Back to the future
Picturegoing is a splendid online resource compiled and curated by the estimable Luke McKernan, who also runs another richly interesting blog under his own name and in his spare time is the British Library's more
Picturegoing is a splendid online resource compiled and curated by the estimable Luke McKernan, who also runs another richly interesting blog under his own name and in his spare time is the British Library's more
To Middleham Castle on Saturday evening for a unique 'performed screening' of a 1911 silent film version of Shakespeare's Richard III. Sited in the glorious Yorkshire dales, the impressive castle, now in the care of English more
After a (rather wonderful) week in Yorkshire I feel connected again - our house had no wi-fi and the 3G felt more like 0.0003G for much of the time. So it's back to the Links, which are now presented in more
Only rarely does writing about the arts really rile me. But today I read two pieces on the same topic that I regard as nostalgic, ignorant and elitist twaddle. The topic is the relaxation of the ban on photography for more
It's our boy Ben's 21st birthday today, and we have had an excellent party in Whitstable. This morning's links have now been added to, with - as before - apologies for not properly crediting those who highlighted for me many more
The Tate Britain exhibition Kenneth Clark: Looking for Civilisation closes tomorrow, Sunday 10 August. I remain thrilled to have contributed to this by curating the television extracts and writing a catalogue essay about the television programmes that Clark made for ATV more
Following up my post about BBC Television's 1952 experiment in abstract art, I came across a fascinating piece about the special effects system that, in its earliest form, was the inspiration of the programme. When the BBC producer more
At 10.15pm on Wednesday 10 September 1952, just after an edition of the fortnightly film review show Current Release, BBC Television broadcast a 15-minute programme titled Shapes and Sounds. In its listing pages Radio Times described the transmission as 'an experiment more
Many of the world's most prominent Shakespeare academics are meetings this week in Stratford-upon-Avon for the invite-only International Shakespeare Conference. A highlight of the first day was the screening of Shakespearian Spinach as more
Tomorrow, at the final preview before Wednesday's press night, I get to see a production that I have been looking forward to for simply ages. Maria Aberg is directing John Webster's The White Devil in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Swan more