The Camino – where the journey really is the point
As I approached the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, through the streets of the old city, I recognised a familiar figure after bumping into him several times lately in restaurants…
The Camino – where the journey really is the point
As I approached the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela, through the streets of the old city, I recognised a familiar figure after bumping into him several times lately in restaurants and on the path, his curly grey hair and slightly…
PAD London 2025: A Showcase of Desire and a Mirror of Time
Every October, Berkeley Square becomes a quiet pilgrimage site for collectors, curators, critics, Instagrammers, and admirers of beauty. Even the onlookers here tend to be well-off — a single-entry ticket costs £30. This year, however, PAD London finally lived up…
Five cozy shows for the rest of autumn
This autumn is unusually beautiful — quiet, bright, and warm. It makes you long for something calm and picturesque: walking in the park in a chunky knit sweater, baking pumpkin pies, sipping cocoa while sitting on the windowsill. You could…
Artemy Troitsky: “My goal is to make sure people have fun and comfortable dancing”
In November, Artemy Troitsky — historian, music critic, host, and writer — will give a series of lectures on Russian rock in Oxford and Edinburgh. In London, however, he’ll be doing something quite different: hosting a full-fledged disco — after…
Sophie Lévy Burton: Reflections on Colour, Memory, and the Silent Growth of Form
Sophie Lévy Burton’s exhibition The River Beneath the River is a meditation on the hidden currents of perception that unfolds in the peaceful intimacy of Green & Stone’s gallery on Fulham Road. It is more than just a painting; it…
Maxim Didenko and Galya Solodovnikova: «Salome» in London
In London, two artists who have long worked together and deeply understand each other — director Maxim Didenko and scenographer Galya Solodovnikova — reunite on stage. Their new Salome, brought from Tel Aviv’s Gesher Theatre to the Royal Haymarket, transforms…
Turbulence of reality
From above the world looks calm and complete — altitude lends the illusion of harmony. Lakes gleam like vast mirrors, riverbeds wind as silver ribbons, and among the many shades of green that mark the patchwork of fields there are…
A New Hope: “New Beginning” Photo Exhibition in London
Last week in London, a short — just one evening! — exhibition of photographers’ works took place under the telling title “New Beginning.” Autumn is the season of harvest, of taking stock, of returning to work after rest, and so…
Folds of Time: Salome by the Gesher Theatre
The Gesher Theatre’s tour with Salome had been planned from the very beginning of work on the production. And now, after its premiere in Tel Aviv, Salome has been brought to London to face a new audience. Director Maxim Didenko…
A champion on and off the board: Sarah Longson’s chess mission
From her first televised encounter with Garry Kasparov at the age of seven to leading the UK Schools’ Chess Challenge today, Sarah Longson has lived a remarkable chess life. Once a prodigy, now a pioneer, she has transformed her passion…
La Famiglia: Gucci Turns Milan Fashion Week Into a Family Drama
On the opening day of Milan Fashion Week, the runway went dark and the screen lit up. Gucci, under its new creative director Demna Gvasalia, unveiled the La Famiglia collection not with a fashion show but with a film. The…
Thought on autopilot
The moment the aeroplane leaves the runway, I allow myself to drift away from the strip of rational control. The dorsolateral prefrontal cortex slips into stand-by, and the DMN — the Default Mode Network — lights up instead. That, at…
Not just digital art: Rebekah Tolley explains Digitalism
The 25th of September sees the opening of Digitalism at the Saatchi Gallery, an ambitious showcase of more than sixty artists exploring the fertile ground where art and technology converge. Conceived in 2024 by British Art Fair owner Will Ramsay…
Myths of the future
I was really upset when I realized I’d forgotten my book in the seat pocket on the plane. I had just started reading it, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. I love his writing, and envy his indefatigable ability to…
The Gesher Theatre presents Oscar Wilde’s Salomé at the Theatre Royal Haymarket this Autumn
«One should not look at anything. Neither at things, nor at people should one look. Only in mirrors is it well to look, for mirrors do but show us masks…»
