At London's The Photographers' Gallery there is a compelling exhibition called Shoot! Existential Photography (until 6 January). Trouble is, the idea behind what's not in any case a great title is a bit tricky to explain. Here's the gallery's more
While I have been reading (and enjoying) Colour Films in Britain: The Negotiation of Innovation 1900-55, a major new book by Sarah Street from BFI/Palgrave Macmillan, two key posts have appeared that render a touch redundant what more
So keen was I - and am I - to see Phyllida Lloyd's new production of Julius Caesar at Donmar Warehouse (until 9 February) that I booked tickets for the first preview. The production stars, among others, Harriet more
One of the ways in which I'm keen to continue refreshing our blog is by beginning to make better use of selected - and updated - reprises from our archive. There is a good deal of interesting stuff buried away more
As detailed on Thursday, I am posting my links twice a week from now on - on Thursdays and on Sundays. Today's lead is the excellent news that images from the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts at more
The Julius Caesar DVD has arrived! The disc includes a new 40-minute documentary Julius Caesar: Behind the Scenes with location footage and interviews with cast and crew. We will be presenting parts of that here over the next month. But more
On reflection, my idea last weekend of splitting the week's links into two (here and here) is probably not the way to go. Simply put, I like the eclecticism of a single list; plus, one post more
I'm coming very late to this but I have been engaged by - and have learned from - a film made by BBC Research and Development and posted in six parts on their blog across the summer. Opening up the more
I was sorry to read last week of the death at the age of 90 of artist William Turnbull (above). You can read fine obituaries of him by Michael McNay for the Guardian and Mark Hudson more
My 'Links for the weekend' is our blog's most popular offering. But given the length of this week's post as it first appeared, it is clear that the idea is in danger of getting out of hand. So I am more