by Fiona Hook | Jul 29, 2021 | Music, Uncategorized
What London really needs is more small summer arts festivals in nice venues. The newest to appear is The Shipwright, two weeks of cultural events in the Master Shipwright’s house in Deptford, kicked off with an informal but highly polished recital of lute songs by... 
by Rick Jones | Jul 21, 2021 | Awards, Books, Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Visual Arts
On Wednesday 14 July 2021, towards the end of the morning, the Critics’ Circle helped to get the wheels of live social intercourse moving again when fifty members arrived for luncheon at the National Liberal Club. The guest of honour was novelist and playwright... 
by Graham Watts | Jul 8, 2021 | Dance, Uncategorized
Dance Section member, Laura Cappelle, has won the award given by the Syndicat Professionnel de la Critique for the Dance Book of the year, recognising her Nouvelle Histoire de la danse en Occident – de la Prehistoire a nos jours. Photo copyright: Jérôme... 
by Music Editor | Jul 6, 2021 | Music
By Fiona Hook After a year without live music, the listener heads to the Wigmore Hall as the desert traveller to the oasis, and the Edinburgh-based Ensemble Marsyas’s evening of sparkling music from Handel’s Roman period did not disappoint. There was so much to enjoy... 