Saturday 29 June 2013
Exhibition: Lowry And The Painting Of Modern Life, Tate Britain
Laurence S Lowry painted football matches. He painted evictions, and men at work and magnetised huddles around a suicide in the street.
Little wonder then that his work was popular and that popularity - as usual - was a double-edged sword, bringing him affection among "his" people and a derision and dismissal among the critics.
Labels:
adolphe valette,
art,
exhibition,
london,
lowry,
pissarro,
review,
reviews,
spiral notebook,
tate britain,
tim clark,
van gogh
Tuesday 25 June 2013
Book review: Perilous Question, by Antonia Fraser
HISTORY
Perilous Question
Antonia Fraser, W&N
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Antonia Fraser's vivid, impeccable and authentic account of the passage of the Great Reform Bill of 1832 paints a picture of tempestuous times.
Perilous Question
Antonia Fraser, W&N
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Antonia Fraser's vivid, impeccable and authentic account of the passage of the Great Reform Bill of 1832 paints a picture of tempestuous times.
Labels:
antonia fraser,
book,
duke of wellington,
great reform bill,
history,
lord grey,
perilous question,
review,
reviews,
sir robert peel,
spiral notebook,
W&N
Wednesday 19 June 2013
Stage review: Sweet Bird Of Youth, Old Vic
STAGE
Sweet Bird Of Youth
Old Vic
★★★✩✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Kim Cattrall shows her star quality in a flawed but rumbustious adaptation of Tennessee Williams' study of love, loss and hope.
Sweet Bird Of Youth
Old Vic
★★★✩✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Kim Cattrall shows her star quality in a flawed but rumbustious adaptation of Tennessee Williams' study of love, loss and hope.
Labels:
kim cattrall,
marianne elliott,
old vic,
review,
reviews,
seth numrich,
spiral notebook,
stage,
sweet bird of youth,
tennessee williams
Exhibition: Visions Of The Universe, Greenwich
At the entrance to this new exhibition are four images of the Orion nebula. They represent all that this awe-inspiring collection aims to encompass - science, technology, history, beauty.
Friday 14 June 2013
Film review: Man Of Steel (12A)
FILM
Man Of Steel
(12A) 142mins
★★★✩✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Superman cracks heads but no smiles in Zack Snyder's earnest and spectacular re-boot of the Kryptonite outcast.
Man Of Steel
(12A) 142mins
★★★✩✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Superman cracks heads but no smiles in Zack Snyder's earnest and spectacular re-boot of the Kryptonite outcast.
Labels:
film,
henry cavill,
kevin costner,
man of steel,
michael shannon,
review,
reviews,
russell crowe,
spiral notebook,
superman
5 key moments of the Royal Mint at the Tower
A new permanent exhibiton at the Tower of London tells the tale of the tower's little-known role as the Royal Mint between 1279 and 1812. The exhibition focuses on five key episodes in the Mint's life, as explained by Curator Dr Megan Gooch, pictured.
Labels:
charles II,
coin clipping,
coinage,
dr megan gooch,
edward I,
elizabeth II,
george III,
isaac newton,
london,
royal mint,
spiral notebook,
tower hamlets,
tower of london,
what's on
Monday 10 June 2013
Spiral Notebook: Hard hat, hard luck, hard heart
This is a public service announcement.
I was minding my own business, as is required on a Canary Wharf bench at lunchtime. Then I was approached, tentatively, by a man in a high viz jacket carrying a hard hat.
I was minding my own business, as is required on a Canary Wharf bench at lunchtime. Then I was approached, tentatively, by a man in a high viz jacket carrying a hard hat.
Saturday 8 June 2013
Exhibition: Estuary, Museum Of London Docklands
If the capital is moving east, then the Thames Estuary is moving west. An unnerving thought for a city that generally views this journey's end as a place of damp and mystery, a repository of detritus and industrial skeletons.
Thursday 6 June 2013
Film review: Behind The Candelabra (15)
FILM
Behind The Candelabra
(15) 118mins
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Beyond the sequins, the hypocrisy, the lies and the teeth, director Steven Soderbergh finds an unlikely tale of a very real relationship.
Behind The Candelabra
(15) 118mins
★★★★✩
IN A NUTSHELL
Beyond the sequins, the hypocrisy, the lies and the teeth, director Steven Soderbergh finds an unlikely tale of a very real relationship.
Labels:
behind the candelabra,
film review,
liberace,
matt damon,
michael douglas,
review,
reviews,
rob lowe,
scott thorson,
spiral notebook,
steven soderbergh
Tuesday 4 June 2013
Stage review: Race, Hampstead Theatre
STAGE
Race
Hampstead Theatre
★★★✩✩
IN A NUTSHELL
David Mamet's muscular prose commands the stage in a world-weary no-holds-barred dissection of race in America.
Race
Hampstead Theatre
★★★✩✩
IN A NUTSHELL
David Mamet's muscular prose commands the stage in a world-weary no-holds-barred dissection of race in America.
Labels:
charles daish,
clarke peters,
david mamet,
hampstead theatre,
jasper britton,
Nina Toussaint-White,
race,
review,
reviews,
spiral notebook,
theatre
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