http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-84-venice/topic-rss.do Venice RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23771069-alan-bennett-is-back-in-the-habit-with-brilliant-but-flawed-play.do Alan Bennett's The Habit of Art is funny and sometimes brilliantly so, but strangely uninvolving. 2009-11-18T10:09:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23760038-wood-you-believe-it-venice-goes-plastic.do Venice is set to lose its trademark striped wooden mooring poles and canal markers as they are swapped for plastic ones, ending a 600-year-old tradition 2009-10-23T10:18:16Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23740971-venice-in-peril-fears-port-expansion-will-sink-city.do Italian authorities plan to expand Venice's port into a busy shipping hub, further endangering the fragile lagoon and contributing to the sinking of the city, a conservation group has said 2009-09-07T10:01:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23730112-sports-centre-that-grows-on-you.do London's 'greenest' sports centre opens with a grass roof, wind-catchers instead of air conditioning and recycled flooring 2009-08-10T07:43:02Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23722393-national-launches-egallery-for-old-masters.do National Gallery becomes first major art collection to allow internet users to zoom electronically into any picture in its archive 2009-07-21T13:49:27Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23715294-the-endless-quest-for-the-perfect-bikini.do Hermione Eyre is on a quest for the perfect swimwear. From a 1920s 'suicide suit' to a Brancusi-inspired swimming cap, she charts her life in Lycra 2009-07-03T09:08:47Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23710767-triumph-of-love-and-tax-titian-left-to-the-nation-goes-on-show.do A £1million painting by Titian given to the nation in lieu of death taxes will go on show at the National Gallery next month 2009-06-23T07:43:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23707631-not-enough-worth-buying-at-summer-exhibition.do Go to the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition if you must, but for God's sake, don't take your chequebook, says Ben Lewis. 2009-06-14T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23703539-british-film-reveals-illicit-side-of-venice.do The Venice Biennale is one of the biggest and most glamorous occasions in the art world, where cutting-edge exhibits compete for attention among the international glitterati gathered in the Giardini gardens 2009-06-04T07:47:32Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23701913-locations-get-star-role-in-pinewoods-200m-plan.do Pinewood Studios today submitted its planning application for a £200 million expansion to give film-makers access to one of the biggest selections of ready-made locations in the world 2009-06-01T07:54:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23666402-seaweed-power-to-light-up-venice.do Chinese seaweed which is invading Venice could be used to produce electricity for the city in a £200million project 2009-03-24T14:21:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23660806-huge-home-for-the-haunch.do The Haunch of Venison, one of London's most successful private galleries, has set up shop in the former Museum of Mankind. 2009-03-11T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23658632-sickert-in-venice-as-youve-never-seen-it-before.do While other artists gloried in the city of Venice's light, Sickert skulked in the shadows, painting gloomy views and prostitutes. 2009-03-06T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23656492-sex-in-venice-the-making-of-sickert.do Paintings produced during Walter Sickert's life-changing visit to Venice have been brought together for the first time 2009-03-03T08:43:07Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23651007-venice-sells-out-in-2m-coca-cola-sponsorship.do Coca-cola has agreed a $2 million deal to sponsor Venice, causing outrage from critics, who said the city was "selling its cultural soul" 2009-02-24T09:14:05Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23595334-tourists-warned-to-stay-out-of-flood-hit-venice.do Tourists were urged to stay away from Venice as the city experienced its worst flooding in 30 years 2008-12-01T16:14:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23577409-the-12m-venice-souvenir.do Two classic views of Venice by the Italian master Canaletto are to go on show in London 2008-10-24T07:21:28Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23544952-daddy-duty-brad-pitt-arrives-in-venice-with-sons-maddox-and-pax-in-tow.do Hollywood star Brad Pitt jetted into Italy today ahead of the opening of the Venice film festival. The star made it a family affair, bringing along his two eldest sons seven-year-old Maddox and Pax, four. 2008-08-26T14:08:57Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23517694-comment-homes-for-all.do Westminster Council's plans to build more than 500 new homes are a positive development - as long as they come to fruition 2008-07-18T08:28:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/review-23435108-slow-boat-through-china.do Jia Zhangke's fifth feature, Still Life, sees beautiful cinematography but may not be a film for everybody. 2008-01-31T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23432889-the-glories-of-old-venice-ring-out.do The stones of Venice may crumble and sink but joyful performances like this La Sposalizio, show that its music is imperishable. 2008-01-17T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23402280-merchant-without-menace.do Rebecca Gatward's production of Merchant of Venice fails to get going, with a bland performance from John McEnery in the lead role 2007-06-28T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23399884-whose-art-is-it-anyway.do Tracey Emin may be representing Britain at the Venice Biennale, the Olympics of contemporary art, but why are Sam Taylor-Wood and Mark Titchner batting for Ukraine? 2007-06-08T11:25:51Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/review-23399850-exuberant-vivaldi.do Period instrument group La Serenissima performed a programme devoted to Vivaldi at the Spitalfields Festival 2007-06-07T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23399694-emin-represents-britain-at-venice-biennale.do Tracey Emin became only the second solo British female artist to represent Britain at the Venice Biennale of Art 2007-06-07T07:34:34Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23398014-bewitching-decadence.do English National Opera's first ever staging of Britten's last opera, Death in Venice, is a typically thoughtful treatment by Deborah Warner and exquisitely designed by Tom Pye. 2007-05-24T23:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/review-23383421-a-tourists-take-on-london.do Canaletto may have spent nearly a decade in the capital but a new exhibition in Dulwich reveals that it never inspired him as much as Venice, says Brian Sewell. 2007-01-29T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/review-23375179-decidedly-deaf-in-venice.do W.S. Gilbert would have exploded at the use of surtitles with The Gondoliers but without them the audience watching this ENO production would have been a bit lost. 2006-11-20T00:00:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/article-23365275-genius-on-a-small-scale.do Adam Elsheimer painted very small pictures and died when he was 32 but, as the new exhibition at the Dulwich Gallery will show, his influence was felt throughout Europe. 2006-09-04T07:58:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-420938-lights.do 2006-08-08T18:20:54Z