A Dickens of a day
We cried, we cheered and we clapped (a bit), and then we cried some more. At 11.30 in the morning we set out with Nicholas, Kate and friends, plus a few enemies, on the wonderful journey that was (and, in more
We cried, we cheered and we clapped (a bit), and then we cried some more. At 11.30 in the morning we set out with Nicholas, Kate and friends, plus a few enemies, on the wonderful journey that was (and, in more
To BFI Southbank later for all eight hours of the Channel 4/Primetime version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby. I've said before that the stage production, seen over a Saturday in the more
Tomorrow Arts Council England and the BBC announce the projects to be funded for this summer's exciting digital arts project The Space (see my earlier post Make it new). I did some initial consultancy for The Space but more
To the V&A for a Sunday afternoon screening of an archival recording of Michael Grandage's 2004-05 production of Schiller's Don Carlos. This came courtesy of the invaluable National Video Archive of Performance, which for the past more
So why is Randall Wright's 90-minute documentary Lucian Freud: Painted Life (on iPlayer until 25 February) the BBC's best film about a visual artist for many a year? The compelling subject helps of course, as do the remarkable more
Yes, I've been super-busy - and, yes, I feel guilty about not posting here for nearly a fortnight. So let me construct a post about a few of the things we're involved in and also about one or two new more
To BFI Southbank for a most engaging day exploring small-screen adaptations of Charles Dickens. Three sessions throughout Saturday featured a host of fascinating clips and a number of engaging guests. In the morning, writer, curator and co-conceiver of more
Although I have no easy way of checking, there must be hundreds of films - and quite likely thousands - that feature David Hockney. By the end of the week, with the opening of David Hockney RA: A more
Headline: while The Mystery of Edwin Drood, part one of which we saw on BBC Two tonight, has much to recommend it, the television treat of the evening - and indeed most certainly of the year to more
To BFI Southbank on Friday evening for two screenings in the wonderful Dickens on Screen season. First up was The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Alberto Cavalcanti's adaptation for Ealing released in 1947. After more