This evening BBC radio, television and online present the Last Night of the Proms with soprano Nina Stemme (above) from the Royal Albert Hall. Although not for me. My reckoning is that I will get to the Last Night about 10 more
Once more, I return to the blog with, I hope, sufficient energy to see us through at least part of the autumn. So to start with, as I've contributed in the past (even if not too often recently) here are more
I'm absurdly late to this, I know (blame my holiday), but here's an introductory post about the screen version of Julius Caesar that we are immensely proud of co-producing with the Donmar. Phyllida Lloyd has directed a screen version of more
Six weeks since I last posted. We've recorded another stage performance for BBC Two and a classical concert for Sky Arts - details of both of those soon. Our co-production with the Donmar of Julius Caesar has been launched into more
To Somerset House to experience Mat Collishaw's VR artwork Thresholds. You have only until tomorrow, 11 June, to see this - and I would definitely recommend a visit, although you'll certainly need to book. Hannah-Ellis Petersen wrote for the Guardian more
Next Thursday, 15 June, as part of the conference Britain, Canada and the Arts at Senate House in London, which I have helped to draw together, I am introducing a special screening (open to all) of two television drama productions more
This week's selection of links to articles and one video that have attracted my eye and ear, with my thanks to those who pointed me towards them. And just for a change, let's ignore the idiocies of the public world more
Today the wonderful people at Network release a DVD of 13 half-hour thrillers made by LWT in 1972 as the anthology strand The Frighteners. Their description is as follows:
Featuring the talents of John Thaw, Ian Holm, Warren Clarke, Ianmore
On Tuesday night BFI Southbank screens a film that is, for me, one of the singular masterpieces of television drama, Richard Eyre's film Country from a script by Trevor Griffiths. Made for BBC Television in 1981, this rarely-seen 80-minute drama more
A selection of links to interesting stuff from the past week, with the usual implied virtual thanks to those who alerted me to many of them. • Who will be left?: among the many good points that Tom Crewe makes more