by Web Editor | Jul 20, 2017 | Music
About Time Rick Jones While others merely respond to the latest noisy fads and lobbyists, Sir Harrison Birtwistle retains his originality. His orchestral work Deep Time was given its UK premiere at the Proms on Sunday by Daniel Barenboim and the Berlin Staatskapelle –... 
by Web Editor | Jul 17, 2017 | Film
A great lady of the cinema William Russell Film critics enjoy film festivals, but one of the snags is that at them you may see many films that will never be seen back home as no distributors take them up. The contribution of Artificial Eye, the distribution company... 
by Web Editor | Jul 15, 2017 | Visual Arts
Forthcoming Royal Academy Exhibitions Clare Finn Aside from them all being artists – what might link Matisse, Jasper Johns, Salvador Dalí and Marcel Duchamp? – the object, at one time or another, was at the core of all their creative processes. It is this... 
by Web Editor | Jul 6, 2017 | Film
A great film critic remembered Darren Vaughan, Brian Burton and William Russell This is not an obituary. The details of Barry Norman’s long and successful career as journalist and film critic have been covered elsewhere in great detail – he was truly a... 
by Web Editor | Jul 4, 2017 | Music
Moor is less Tom Sutcliffe The Royal Opera’s new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Otello was without doubt the hottest ticket of this season, thanks to Jonas Kaufmann’s debut in the title role. Keith Warner’s new staging is the third here since the Second World War,... 