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Friday 8 August 2008

 

The latest culture as recommended by our staff

Clemency Burton-Hill
Clemency Burton-Hill

Clemency suggests


Uncool fun

Charles Spencer

9th July, 2008

Charles Spencer goes to Guilfest

Take two couples

Lloyd Evans

9th July, 2008

On the Rocks
Hampstead

In My Name
Trafalgar Studios

All Nudity Shall Be Punished
Union

Super trouper

Deborah Ross

9th July, 2008

Mamma Mia
PG, Nationwide

Lost in translation

Peter Phillips

9th July, 2008

Peter Phillips on why it is the music more than the words that makes hymns special

No rude awakening

James Delingpole

9th July, 2008

Banged Up (Channel 4, Monday)

A world elsewhere

Henrietta Bredin

2nd July, 2008

Henrietta Bredin visits Oslo's new opera house and finds it impressive, both inside and out

Distinctly lacklustre

Andrew Lambirth

2nd July, 2008

Radical light: Italy's Divisionist Painters 1891-1910
National Gallery, until 7 September, Sponsoered by Credit Suisse

What about the Iraqis?

Lloyd Evans

2nd July, 2008

Black Watch
Barbican

Whatever Happened to Cotton Dress Girl?
New End

Divas
Apollo
 

Inspired and thrilling

Michael Tanner

2nd July, 2008

Le nozze di Figaro
Royal Opera House

Here be monsters

Peter Hoskin

2nd July, 2008

The Mist
15, Nationwide

Hitting the mark

Marcus Berkmann

2nd July, 2008

Marcus Berkmann on Michael Jackson

Criminally good

Simon Hoggart

2nd July, 2008

Criminal Justice (BBC1); Celebrity Masterchef (BBC1); Marco's Great British Feast (Channel 4) 

How the West was won

Alexander Stoddart

25th June, 2008

Alexander Stoddart unravels the relationship between art and politics

Traces of self

Andrew Lambirth

25th June, 2008

Cy Twombly: Cycles and Seasons
Tate Modern, until 14 September

Gripped by paranoia

Lloyd Evans

25th June, 2008

2,000 Feet Away
Bush

Relocated
Royal Court

The Chalk Garden
Donmar

Visual fuss

Michael Tanner

25th June, 2008

Ariadne auf Naxos
Royal Opera House

The Pilgrim’s Progress
Sadler’s Wells

Whisper or scream

Robin Holloway

25th June, 2008

Robin Holloway attends the Spanish premiere of Helmut Lachenmann's Little Match Girl

Oxford treasures

Harry Mount

25th June, 2008

Beyond the Work of One — Oxford College Libraries and their Benefactors 
The Bodleian Library, Oxford, until 1 November, admission free

Toffs are different

James Delingpole

25th June, 2008

Snowdon and Margaret: Inside a Royal Marriage (Channel 4)

Artist and Believer

Kate Chisholm

25th June, 2008

Private Passions (BBC Radio 3)

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