Continuing this weekend's British cinema theme (see Ealing before Ealing here), my first recommendation has to be for Xan Brooks' delightful Guardian essay and video A pilgrim's progress: on the trail of A Canterbury Tale. Brooks more
After a weekend off when I was occupied with the Coronation re-run, Links... returns with a lede devoted to the late Allan Dwan. What? Who? Born in 1885 and living until 1981, Dwan was a Canadian more
No doubt about the key cultural event of the week: the opening of the completed re-hang of 500 years of British art at Tate Britain. Tomorrow's post will be 10 things I already love there - more