The Critic Laughs
Richard Hamilton. Father of pop art, experimenter of consumer design, right? If that is all you associate with this icon of twentieth century British art, this massive retrospective at the Tate will change your mind.
The Blind Astronomer
Is science emotional? Clara Clark Nevola interviews theatre maker Tom Espiner about the play Going Dark to find out
Review: Bohren & der Club of Gore
Riaz Agahi looks at the German band’s new effort - Piano Nights
Not such Happy Days...
Disclaimer: do not book tickets for this as a February blues pick-me-up. The poster’s colourful, the title’s promising, but the only comedy you’ll get it the bleakest of tragicomedy.
Emiel’s Guide to Classical Music: Episode 7 - Josquin
Episode VII - Josquin
ArtsFest is Coming, Look Busy!
Yes the biggest event of the union calendar has arrived. And I don’t mean the Big Elections. ArtsFest sees our scientists’ paradise turned over to our Artistic under culture for a week of something different.
Brum Photorealism
You’d be forgiven for thinking that London is the place to be for everything arts related...
V&A’s Boiler Room
The Friday Lates are, much as the name suggests, a series of exhibitions that take place on a Friday night, specifically the last Friday of each month.
Under The Vaults
Fred Fyles goes underground as part of the Waterloo Vaults Festival
Raving on About Mogwai Going to Shit
Rave is not a word I would ever have associated with the music of Mogwai. As people, it makes a bit more sense. They has always been a certain distance between them and the more pretentious attitudes most post-rock bands employ.
Deer Tick (but no Lyme Disease)
Stuart Masson reviews the alt-country band’s Garage performance
AMS album of the week
Bastions – Bedfellows Part 2: The Forgotten Daughter