tate Britain, until 5 May

Messing around with Lucia

Michael Tanner

5th March, 2008

Lucia di Lammermoor
Coliseum

Gentle Giant
Linbury Studio

Games worth playing

Giannandrea Poesio

5th March, 2008

The Royal Ballet
Royal Opera House

Best forgotten

Lloyd Evans

5th March, 2008

The Living Unknown Soldier
Arcola

Worlds End
Trafalgar Studio

Ring Round the Moon
Playhouse

The Spectator Parliamentarian Awards
Spectator Book Club
The Spectator Billabong
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