Diary: Melinda Hughes reveals the on-tour antics of an opera star
Pasta diva I thought the days of statuesque divas making the boards creak on stages all around the world were…
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Review: Sondheim, Sweeney Todd, English National Opera
This masterpiece of macabre musical theatre by Stephen Sondheim has had a deconstructive makeover by Lonny Price at the ENO.…
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Boy About Town takes us through his Easter Extravaganza
Through governmental and Godly benevolence, London’s overworked population has been blessed with a healthy, and hopefully sunny, four-day weekend, so…
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At GRAD and the Saatchi Gallery – Two exhibitions showing the present and past threats of Russian politics
Evgeny Granilshchikov stops speaking Russian and answers directly in English: ‘Of course, absolutely,’ he says, affirming he has felt pressured…
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Exclusive: Adam Dant’s sketches from Richard III’s reburial
I was delighted that Spear’s had a ringside seat inside Leicester Cathedral for the Sunday afternoon service for Richard III…
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Adam Dant – the official national general election artist – accompanied Spear’s editor William Cash to Richard III’s reburial. Here…
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Book Reviews: The Shifts and the Shocks by Martin Wolf and A Strange Business by James Hamilton
Christopher Silvester on a stimulating take on the financial crisis and Mark Le Fanu on an ambitious attempt to dissect…
ByFrom heart specialists to private operas, Spear's meets a UHNW fixer
William Cash meets chief fixer at BHB Partners Harry Becher, who explains that in his world there’s no such thing…
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Does money maketh minimalism?
All this stuff. My house is full of it. I live, now, in a pretty big house. Not big big.…
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Sanctions against Iran are crippling its artists and the chance for change
In retrospect, 2014 probably wasn’t the best year to have the UK-Russia Year of Culture. But despite political froideur, there…
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Review: Weill and Brecht, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Royal Opera House
It is brave and wonderful of the Royal Opera House to stage this powerful 1930s opera about the fictional city…
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Wallace Collection’s future of museums debate fails to look to the long-term
For a discussion supposedly about museums in the 21st century, the panellists and questioners at the Wallace Collection last night…
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Review: Inventing Impressionism at the National Gallery
The last time Paul Durand-Ruel held court in London’s art scene he hosted the biggest Impressionist exhibition in history. His…
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Review: Chekhov, Uncle Vanya, West Yorkshire Playhouse
To the West Yorkshire Playhouse for a newly ‘recycled’ version of Uncle Vanya – set in a forest of telegraph…
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How Art Basel Miami Beach came to town – and other Floridian stories
It was early December and I was in a cab, inching through Miami’s Wynwood Art District. Art Basel Miami Beach…
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The UK’s heritage buildings need commercial nous to survive and thrive
There was an article which appeared in last month’s Telegraph, written by Harry Mount, focusing on the work of the…
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The country’s best loved landmarks won’t stay in mint condition without generating revenue – but there’s no denying the challenges,…
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Review: Sculpture Victorious at Tate Britain & The John Scott Collection at the Fine Art Society
There’s an elephant in the room at Tate Britain’s latest show. It was made of lead and tin-glazed earthenware by…
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British politicians already know all the tricks in House of Cards
For any House of Cards fan, the weekend just gone was like manna from heaven, as if Doug Stamper had…
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Artsper gives Gallic galleries a chic online outlet
The art world is a friendly place. You can turn up at a high-end gallery with fistfuls of cash, says…
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