When the Photographers’ Gallery opened in London in 1971, few saw the medium as suitable for exhibitions. Today, everyone does.
Author: ALEX MARSHALL
Booker Prize Longlist Is Unveiled
Rachel Cusk’s “Second Place,” Richard Powers’s “Bewilderment” and Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun” are among the 13 novels nominated for one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards.
Booker Prize Longlist Is Unveiled
Rachel Cusk’s “Second Place,” Richard Powers’s “Bewilderment” and Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun” are among the 13 novels nominated for one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards.
‘Dune’ and Princess Diana Biopic to Debut at a Starry Venice Film Festival
Hollywood blockbusters are back on the program after a less celebrity-driven edition last year, but the event will still be far from business as usual.
For U.K. Bands, Touring Europe Is Now a Highway to Brexit Hell
It’s not just that musicians need visas. Band merchandise is now a complicated export, and most tour vans are only allowed to make three stops.
Covid Surge Shuts Down West End Shows
Many London theaters are canceling performances, and people in the industry fear that more productions will have to close when England ends distancing and mask-wearing requirements next week.
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New Act: Activism
On questions of reopening, the theater impresario has become a surprising thorn in the British government’s side.
A Young Naturalist Inspires With Joy, Not Doom
At 17, Dara McAnulty is becoming one of Britain’s most acclaimed nature writers, with work that touches on his autism as much as the world around his home.
With a Violent Debut, He Reveals a London That Is Rarely Seen
“Who They Was,” an autobiographical novel about life in public housing and prison, is relentlessly bleak. It had to be, the author, Gabriel Krauze, says.
Moshing in the Rain: The Tenuous Return of the British Music Festival
Spending three days camping at a muddy music festival is a British tradition. But event operators fear that few will go ahead this summer, despite a trial last weekend.