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Il Trittico, Covent Garden - review

13.09.11
The direction of Il Trittico is unusually but potently sober. The versatile Lucio Gallo leads a strong ensemble cast... more

Thomas Struth: Photographs 1978-2010, Whitechapel Gallery - review

08.07.11
Thomas Struth instils a sense of reverence and worship into the 70 images from three decades and exposes links between the eras. Richly diverse, they span Seventies black and white city street scenes... more

Treasures Of Heaven, The British Museum - review

23.06.11
A beautiful display of medieval reliquaries from all over Europe is a reminder of of the unquestioning faith of the pilgrims who revered them and the business acumen of the rogues who supplied them... more

A Little Bit of What You Fancy could be better

31.03.11
A Little Bit of What You Fancy has quirks that you will either love or hate... more

The hidden treasures of Beirut

23.03.11
Beirut's café culture is one of the joys of spring, but go underground in Lebanon and there's even more to marvel at, says Adrian Mourby... more

Delightful programme from Magdalena Kozena

03.02.11
Affairs of the heart were the theme of Magdalena Kozena's Lettere Amorose... more

Pope tells thousands of pupils to find true happiness in God

17.09.10
Pope tells thousands of London schoolchildren, 'I hope there are some future saints among you', as one million Catholic pupils across the UK tune in via internet ... more

Fen Weekend in North Norfolk

06.08.10
North Norfolk is a place of pilgrimage for swallows, seals and eccentric hedonists. Gavanndra Hodge is a Barsham broad... more

Tompkins is a haven for mad hatters and bankers

15.07.10
Tompkins sends out enough mixed messages to sink a flotilla. The name suggests a quaint Fifties butcher but the décor is more Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.... more

Paul McCartney closes Isle of Wight Festival on a high

14.06.10
Video: Tens of thousands of music fans enjoyed fine weather and classic headline sets at the Isle of Wight Festival.... more

Ofili show is not just the dung thing

25.01.10
He is the artist most famous for work decorated with elephant dung... more

Chris Ofili - the painter of paradise

21.01.10
Chris Ofili is back in the country after five years in Trinidad with a major show at Tate Britain and a fresh outlook on painting... more

Seraphine: a true story of a French artist

27.11.09
By day, poor, simple Séraphine cleans the rooms of her betters. By night, she creates visionary works of art... more

PM Gallery's summer exhibiton will be all white on the night

28.07.09
The White Show is opening in the PM Gallery, Ealing, at the height of the British summer.... more

Kate and the Brits toast their victory with fizz and a fry-up

23.02.09
Our homegrown stars partied into the early hours today but, at Hollywood’s biggest celebration, nothing was more intoxicating than success. Nick Curtis and John Arlidge report... more

Highlights of the lowlands in Bruegel to Rubens

28.11.08
The fashion for Dutch and Flemish masters has waned in the past half century. Bruegel to Rubens reminds us of the odd riches we now overlook.... more

Resounding triumph for Mahler's greatest work

10.07.08
Mahler's Symphony No8 exploits the prodigious echo to provide the kind of overwhelming spiritual experience that the symphony should be.... more

Siena the sideshow

26.10.07
There is a story to be told about the most picturesque Renaissance city in Italy but it is hardly touched upon in the National Gallery's new exhibition.... more

A terrible fate should befall this Kismet

28.06.07
West End star Michael Ball made his national opera debut, but Kismet left Fiona Maddocks asking who on earth allowed the production to happen?... more

Play in need of a few prayers

20.06.07
A lack of direction blights A Small Miracle, a play which otherwise has plenty of material to fill a typical drama.... more

Yank's Divine Intervention

18.06.07
Riffing on the Virgin Mary: US comic David Cross is hitting London tomorrow with his 'casually prevocative' new show.'... more

A fresh ray of hope in the garden

06.06.07
Having never found a restaurant in Covent Garden that he especially cared for, The Forge proved a pleasant discovery for Chris Blackhurst.... more

Angelina is portrayed as Virgin Mary

04.01.07
Tomb Raider star Angelina Jolie is depicted as the Virgin Mary in a controversial new painting by artist Kate Kretz.... more

Top marks for Tallis Scholars

22.12.06
As part of the annual St John's, Smith Square, Christmas Festival, The Talllis Scholars gave a varied programme of Palestrina and de Monte, framed by three masterpieces of English Tudor music.... more

Country music satire is hit and miss

20.12.06
A night with Tina C - drag artist Chris Green's unfeasibly leggy creation - is a hit and miss affair with the impressive ingredients never quite gelling, says Bruce Dessau.... more

After the gore, the goo

07.12.06
After being whipped around Jerusalem by The Passion of the Christ, we are now covered in sticky goo by Catherine Hardwicke's film The Nativity.... more

Proceed to floor three for damnation

18.10.06
Promenade installation Faust is the latest production by Punchdrunk and is one of the most memorable evenings you're likely to have as an audience member all year. ... more

Saatchi pulls 'blasphemous' exhibits

16.10.06
Charles Saatchi has pulled two controversial sculptures from his Royal Academy show USA Today which opened this month.... more

Whatever happened to Hockney?

16.10.06
The National Portrait Gallery's new exhibition charts the rise of one of the very few great draughtsmen of the 20th century - and his inexplicable decline.... more

Jam and Jerusalem in Renaissance Italy

09.10.06
Women's Institute stalwarts and devotees of car-boot sales will flock to the V&A's new exhibition of Renaissance home life. The sane man, sceptical, may be less enchanted, says Brian Sewell.... more


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