Science Editor pops Shakespearean cherry
The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Henry V at the Barbican sursprises and delights
Issue 1618
20th Nov 2015
National Theatre revives banned classic
Waste exposes the hypocrisy of Victorian morality and remains relevant today
TĀLĀ live at ICA
TĀLĀ showed how one woman can dominate a space
Birth, death, and the messiness in between
Morgen und Abend throws us into a man’s existence and beyond with mixed results
Forgotten oceans
Ocean acidifcation tests the limits of our seas, bringing them to an irreversible breaking point
A Phaal from grace
IC fail to curry favour, losing to Royal Holloway last week
The top three sports films that aren’t Rocky
Our regular column on classics in a genre you might've missed
Top three Sports Films that aren't Rocky
We continue our selection of unappreciated gems with three alternative sports films
Documentary Corner
This week it's The Cove
The cinema is an instrument of poetry
This week sees the start of a retrospective of Luis Buñuel, the radical Spanish filmmaker, at London’s ICA. We take a look at the director’s life and work, identifying the key themes at play in his films: sexuality, satire, and surrealism.
The lady doth protest too much
Maggie Smith is acerbic and rancid in this Alan Bennett-scripted film
A mournful, brilliantly told story of warfare in Afghanistan
Tell Spring Not to Come This Year is a vital, beautiful exploration of a broken country