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Review: The Book of Mormon
Review: This House at National Theatre
Review: Becoming Picasso: Paris 1901 – The Courtauld Gallery
I have often wondered what phases an artist has...
Review: Stories, Singing and Soup at La Galerie Chez Moi, Chez Toi
During the tasting, it is possible to find poems and...
Review: Tyler Shields Chromatic at Imitate Modern
This week I had the pleasure of popping in on an exhibition...
A Friche With Flair: New Exhibition Ici, Ailleurs at Marseille’s La Friche Belle de Mai
Emma Double investigates the unusually named Friche Belle de Mai...
Does it Matter? Time Out’s Time Out from TCR
It was recently revealed that Tottenham Court Road’s long standing neon...
Who, Where and What is Scarfolk?
What’s On: March
Review: Dynamic bodies in La Galerie Corps et Ame, Nîmes, France
The Galerie Corps et Âme (translated ‘Body and Soul Gallery’) in...
Review: Light Show at Hayward Gallery
«Wow». That was the first and momentarily only thought that...
City through a Lens: The World of Michael Wolf
Review: Coalition at The Pleasance Theatre
The political intricacies and machinations of...
Why I love Brighton: 5 reasons why you should visit London by the sea
I was born in London, but I grew up in Brighton...
Theatre in London and the Impossible Choice
As anyone who has lived in or visited London will know...
Artist Retreat: La Muse
Review: Valentino: Master of Couture
It's that time of year again: London is slowly being invaded by...
Review: Film in Space by Guy Sherwin
Film and its definition have often been explored and the...
Review: The Boy Who Was Woody Allen at the Pleasance Theatre
The Boy Who Was Woody Allen is a new comedy written by David Simmons and...
Pets on the Internet: Artistic Purrfection or Barking Mad?
The other day I found a tumblr called...
What’s On: February #2
Here’s our pick of art-related events that might be worth taking a...
Why I love loads of things, including but not limited to the Arts
I have been quite frightened...
Review: Death: A Self Portrait at the Wellcome Collection
Death has always disturbed and intrigued us...
Review: Mariko Mori: Rebirth
The latest exhibition at The Royal Academy explores...
London through a Tourist Lens
Review: Life, Oh Life by Festival of the Spoken Nerd at the Bloomsbury Theatre
Described as “a variety night for the insatiably sci-curious”...
But is it Art?
Theatre Etiquette, Wherefore art thou?
A while ago, I went to see the music-opera-play...
What’s On: February
Review: Rana Begum at Bischoff/Weiss, London
Rana Begum's current solo show at Bischoff/Weiss consists of...
Review: Jonathan Gabb | System
The latest exhibition at WW Gallery is the culmination of a three...
Theatre: The Stage is Set for 2013
Review: Lady Windermere’s Fan at the Bridewell Theatre
Turn of the Wheel Productions is a new London theatre company looking...
Why I Love Musical Theatre: A Post Christmas Realization
I just don’t understand why people don’t like...
Review: Why Roy Lichtenstein Still Matters
Next month will see Lichtenstein: A Retrospective take over...
The Top Ten Most Memorable Art Moments of 2012: Part 2
Following on from yesterday we...
The Top Ten Most Memorable Art Moments of 2012: Part 1
The year of 2012 will go down in history in British sport, that...
Review: The Vivisector at Sprueth Magers
The Vivisector at Sprueth Magers, London, is a...
Review: Gold in the Crucible
The latest exhibition at Hoxton Arches is a group...
Review: A Christmas Carol at Waterloo East Theatre
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens has become...
What’s On: December
Here’s our pick of art-related events which might be worth taking a look at...
Review: Bloomberg New Contemporaries at the ICA
Bloomberg New Contemporaries at the ICA is an annual...
Review: Rain Room at Barbican
It sounds like a hard sell: inviting Londoners out of the rain...
Review: A Bigger Splash: Painting after Performance
Tate Modern’s latest blockbuster explores the...
Top 10: Online Literary Resources
Here is MouthLondon's Top 10 Online Literary...
Review: Isa Genzken at Hauser & Wirth
Isa Genzken’s solo exhibition at Hauser & Wirth consists of...
Review: Floris Neusüss: Ancient and Modern
Following the success of ‘Shadow Catchers: Camera...
Review: Richard Hamilton: The Late Works at The National Gallery
Standing on the steps of the entrance to London’s famous...
Review: Art Of Change – New Directions From China
Heading down to the Hayward Gallery and within it’s bright rooms lies an...
Review: Seduced By Art: Photography Past and Present
Questions have often been asked of the similarities...
Preview: A Christmas Carol at Waterloo East Theatre
Christmas is almost upon us and this time of...
What’s On: November
Review: Keith Coventry: Junk Paintings
Review: Chanel – Little Black Jacket Exhibition at The Saatchi Gallery
Mixing a classy, sophisticated cocktail-party atmosphere with bold...
Review: Hollywood Costume at the V & A
The V&A’s major autumn exhibition Hollywood Costume explores...
Review: Twisting Tongues
Vandalism at The Tate: Rothko’s Black on Maroon
From Rembrandt to da Vinci, art has always had problems with...
Review: Rothko/Sugimoto: Dark Paintings and Seascapes
It’s rare for Mark Rothko to feature in a group exhibition...
Review: Bang Said The Gun: Stand Up Poetry
Bang Said The Gun is a weekly stand up poetry event held on...
Review: Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde at Tate Britain
This mammoth collection of over 150 paintings, photographs, tapestries and...
What’s On: October #2
Review: Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye
Review: Maurizio Cattelan: Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
This autumn as the nights get darker and the East London streets...
Review: ‘Free’, 50th Annual Koestler Trust Exhibition
Royal Festival Hall is currently home to Free, the...
Art Review: Turner Prize 2012
SOMEDAY ALL THE ADULTS WILL DIE! Punk Graphics 1971- 84
When Johnny Rotten penned the apocalyptic lyric...
What’s On: October
The Father of Modern Cuisine
Having explored the future of food in my previous article...
The Edge Condition – A Review on the Up and Coming
It’s a dank, wet autumnal evening and I’m running...
Inpress: The Poetry Garden Market
On Saturday 15 September the sun was shining in London and the Southbank was...
Tate Britain, Another London: International Photographers Capture City Life 1930-1980
As we come to the end of a truly cosmopolitan Olympic summer, free from...
The Man Booker Prize 2012
Literature’s most prestigious award, The Man Booker Prize, announced its shortlist...
Between the Covers: The Lacuna
I’m a big fan of Barbara Kingsolver, the Orange Prize winning...
Why I love… Immersive Theatre: The world of Teatro Vivo
It’s 19:25 and I’m waiting to enter the foyer of the Albany...
Food: But can I eat it?
Food, like any other cultural, artistic or social form...mouth
What’s On: RNIB Literary Wonderland
A three day literary wonderland will descend on the banks of...
The British Museum, Shakespeare: Staging the World
Part of the World Shakespeare Festival, the British Museum’s...
What’s On: September #2
There’s an array of art-related events happening every day in London...
What’s On: September
There’s a plethora of art-related events happening every day in...
On the Stage: It’s All True
Why I Love… Vincent Dance Theatre
Art Review: Wastelands to Wonderlands
After an hour’s wait outside the British Library...
An Artist’s Life: Conformity & Mean Girls
What does it take to make it as an artist?, is a question...
On the Stage: The National Theatre
The National Theatre, situated on London’s Southbank, showcases...
On the Stage: Universe of Sound
Deep inside the labyrinth of the poorly signposted...
London 2012: Opening Ceremony Review
Seven years in the making and the London 2012 Olympic Games kick off...
Between the Covers: 500 Shakespearean Sonnets
Ryan J-W Smith’s 500 Shakespearean Sonnets (the diary of a poetic quest...
Top 5: Controversial Plays
Between the Covers: The Hours
Michael Cunningham’s engrossing and compelling, Pulitzer Prize winning novel intertwines the stories of three women over the course...
Top 5 Baroque Composers
Olympics: Lottery spending for the good of the Nation
With the Olympics round the corner it’s difficult...
Word of Mouth
On the Stage: Rosenblatt Recitals: Juan Diego Flórez
A historic occasion: the debut of near-superstar operatic tenor Juan Diego Flórez at the Royal Albert Hall, following in the...
On the Stage: What the Butler Saw
I love Joe Orton. I really, really love Joe Orton. But to business...
Art: Turner Inspired at The National Gallery
Drawing inspiration from others and changing it to suit your own method is an artistic tradition that has been...
On the Stage: The Industry at Hotel Elephant
For someone like me, dance is something I either do late at night alone with headphones clamped around...
Orbital Obfuscation
Tackling art is not my first choice; for every critic of one...
Why I love… Theatre, but not the Economy
Sometimes when I'm working myself into a jittery stupor with too much coffee and not enough naps I think...
The Art of Protest: the Street of the Arab Spring
In 2003 The Economist wrote an obituary for the “Arab street”. It proclaimed the power of popular social movements...
On the Stage: A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess’ ridiculously-relevant novel of morality and ultraviolent youth A Clockwork Orange has been brought...
A Conversation with Sylvie Cho: student and founder of Draper House
A graduate in business and a final year media and photography student at Goldsmiths, Sylvie is no regular young mind....
Art: The Half at Idea Generation Gallery
‘The half’ is a theatrical term that refers to the final half-hour before curtain up. However, ‘the half’ can also...
On the Stage: All New People
“Let’s fuck scabies ridden whores’ vaginas with our fucking cocks whilst sniffing fucking coke...
Snapping stories: An Interview with Jeremy Rata
From the serene beaches of southern Britain to the sparse deserts of the Arab world, Jeremy Rata...
On the Stage: Charles Court Opera
Set in the Japanese town of ‘Titipu’, the audience were promised...
On the Stage: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Taking my reluctant, theatre-virgin boyfriend to see Shakespeare was certainly a risky move, and I have to admit...
Art: Mondrian || Nicholson: In Parallel
The Courtauld Gallery’s latest exhibition is a perfect example of what their curating team does best...
Art: Lis Rhodes at ICA
Highly political, sometimes shocking and doubtlessly valuable, the ICA’s new exhibitions, Lis Rhodes...
On the Stage: UMOJA
This week Sadler’s Wells induced the birth of a new generation of African culture admirers. UMOJA is an unforgettable fusion...
On the Stage: Last Chance to see The Bee
“Once there was a man, who lived life as it is commonly felt one should. But the badder he got, the more
Newsflash: ICA Calls for Student Forum Proposals
Hello budding arts practicioners of the future! I thought I should draw your attention...
Top 10: Winter Reads – Part 2
Winter often sees a revival of the classics, from romance to religion. This collection offers the classic...
Between the Covers: The Night the Angels Came
Cathy Glass has been a foster carer for over 20 years and during that time she has written many books...
On the Stage: Totem
"Midgets in body paint doing hand-stands.” That’s how one disillusioned patron described her Totem experience...
Art: Anselm Kiefer at White Cube
Symbols are integrated within Kiefer’s works and it is left to the viewer to decipher...
On the Stage: Collaborators
Collaborators, based on a semi-fictional meeting between Mikhail Bulgakov and Josef Stalin, is much more than...
Top 10: Winter Reads – Part 1
Sausage and mash, Bert and Ernie, winter & books; they just go together...
On the Stage: Noises Off
Slam! Slam! Thank you, Fran! I mean Frayn. There are so many elements that make up theatre to cast one's judgmental...
Art: The Year Ahead
London 2012 will be about so much more than just sport. The Cultural Olympiad is promising the UK’s biggest ever...
Between the Classic Covers: Lolita
The first time I turned the pages of Lolita I was fourteen years old. Perhaps this would have been a little late
Fame & Fortune Guaranteed:The Man Booker Prize
I love a good book. I also love talking about a good book and reading what other people have to say about
Between the Covers: Tea & Cake London
It seems as if there is constantly another branch of a nationwide high-street tea and coffee shop opening these days.
Special: A Trip into Dickensian London
The rain fell from the ancient tiles like an oily slick; pooling in black lakes on the street below...
Art: Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
The Portrait Prize shows off a magnitude of photographic talent from around the globe. A fantastic array of different styles...
Between the Covers: A Hankering After Ghosts
We have seen Charles Dickens’ work recreated modernised and revised on screen, stage and parodied on paper...
On the Stage: 13 at the National Theatre
What does the modern man and woman believe in: politics, God, themselves? None of the above...
Internships: Opportunity for Exploitation
I have several friends who are currently attempting to carve a career in the Arts sector. Speaking to them...
Art Review: Pipilotti Rist Eyeball Massage
Pipilotti Rist’s Eyeball Massage is not just an art exhibition, it’s an experience. An enlightening, overwhelming and captivating...
On The Stage: Hamlet
Ian Rickson’s very smart production of Hamlet at the Young Vic is set in an insane asylum, the cast...
Top 4: Things you didn’t know were Art
For some, “true” art is young and avant-garde; for others, it’s not art unless it was crafted centuries ago...
Between the Covers: Old, New, Borrowed & Blue
Four books that span classic to contemporary, ones to keep and treasure and ones to temporarily...
On The Stage: The Comedy of Errors
Rather than producing one of Shakespeare’s famous tragedies, the National Theatre has chosen a lesser-known...
Why I Love… Shakespeare (Whoever He May Be)
One amber suburban-American morning I interrupted my British Literature teacher, just as he had ‘shuffled...
On The Stage: Hampstead Downstairs
Extra-marital affairs are often the subject of drama. A husband leaves his wife for a younger woman; a middle-aged...
Arts Review: Dazed & Confused
Provocative photography and countercultural underground aesthetics have been on the iconic magazine’s agenda...
On The Stage: The Playboy of the Western World
J M Synge’s tragicomedy The Playboy of the Western World is deeply rooted in the wealth of Irish folklore...
Olympic Progression?
Two weeks ago, the official Olympic and Paralympic posters for next year's games were announced. Not what...
Top 5: Public Statues in London
London is littered with statues of the great and the grizzled. But what...
Between the Covers: The Sense of an Ending
A deserving winner of the Man Booker Prize 2011 – Julian Barnes’ The Sense of an Ending is a brilliantly complex...
Why I Love… Benedict Cumberbatch
Ah, Benedict Cumberbatch, the modern-thinking girl’s man of choice. Seeing as our dear BC is...
Top 5: Early Modern Legs Part 2
Our rundown of the Top 5 Early Modern legs demonstrates what was considered courtly and comely...
Top 5: Early Modern Legs Part 1
The many pairs of tightly-hosed legs featured in full-length Renaissance portraits are certainly eye-catching...
Art Review: Degas at the RA
The Royal Academy’s latest blockbuster takes a theme often discussed in art-historical textbooks yet rarely...
Dance: A Season of New Choreography
Brilliantly choreographed and strongly performed: Season of New Choreography by “85 years young” company...
V&A Photographs Gallery – It’s About Time!
This week the V&A opened to the public its much-anticipated Photography Gallery...
Exhibition Review: Gerhard Richter’s Panorama
Gerhard Richter seems to be quite the darling of the...
Art Review: Locked Room Scenario
It is difficult and possibly unhelpful to try and give a survey of...
Frieze 2011: Playing it Safe?
This year, the galleries may have been playing it safe with their choices of art on display...
Review: John Martin’s Apocalypse
Tate Britain is full of tattooed metal-heads, middle-aged sci-fi fans and people who look like they might enjoy pushing...
Emerging Artist Profile – Katie Hare Likes Girls
Katie Hare likes girls, she also likes pop culture and punk...
Book Review: I Should Have Lifted You Carefully Over
It probably goes without saying that you have to be in a certain mood to read a book which...
Guide: Art in the Autumn
Unquestionably the blockbuster of the season, nay year, this November the National Gallery...
Playing a Cool Hand – Review: Cool Hand Luke
Everyone loves a rebel, in life and in fiction. David Bowie knew it. James Dean knew it...
Book Review: The Testament of Jessie Lamb
Jessie Lamb is a normal teenage girl, living in a world ravished by biological terrorism in a...
Review: The Power of Making at the V&A
In the entrance to The Power of Making exhibition is a gigantic silver gorilla. Spiky and fierce...
Book Review: Ever Fallen in Love
Ever Fallen in Love is a novel shrouded in mystery and suspense; many questions are...
Review: The Museum of Everything Exhibition #4
Walking along Oxford Street, it is hard not to notice the intriguingly bright and bold window...
Review: The Stranger’s Child by Alan Hollinghurst
If one were to judge a book by its cover, and especially a slick cover like this one...
Last Chance to See: Corinne Day at Gimpel Fils
Leopard printed coat, black make-up, cigarette in one hand and a bottle of alcohol in the other...
The Magical World of Murakami
Famous for his fantastical quirky twists which he applies to his...
From Venice: Highlights of the 54th Biennale
The International Art Exhibition in Venice is a world-wide attraction...
Impertinence and Fun: The Legacy of Richard Hamilton
Richard Hamilton, who died last Tuesday aged 89, was one of the most respected and...
Review: Orpheus and Eurydice at the Old Vic Tunnels
If you are savvy enough to locate the impossibly discrete Old Vic Tunnels prior...
Review: Toulouse-Lautrec and Jane Avril at the Courtauld
In two rooms on the top floor of the Courtauld Gallery lies a small, but perfectly formed...
Student Drama at the Edinburgh Fringe
For one to two weeks a year I get to live in a dream world; a pie and Irn Bru...
Review: The Mother at The Scoop
I don't usually go out when it's as cold and wet as it was on this particular Sunday...
Review: Eyewitness: Hungarian Photography in the 20th Century at the RA
The stunning selection of images featured in the Royal Academy’s thought-provoking exhibition...
Review: Falling Up: The Gravity of Art at the Courtauld
The students on the Courtauld’s MA in curating programme are behind this exploration into the concept of gravity...
Last Chance to See: London Street Photography
Considering the relatively large amount of effort that the Museum of London has put into...
Review: The Serpentine Pavillion
This year’s Serpentine Pavilion is a black box perched on the edge of leafy...
Book Review: The Return of Captain John Emmett
It is 1920 and Laurence Bartram has survived the war only to be plagued with grief...
Review: Twombly and Poussin at Dulwich Picture Gallery
The death of impulsive dauber, fervent scribbler and self-styled “romantic symbolist” Cy Twombly...
Is the Soul for Sale? The Museum of Everything: Exhibition #4
First there was Exhibition #1 back in 2009 (ambitiously named, you might think): a showcase of artworks...
The satirical anti-anti-movement: The Vorticists
“Vorticism”: a word coined by Ezra Pound in 1913, is the name of a brief but dynamic pre-war British...
Review: Michelangelo Pistoletto at Serpentine Gallery
The Serpentine Gallery describes Michelangelo Pistoletto as a “leading figure” in Arte Povera and conceptual art...
The Last Days of Summer: Outdoor Arty Events
For those enthusiastic about art and willing to combine cultural action with fresh air, we have...
Baudelaire in 21st Century London…
It was in Paris, around mid-19th century that Baudelaire the poet roamed in the streets, searching...
Why I Love… the Novels of Martin Amis
Scientists measure momentum by multiplying mass times velocity. In terms of artistry...
Review: Much Ado About Nothing at Wyndhams Theatre
Shakespeare’s modern audiences tend to split along the same lines as the crowd that...
Review: Richard Long at Haunch of Venison
The development of land art in the 1960s, as a form of...
Book Review: That Liverpool Girl
That Liverpool Girl, by Ruth Hamilton, examines the trials and tribulations of a working-class family...
A Classical Summer Soundtrack
Summer has always been a season that has inspired music lovers. Maybe it’s because...
Review: Taryn Simon at Tate Modern
Taryn Simon’s exhibition A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters is a fascinating collection of bloodlines...
Review: Pygmalion at Garrick Theatre
My first thought about this play was that it was going to be the...
Why I Love…Charles Bukowski
Henry Charles Bukowski, born Heinrich Karl Bukowski (1920-1994), was one of those unique people destined...
Review: Government Art Collection: At Work
The idea that art can have a government “job” exerting subtle diplomatic influence is ostensibly
Review: Doctor Faustus at the Globe
Wherever performed, Doctor Faustus will always generate excitement and curiosity. Christopher Marlowe’s tragedy lends...
Lucian Freud: Great Painter, Powerful Socialite
Historically in Britain, there have been strong cultural and social ties between artists and the upper class, thanks in part...
ABSOLUT: The Start of Creativity
World-renowned art may not be what immediately comes to mind when you consider the familiar ABSOLUT vodka...
Edinburgh Preview: A Clockwork Orange
Playing at the Camden People’s Theatre, before their run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Action to the Word...
The Great Appeal of the BP Portrait Award
The world-renowned BP Portrait Award has returned to the National Portrait Gallery for its 32nd year...
Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Jamie Ford’s debut novel begins with the discovery of many...
One to Avoid? Opera in Holland Park
Premiered in Paris in 1843, Donizetti’s late opera Don Pasquale is a comic masterpiece of the Italian Bel Canto...
Review: FELA! at Sadler’s Wells
Any show that can get a theatre full of Londoners dancing in the aisles has got to be something special...
BBC Proms: A Promising Start to the Season
My first Prom was almost ruined when Martha Argerich called off her performance this year...
Last Chance to See: Ballet In Focus
On show at the National Portrait Gallery until the end of the week is a rare glimpse of ballet stars...
Why I Love… Tracey Emin
In a world where anything and everything is labelled as "art" Tracey Emin still seeks to be different...
This Summer’s Top 5 Paperbacks
It’s summer. Nature is telling your brain to relax, to step away from the heavy reading...
Remembered: Cy Twombly
Faced with Cy Twombly’s artwork, a first-time viewer may be ushered into an uncomfortable sensation...
Mike Nelson for Britain at the Venice Biennale
Mike Nelson is currently representing Britain at the 54th Venice Biennale with the large and sprawling I, Imposter...
Preview: Art in Large Doses
Many will be familiar with the health benefits that a pleasant view is believed to bring hospital patients...
Mid-Summer Night’s Proms
If you’re in London this summer, don’t miss one of the world’s largest music festivals...
The Return of Poetry in Youth Culture
The name William Shakespeare conjures up ideas of genius and prolificacy; but in the...
Review: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern; Guildenstern and Rosencrantz: two minor characters in Shakespeare’s Hamlet who...
One Day: Great book, great film, right?
When I first heard that David Nicholls’ novel, One Day, had been adapted for film to be released this...
Interview with a Biennale Curator: Francesco Bonami
Francesco Bonami was the curator of the 50th Venice Biennale. We chatted to him about his...
Essential Espionage Reads: Top 5 Spy Books
It is a vocation as old as humanity itself. From the Assassins of Medieval Persia to the pen of...
Why I Love…Tess Stimson
Scandal, drama and betrayal – these elements form the main themes of a Tess Stimson book. One may...
Review: Kerry Tribe: Dead Star Light
A thin, black strip of audiotape, secured flush against the wall, whips round the gallery space and back...
Book Review: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible
James Frey's new book: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible, is a controversial story of the second coming of...
Summer Reading List Part 3
Three of our reviewers reveal their top choices for novels to read over the summer coming! Do you...
Summer Reading List Part 2
Three of our reviewers reveal their top choices for novels to read over the summer coming! Do you agree...
Get in the Know: Top 5 Arts Blogs & Websites
The proliferation of blogging and social media is allowing for the emergence of a new lightweight alternative to the...
Book Review: The Sea Detective
Cal McGill, the believable hero of Mark Douglas-Home’s debut novel The Sea Detective, is an oceanographer who uses... ...
Summer Reading List Part 1
Three of our reviewers reveal their top choices for novels to read over the summer coming! Do you...
Reflection: The Visionary Trading Project
The Visionary Trading Project – which opened at the Guest Projects gallery on Friday 27 May – presents nine...
Why I Love… Robin Rhode
In this new column we hope to introduce you to some of the lesser-known, or under-appreciated, artists and...
Last Chance To See: Mark Leckey at the Serpentine
Pin It Mark Leckey, winner of the Turner Prize 2008, works mainly in collage, sculpture, video and sound. His most recent exhibition
The Cultural Olympiad: Representing Britain in 2012
In conjunction with the sporting events of next summer, the Cultural Olympiad will attempt to showcase Britain’s artistic talents and...
Review: The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture at the Saatchi
A contemporary art exhibition The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture came to the Saatchi Gallery not longer than few...
Review: Lord of the Flies at the Open Air Theatre
The Open Air Theatre nestled into a corner of Regent’s Park offers a unique portrayal of any dramatic work. But, in this...
The Orange Prize 2011
Is there any justification for a literary prize that goes against the 1975 Sexual Discrimination Act? The arguments...
Review: Tracey Emin: Love is What You Want
“Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in for me…” as Kenneth Williams once theatrically proclaimed. Tracey Emin is...
Book Review: My Dear I Wanted To Tell You
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You, by Louisa Young, is an example of how not only the history of our country,
Review: Women Make Sculpture at Pangolin
As unfashionable as it may be to point out gender inequality in this “post-feminist” age, there is still evidence of a disparity...
London’s Summer Literary Festivals
My ideal summer would be spent lazing in the garden/park/on the beach with a pile of good books...
Theatre Review: The School for Scandal at The Barbican Centre
Within the first five minutes of Deborah Warner’s production of The School for Scandal my friend and I had exchanged approximately four
Turner: Remembered and Reborn
'We must remember Turner'. These were the poignant and only words John Croft, Margate citizen, wrote on...
Twenty One Bare Skinned Bodies
For his debut at Sadler’s Wells, Dave St-Pierre choreographs unreserved truthfulness and courage...
Poetry Review: Six Children by Mark Ford
The title of Mark Ford's third collection is taken from Walt Whitman’s admission late in life, that “Though unmarried I have...
Review: Figures & Fictions at the V&A
Figures & Fictions aims to display the multiplicity of South African identities through the diverse work of...
Review: The Barber of Seville at The King’s Head Theatre
If someone had told me a song about chicken soup would sit comfortably within an opera...
Special Review: Pina (3D)
It’s not too late to experience Pina Bausch's work and her company Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch...
Review: The Romantic Dogs by Roberto Bolaño
When reading The Romantic Dogs, it seems necessary to keep reminding yourself that Roberto Bolaño was as...
Not to be Missed: The Mahler Symphony Cycle at Southbank
An astonishing jumble of styles – and an ear-splitting, nerve-shattering din. I had never...
Book Review: Solar
Solar by Ian McEwan focuses on issues of global warming while trying to keep pace with the everyday...
Theatre Review: Choephori
As we congregate inside a church concealed within a cove of skyscrapers, half of us typing franticly on our BlackBerrys...
Review: The Cult of Beauty at the V&A
The V&A’s Cult of Beauty offers a striking experience, featuring the Aesthetic movement’s introduction of an explosively new, exotic...
Review: La Bohème at the King’s Head Theatre
A door at the back of a quirky Islington tavern opens and the audience diffuse into...
This Weekend: The Accidental Festival
I’m sitting at the back of a crowded studio theatre in the Roundhouse and it’s...
Book Review: When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman
Fathers and friends, brothers and sisters, neighbours...
Review: Hamlet at the Globe
Anyone who expects to see a heartbreaking production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet at the Globe theatre this...
Book Preview: The Albuquerque Turkey
With the mind of David Mamet, the voice of...
Review: Philip Taaffe at the Gagosian Gallery
The Gagosian Gallery is currently showing Philip Taaffe’s first solo exhibition in...
Review: Bali – Dancing for the Gods at the Horniman Museum
The exhibition explores the culture of Bali, told through the island's...
Review: London Street Photography at the Museum of London
Considering the relatively large amount of effort that has gone into...
Review: Macbeth at the House of Detention
Tired of watching traditional Shakespeare? Don’t fancy standing-up...
Review: An American Experiment at the National Gallery
An American Experiment provides a brief but worthy view of Art...
Discover Somewhere New: The Horniman Museum
There aren't many places in London where you can expect to come face to face with a walrus...
Review: Cause Célèbre at the Old Vic Theatre
In celebration of the centenary of Terence Rattigan’s birth, The Old Vic brings his last play to stage...
Book Review: Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
Kate Atkinson turned her hand to detective fiction over a decade ago following the success of her first novel...
2011 London Book Fair
11th to 13th April saw a huge union of publishers, literary agents, booksellers and book lovers in general, as Earls Court played...
The 7th London Zine Symposium
Seven years ago, in the spring of 2004, Edd Baldry had an idea. He was working out of a squatters'...
Review: Pioneers of the Downtown Scene at the Barbican Centre
The Barbican can always be relied on to bring diverse and stimulating arts into the heart of London. Taking over...
Book Review: Room by Emma Donoghue
Short-listed for the Orange Prize and selling over 13,000 copies in one week. Is the hype surrounding...
Review: Palo Alto by James Franco
Palo Alto, set in Palo Alto, California, is a collection of eleven short stories, narrated by teenagers in the first person...
Voices Now at the Roundhouse
Some words have their disadvantages. “Choir” is one of them. Although Sister Act made a...
The Swan Swings On
If the Oscar-winning film, Black Swan, has given you a taste for classical ballet, then why not go and see the real
Review: A Flash of Light at the V&A
A Flash of Light: The Dance Photography of Chris Nash is now on display at the V&A Museum...
Review: The Three Pintos UCLU Music Society
The Three Pintos is a charming 1960s-take on the Weber/Mahler comic opera...
Review: Spring Awakening at RHUL
When it was announced that Royal Holloway’s MTS was putting on “Spring Awakening”, with a first time...
Review: Several Interruptions at the Slade
Several Interruptions is an exhibition celebrating fifteen years of the Slade Centre for...
Review: The Brother’s Size a RADA Production
A long, languorous note is drawn out slowly out on the violin, evoking...
Review: Ida Kar at the National Portrait Gallery
A key figure in establishing photography as a fine art, Ida Kar’s photographs are...
Review: Swan Lake at the Coliseum
The English National Ballet’s revival of one of the world’s most-loved...
Government Cuts to the Arts Announced
We have heard this morning about the extent of government cuts to the Arts...
Review: British Art Show 7 at the Hayward
The Hayward’s touring, group exhibition British Art Show 7: In the Days of the Comet is...
Review: Macbeth by UCLU Drama Society
The crew behind the production of this play, led by director Dan Pick, deserves...
Review: Greenland at the National Theatre
For the rare few who are blissfully unaware of humanities' impending doom, as a result of climate change, the super...
Review: Remastered at One Marylebone
In an original collaboration of the past with the present, the Remastered project, at One Marylebone, exhibits...
MouthLondon Book Club: March 2011
In a partnership of the Culture and Arts Sections we bring you the MouthLondon Book Club. Each issue...
MouthLondon Book Club: March 2011 Discussion
A discussion between five of our contributors on the pieces chosen for March...
EXCLUSIVE Naming a Mountain: The Problems of “Sound Art”
Visit the Store: Full Content available in the Spring 2011 Issue... Artist and musician Jem Finer’s Longplayer is, famously, the longest...
Editor’s Art Choice: Adam & Eve
I never thought much of Barnett Newman. Despite abstract expressionism being one of my favourite artistic movements, his paintings never...
Review: Gabriel Orozco at the Tate Modern
A human skull covered in chequered squares, sunken sockets staring eerily out at the viewer, ragged teeth in full view. This is...
Profile: New Artists
There exists beneath the sponsored hierarchy of famous young artists, a world where creativity and talent go almost unnoticed in their...
Review: Modern British Sculpture at RA
It wasn’t until I came face-to-face with the massive pendular penis of Jacob Epstein’s Adam that I realised the intent of...
Review: Off the Page
In the stunning setting of Regent’s college, surrounded by beautiful parkland and magnificent buildings, up-and-coming screen writers are offered the opportunity to...
Review: Romantics at Tate Britain
The Romantic exhibition in the Clore gallery at Tate Britain shows JMW Turner alongside works from his peers. It is...
EXCLUSIVE “a moment caught”
Visit the Store: Full Content available in the Spring 2011 Issue... When I first arranged an interview with James Wallace, I proposed...
Review: The Piano Cemetery
José Luis Peixoto is Portugal’s most celebrated young novelist. In The Piano Cemetery, his second release in English, he fictionalises...
Review: Newspeak: British Art Now Part II
The second part of Saatchi’s survey of current British Art cannot escape the legacy of Sensation; a similar survey show he held...
Review: Aesthetica Creative Works Annual
The Aesthetica Creative Works Annual contains the best of more than four thousand entries to the Creative Works Competition, spanning...
Review: Bridget Riley Paintings at the NG
One enters the Sunley Room to find a space in which time stands still and calm reigns. It would be...
Review: Turner Prize 2010
This year’s Turner Prize exhibition has mostly avoided the platitudes normally levelled on it by...
EXCLUSIVE Because it was Chopin…
If Paris can boast its rivière gauche with the intellectual Latin Quartier, London can...
Review: GAUGUIN – 101
I was amazed to find that Gauguin, who is construed in contemporary literature as a creative genius, began his career…
Review: Frieze Art Fair
My mother always told me to look at the sponsor of an art exhibition and ask myself...
Review: Anish Kapoor Exhibits at Kensington Gardens
Considered one of the most influential artists of his generation, Anish Kapoor has...
Exhibition #3 at the Museum of Everything
Snuggled in amongst the gastro-pubs, the mock bohemian coffee shops and the...