Much is being written about the truly extraordinary achievements of Sir Peter Hall, whose death at the age of 86 has been announced. Mark Lawson's piece for the Guardian is already a highlight: deeply informed, admiring but far from uncritical. And more
Opening later this month at Barbican Art Gallery is Basquiat: Boom for Real (21 September - 28 January) . The first substantial retrospective in this country of the work of Jean-Michael Basquiat, it is one the hot exhibition tickets more
Links to articles that have intrigued, interested and informed me in the past week. Grateful thanks to all those who pointed me towards them, and apologies for not including more than this collective credit. I'll start with one of the more
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
In the Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon is a truly splendid Royal Shakespeare Company production of Thomas Dekker's 1599 play The Shoemaker's Holiday. Director Phillip Breen, a spirited cast led by David Troughton and the RSC's costume department have more
The emerald-green grass is sodden from the rain that has fallen through the day. But the sky shows a patch or two of bright blue. Richly pungent from a wealth of flowers, the air is full of noises from unseen more
Below you'll find all sorts of good things that I've been reading and watching (or at least meaning to) over the past fortnight or so... In contrast to previous weekend collections, I've mixed up articles and videos - a practice more