27th May 2019
John Wyver writes: The past week was occupied by a hugely enjoyable and completely fascinating research collaboration with director and tutor Ben Naylor, his colleagues and students on the MA Acting, Classical course at the Royal Central
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19th May 2019
Our screen version of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake comes to cinemas on Tuesday. Thanks to our partners New Adventures and More 2 Screen, more than 300 cinemas in Britain will be showing this glorious and much-loved stage
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15th May 2019
John Wyver writes: On Friday this week, after 30 remarkable years, we leave our beloved offices in Islington's Rheidol Mews. Above is the view that has greeted some of us each day for three decades, and below is a glimpse
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12th May 2019
John Wyver writes: On Tuesday evening, 14 May, at the Paul Mellon Centre in Bedford Square, London, I am participating in an exciting event that will offer the first public showcase for a research project about photography and film,
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15th April 2019
John Wyver writes: You have just three further weeks to experience the exceptional exhibition Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory at Tate Modern, which closes on 6 May. Having executive produced a BBC2 film about Bonnard back in
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15th April 2019
John Wyver writes: here's a handful of links to articles and videos about painting and photography that have engaged and delighted me over the past month or so. That's all.
PS. a batch of Bonnard links, as in Pierre, follows shortly.
PPS.
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14th April 2019
John Wyver writes: Watching expertly-performed musical theatre in tiny spaces is often exhilarating, and so it proves with Maggie May at the Finborough Theatre. Led by Kara Lily Hayworth and James Darch (above, photo by Ali Wright), the
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7th April 2019
John Wyver writes: To the LSE on Friday for a day of fascinating papers at British Women Documentary Filmmakers 1930-1955, a symposium organised by the Jill Craigie: Film Pioneer research project and the LSE's Department of Gender
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3rd April 2019
John Wyver writes: Last night a Tweet by Kirsty Sedgman set me off down a memory rabbit-hole. Following a path through the magical world of the internet has revealed to me just a little of what television and the
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31st March 2019
John Wyver writes: Like Philip Larkin, I am much drawn to visiting England's parish churches. I once spoke about this to a friend, adding that I took great pleasure in the pastime despite being a clear-eyed atheist. She suggested
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