Turner Round

Kieran Ryan takes the pilgrimage to Margate to see Turner and Frankenthaler

Can you sense a space?

Have you ever been lost in a building? I don’t mean in the physical sense.

An alcoholic bucolic frolic

DramSoc’s spring term production of Jerusalem, directed by Grace Surman, opens with a young girl wearing fairy wings singing the eponymous hymn in the middle of the countryside.

Henriksen’s Cosmic Creation

Riaz Agahi reviews Nordic trumpetist Arve Henriksen’s latest effort

MTSoc Produce the Producers

As MTSoc put their finishing touches to the Spring performance, the Producers, they invited this intrepid reporter along to see how things were shaping up in the dress rehearsal.

MTSoc are The Producers

This Tuesday, Imperial’s Musical Theatre society invited me to witness one of their final rehearsals – a full run through. And while it was bare bones up on the 10th floor of Physics, I still got to see all the singing, acting and dancing.

Witty, irreverent, political collages

In Heads of State (1920), two portly figures are pictured in their bathing suits before a feminine backdrop of butterflies, flowers and a woman with a parasol.

Wild Beasts - Present Tense

Prior to writing this review, I stumbled upon a recent YouTube recording of Wild Beasts performing a mellow and slightly mocking rendition of Miley Cyrus’ Wrecking Ball.

Tiny Tate display still packs a punch

The Tate Modern opens its Harry Callahan display with a quote from the photographer: “if a man wishes to express himself photographically, he must understand… his relationship to life”.

Is all art propaganda?

Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. It’s an instantly quotable adage from Banksy, but what does it actually mean? Can a line be drawn between outright political propaganda and the canvases hanging in every hip gallery in London?

Emiel’s Guide to Classical Music (Episode 8)

Episode 8 - From North to South

Cloud Nothings - Here and Nowhere Else

It has been an unusual journey for Dylan Baldi, the man behind Cleveland based Cloud Nothings. He was signed as a one-man band and released his first two albums, Turned On and the self-titled Cloud Nothings, were recorded as such.