FADI YAZIGI @ MOSAIC ROOMS
There’s not much that can be more timely than an exhibition by a Syrian artist in London which “reflects the personal tragedies of everyday contemporary Syrian reality.” I went down to speak to him for […]
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SOCIAL MEDIA: THE NEW BENEFIT CONCERT
Missing the massive benefit concert? No, me neither. They seem like relics of a bygone era. But it doesn’t mean that huge, band-based fundraising has died – like most things it’s gone online, as I […]
CLASSICAL MUSIC HITS HIGH NOTE
There was an interesting news story in Variety recently suggesting classical CD sales were on the up in the States. Is this part of a wider trend? Is classical music cool all of a sudden? […]
THEME PARKS OBSESSED WITH FILM
When Disney announced that they’d bought the rights to “Avatarworld”, it set me on a nostalgia-laden trip to Universal Studios California, and the increasing realisation that most new theme park rides are based on blockbuster […]
Macbeth remains child’s play
Saw the trailer for Anonymous the other day, the Roland Emmerich film which recasts the age-old debate about whether Shakespeare actually wrote his famous plays into a political thriller. What’s not in doubt, though, is […]