April 2025


Television March 13, 2025

Can a TV series capture the extraordinary story of the Mitford girls?

It remains to be seen whether Outrageous lives up to its billing

Nancy Alsop

Music March 13, 2025

The challenges of composing piano concerto in the shadow of history and genius

We are always interpreting something from the past. That’s the enchantment

Stephen Hough

Music March 13, 2025

Three projects on J.S. Bach’s sacred works are nearing completion

The first consists of an epic twenty-five-year project to record all the composer’s vocal works

Damian Thompson

Film March 13, 2025

Bridget Jones has grown up

Mad About the Boy sharply marries the contemporary with the age-old

Deborah Ross

Film March 13, 2025

American cinema at its best

The Brutalist represents a Christopher Nolan-esque swing for the big leagues

Alexander Larman

Podcasts March 13, 2025

Bella Freud’s fashion inquisition

The pool of guests on the podcast is a commendably eclectic one

Jenny McCartney

Art March 13, 2025

Why are our public art collections so afraid of selling off work?

The job of a curator is to find, promote and collect works of art that are lasting

Julian Spalding

Books and Arts March 13, 2025

How playwrights resolve the problem of backstory

Another way is to refuse it altogether. Which may be how you arrive at absurd drama

Craig Raine