John Wyver writes: I am lucky enough to be in New York for a couple of nights (look out for a 'Postcard' from the city here soon) and I spent yesterday afternoon in the peerless permanent collections galleries of the more
John Wyver writes: I had been looking forward to Peter Biskind's latest book, which in the States is titled Pandora's Box: How Guts, Guile and Greed Upended TV, and which over here carries the slightly desperate, and arguably more
John Wyver writes: as usual, a selection of articles and audio that caught my attention this past week. The image above, which relates to my first choice, is a detail from Anatole Godet's photograph of"Portrait de Emile Zola" par more
John Wyver writes: Here's another brief, random note about a cultural object that I've encountered in the past few days, in this case Fritz Lang's Western with Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney, which I saw at what I persist in more
John Wyver writes: I'm pleased that I seem to be managing to keep the Sunday dozen going, and while I don't feel ready - or have the time - to return to blogging more seriously, I want to try floating more
John Wyver writes: the weekend's selection of articles, audio and video that especially engaged me over the past week. • The dinner party that started the Harlem Renaissance: a wonderful slice of archival research about a 1924 New York dinner more
John Wyver writes: a little late this week, and I'm completing the choice on a train to Stratford-upon-Avon for a final RSC "goodbye" to Greg Doran - as usual, here are a dozen articles and audio elements that I found more
John Wyver writes: the usual twelve recommendations from a busy week when we celebrated in style the life of my mother-in-law, Beryl Paterson, at her cremation. • The Getty makes nearly 88,000 art images free to use however you like: more
John Wyver writes: this week's selection of writings and audio begins with links related to some especially sad news, before embracing a remarkable new open access publication, a great new podcast, a number of excellent essays and resources, and an more
John Wyver writes: eleven articles from the past week, and an archive from 1967, that especially caught my attention, plus the usual musical bonus. The image above by Ene-Liis Semper is from the 2012 Lyric, Hammersmith production of Three Kingdoms, more