We're delighted to say that we are working with Almeida Theatre and Picturehouse Entertainment to broadcast Rupert Goold’s production of Richard III, with Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave live to cinemas around the world on July 21. Press reports of more
Last Thursday I was at the British Library for a fascinating conference titled Radio Modernisms: Features, Cultures and the BBC (the conference programme is here, along with abstracts and biographies). Organised by my University of Westminster colleagues Amanda Wrigley more
I think I met the great graphic designer David King, who has died, just once. Yet he shaped my visual imagination and gave form to the fight that defined my first years as a writer. I think I said hello to more
The best book that I read on holiday recently was a novel first published in 1963. My overwhelming feeling on finishing The Expendable Man was that both it and its author, Dorothy B. Hughes, deserve to be far better-known than, at least more
Something is happening here, with Donald Trump, and no-one really knows what it is. These are four important and truly, truly scary Stateside articles that begin to make sense of it: • Democracies end when they are too democratic: Andrew Sullivan on more
I fell well short this past week of my intention to post more often than every Sunday, but I shall do better next. Meanwhile, here is today's list of links to interesting and surprising stuff from the past week. • R.I.P. Alexandre more
May 16 saw the premiere of our new Sky Arts programme, Simon Rattle conducts The Seasons. Just exactly a month before at London's Barbican Centre we recorded the great conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Symphony Chorus more
After a really splendid week walking in Italy (thanks to Inntravel and their itinerary A Stroll Through History), it's back to a busy week, starting with Simon Rattle on Sky Arts tonight. Monday Tonight at 9pm sees the premiere of our new Sky more
Back from a week's walking in Italy, I am happy to propose today's links to stuff that I have found interesting and useful over the past week; I'll contribute some additional ones later today. • Remembering John Krish, 1923-2016: touching tributes from three BFI more
A somewhat truncated list from my post-Shakespeare Live! holiday... normal service to be resumed next week. • Lonely rangers - the dark side of westerns: Michael Newton for the Guardian on an excellent BFI Southbank season, Ride Lonesome: more