by Rick Jones | Oct 4, 2018 | Awards, Books, Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Visual Arts
On 3rd October 2018, Britain’s foremost artist David Hockney received the Critics’ Circle award for Distinguished Service to Art. The relaxed ceremony took place over lunch at the Chelsea Arts Club, London, a beautiful venue with access through long french...
by Suzi Feay | Jun 14, 2018 | Books
Review by Lucy Popescu, Secretary of the Books Section My Cat Yugoslavia by Pajtim Statovci Translated from the Finnish by David Hackston Pushkin Press Pajtim Statovci’s remarkable debut novel is a poignant examination of the migrant-refugee experience spanning...
by Suzi Feay | Apr 20, 2018 | Books
AT the age of 22 Matthew De Abaitua worked for six months as amanuensis to the writer Will Self. It was the mid-1990s and Abaitua was studying for an MA in creative writing at the University of East Anglia in Norwich. Self was the bad-boy author of a novella, Cock and...
by Philip Fisher | Mar 21, 2018 | Books, Drama, Visual Arts
Published by Duckworth Overlook at £16.99, 382 pages There is no question that the most hyped first novel of 2018 is Mrs Hancock and the Mermaid by Imogen Hermes Gowar. While that historical novel is undoubtedly a fine work by a prodigious new talent, a strong case...
by Music Editor | Feb 28, 2018 | Awards, Books, Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Uncategorized, Visual Arts
by Web Editor | Jan 4, 2018 | Awards, Books, Dance, Drama, Film, Music, Visual Arts
Recipients of the Critics’ Circle Annual Award 1988 – Sir Peter Hall 1989 – Dame Ninette de Valois 1990 – Sir Michael Tippett 1991 – Sir David Lean 1992 – Sir John Mills 1993 – Sir Peter Ustinov 1994 – Sir John Drummond 1995 – Sir Peter Wright 1996 – Richard...
