ARTS

SYLVIA PLATH'S UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 16:09:18 +0000

Beverley Knowles finds another side to the poet's tragic talent at an exhibition of her drawings ... read more »

DARKNESS VISIBLE

Simon Willis — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:06:37 +0000

Simon Willis explores Rembrandt's influence on Francis Bacon at "Irrational Marks", an exhibition at Ordovas in London ... read more »

AS YOU WERE: CULTURE AFTER 9/11

Lee Siegel — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:06:04 +0000

A decade ago, critics predicted that September 11th would change how America thinks and feels. Lee Siegel argues that it's as restless as ever ... read more »

ADRIAN TOMINE GETS HAPPY

Emily Flake — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:36:27 +0000

Adrian Tomine's latest book is a sweet meditation on wedding planning. Emily Flake asks him if he worries about seeming too well-adjusted ... read more »

ALIVE AND GLOWING

Ann Wroe — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:14:24 +0000

When a cathedral needs a new stained-glass window, Tom Denny’s telephone rings. Ann Wroe watches him at work on a major commission ... read more »

PAINTING IN STONE

Margaret Drabble — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:00:58 +0000

Long ago Margaret Drabble fell for the colours of Florence. Now it’s the semi-precious stones that especially delight her ... read more »

IN SEARCH OF NELLY

Irving Wardle — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:14:14 +0000

Northern England, 1936: a boy of six suddenly hears that he once had a mother. All that survives of her is a handful of photos and her sheet music. Only later does he piece together her story. A memoir by Irving Wardle ...
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THE AMERICAN FRONTIER

Alexander Ewing — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:42:13 +0000

Few know of Timothy O'Sullivan, though he was one of the first photographers to chronicle the American west. Alexander Ewing surveys a show of his work at the Smithsonian in Washington, DC ... read more »

BOOK CHOICE: A NEW COLUMN

Maggie Fergusson — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:05:57 +0000

In "Book Choice", the first of a series, Maggie Fergusson, secretary of the Royal Society of Literature in London, tells us what good books she's read lately ... read more »

A TIME-CAPSULE IN ARLES

Art.view — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:09:18 +0000

Art.view visits a charming museum of life in a French village in the 19th-century ... read more »