I first met Brian Clarke, when I was making a series for BBC Two, “The Architecture of the Imagination” (1994). It was bravely commissioned by...
The 2024 play at the National...
A thirtysomething American woman with wavering self-confidence, a tendency to talk too much and a longing for married bliss with Mr...
Tubeway Army’s “Are ‘Friends’ Electric” hit the top of the UK single’s chart in the last week of June 1979. It stayed there for four weeks. Its...
Can a romcom be intellectually...
War, pestilence, famine, death. I don’t know about you, but I’ve had my fill of them all. So what better time to visit the genuinely sunny uplands...
The National Health Service was established 77 years ago this month. Resident doctors are about to strike for more pay, long waiting lists for...
It took until the last room of her exhibition for me to gain any real understanding of the work of...
Tami Neilson’s career is long and storied. The short version is that she began with a 1990s Canadian family band (opening for Kitty Wells, aged 10...