John Wyver writes: eleven articles from the past week, and an archive from 1967, that especially caught my attention, plus the usual musical bonus. The image above by Ene-Liis Semper is from the 2012 Lyric, Hammersmith production of Three Kingdoms, more
John Wyver writes: our break in Northumberland was glorious - thanks for asking - and I'm returning now with today's list of recommended reading, listening and viewing. • In Our Time - Walter Benjamin: let us now more
John Wyver writes: another collection of pointers to the past week's interesting articles and videos, gathered from my Twitter timeline and elsewhere, and with the help of friends also. • All American end zones: for Super Bowl more
Today marks the twenty-year anniversary of the installation of Antony Gormley’s work The Angel of the North. Gormley’s work is now iconic and the Angel is probably his most famous work. It is estimated to be seen by 33 million more
As usual (or given recent experience, on occasions), a list of links to articles and videos that have engaged me over the past week. Many thanks to those who alerted me to a number of them. • Senses of Cinema more
I missed a links post last Sunday and other entries over the past fortnight have been only sporadic. I can only plead busy-ness in the preparation for the RSC Live from Stratford-upon-Avon broadcasts of Cymbeline, ten days ago, and King Lear, more
The official Twitter account of Sadiq Khan sent out this image yesterday at 4.30pm. It shows the Mayor of London at the Pride rally in Trafalgar Square, and as @dannybrown commented this morning 'This is like the poster for the more
For the end of 2015, when this blog has been less than it should have been, and for the start of 2016, when it will be more than it has been, we offer five short lists of five cultural more