While theatres remain closed, the way we watch Shakespeare is changing. When I picture the audiences Shakespeare would have written for, I think of the
All of us in recent weeks have seen holiday travel plans disrupted or stalled. Not of the greatest importance in the current scale of things,
First, there were the court cases, which he won, god knows how, when the accused had been caught holding the damn thing. Then came the
Jennifer Lucy Bate, celebrated organist and Olivier Messiaen’s most trusted interpreter of his complex oeuvres for the instrument, has died at the age of 75.
“Pace Mr Hancock, nothing about this small and unpleasant virus thing is ‘abundantly clear’.” – Rod Liddle in The Spectactor, 11 April 2020. I wonder
Listening to Fiona Apple’s new album for the first time was the audio version of taking a heavy shunt from the side. Fetch the Boltcutters T-boned
Gigs feel like something from a different world. Poorly poured beer and the jostling for a decent spot, overpriced merchandise and the absurdity of encores.
Sports Review by Louis T Stanley, published by MacDonald, covered the sporting world from September 1950 to August 1951, and is full of good things
Endless television. Infrequent trips to the closest corner-shop. An overwhelming feeling of social isolation. Such are the dominant rituals in the life of the unnamed
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