Sunday links
I was going start by committing to a boycott this week of Trump and Brexit. After all, and especially after this week, what is there to say? But I have included a couple of exceptional pieces, before I get to links more
I was going start by committing to a boycott this week of Trump and Brexit. After all, and especially after this week, what is there to say? But I have included a couple of exceptional pieces, before I get to links more
Raoul Coutard, the cinematographer best-known for his radical work on many of the key features films of the French new wave, has died at the age of 92. Coutard shot many of the films (including the heart-breakingly beautiful Pierrot le more
There are no words... so read this - and weep. 'An American tragedy': David Remnick for The New Yorker - and for the rest of us.
A song for today. 'The greatest song ever written about America... and what's so great about it is, it gets right to the heart of what our country is supposed to be about." Live at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, 30 September, more
In this week's Sunday links I highlighted a recent audiovisual essay by Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin about the cinema of Roman Polanski. Today, I want to give slightly more attention to their latest creation, the 12-minute 'A more
Posted slightly late, here's my latest list of links to interesting articles and videos. As usual, many of these have been highlighted on Twitter and a few have been kindly sent to me as recommendations. The list appears three days more
To round off a few days devoted to the 80th anniversary of the start of the BBC television service from Alexandra Palace, here's how the BBC marked the 40th anniversary. This lavish programme, produced by Bruce Norman, includes archive material, more
Having yesterday highlighted Shakespeare on television between the wars, today's short post spotlights a Media History seminar on Tuesday when I'm sharing the spotlight with my colleague Dr Amanda Wrigley. The event is a contribution to an more
I was delighted last week to receive a copy of the new Shakespeare Survey volume, no 69, published by Cambridge University Press. This is an annual collection of Shakespeare scholarship edited by Peter Holland - and for this themed more
The world's first regular television service started 80 years ago today, when BBC Television began daily transmissions from Alexandra Palace (above is AP's blue plaque). To mark the date, at 9pm tonight BBC Four broadcast Television's Opening Night: How the Box more