Tilda Swinton insists that her life in the wilds of the Highlands, with a younger lover and free-spirited children, is utterly normal. And her newest film explains the importance of following your heart, wherever it leads... more
If a composer writes a piece paying tribute to cinema, will the results inevitably sound like a film score? John Adams's City Noir suggests the answer is “Yes”. ... more
Michael Sheen portrays the maverick football manager Brian Clough to perfection but Peter Morgan's adaptation falls short of glory in The Damned United.... more
The first big event in London’s music calendar is the UK premiere of Die tote Stadt, Korngold’s 1920 work that finally brought opera into the real world... more
Kate Winslet was the star and Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire the top film in an extraordinary night of British success at the Golden Globes.... more
BBC costume drama Cranford has received eight Emmy nominations, while Ricky Gervais's Extras: The Extra Special Series Finale got six, it was announced today.... more
Last week I found myself squirming at a screening of a new hit mini-series, John Adams, based on David McCullough's book about America's second president. In this portrayal of this country's fight for independence, the British are represented as fascist tyrants led by a maniac king... more
The first concert in a mini John Adams season, part of the LSO's American Pioneer Series, achieved a feeling of spontaneity and improvisation, says Fiona Maddocks.... more
Anything placed alongside Mahler's brilliantly crafted Fifth is liable to seem insubstantial, which was certainly the case for the LSO's performance of Fearful Symmetries. ... more
Punk rock, the raucous voice of rebellion in the Seventies, is to be celebrated with an exhibition at one of Britain's most august arts institutions.... more
Gaddafi: A Living Myth was given its world premiere at a Coliseum packed with leading lights of arts and politics as well as a multi-cultural presence never before seen in this gilded auditorium.... more
Shostakovich's gargantuan Fourth Symphony was the showpiece finale of Saturday's Prom by the European Union Youth Orchestra and was played with bravura and electrifying virtuosity... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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