Carla Scarano looks at two V&A exhibitions exploring interactions between human beings and the natural world
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Pamela Johnson sees Jane Commane as a bold poet for troubled times
Emma Lee considers Kate Foley’s poetic exploration of boundaries and how to cross them
Stuart Henson decides that Jonathan Davidson’s “On Poetry” is a book for both writers and listeners. And academics might enjoy it too.
Rodney Wood’s new chapbook collection explores the potential of an unusual verse form
Grant Tarbard has produced a fascinating collection, observes Carla Scarano
Carla Scarano visits two exhibitions in Florence: The return to Italy of Salvatore Ferragamo in 1927 and the Dawn of a Nation after WW II
It’s testimony to the vibrant creativity and style of Sao Paulo that its international art festival – SP-Arte – can transform an object as potentially mundane and outdated as the tea trolley into a pinnacle of design.
Michael Tolkien finds he is kept on his toes by the shifting styles of Pam Thompson’s latest collection
Of all the things we wear, the T-shirt has the ability to be both humble and exclusive. To underline the point, the Fashion and Textile Museum’s shop accompanies its exhibition on the T-shirt from the fifth-century, when it was a variant of the tunic, to now, with designer examples on sale for around 100 pounds.
The London theatre scene could easily manage without another musical about love. But the UK premiere of this Australian-born celebration of the greatest of emotions by Peter Rutherford and James Millar is nevertheless as welcome, even as necessary, as every generation’s attempts to redefine love for themselves.
With his usual multi-layered irony and dark humour, Shechter turns our familiar conceit of “the world as a stage” into a circus of nightmare clowns – who much resemble ourselves.
By Patricia Morris • dance, year 2018 0 • Tags: dance, Primrose MacFay