Nigel Kennedy
Oxford New Theatre
arts
Nigel has made some great plans
By Cary Gee /Sunday, January 29th, 2012From Russia with literary resonance
By Aleks Sierz /Sunday, January 29th, 2012Travelling Light
National Theatre, London
The Kreutzer Sonata
Gate Theatre
Arthur – the man, the myth and the Matter of Britain
By Keith Richmond /Sunday, January 29th, 2012The Death of King Arthur
by Simon Armitage
Faber & Faber, £12.99
Spare a thought for man who married Bloody Mary
By Richard Woulfe /Sunday, January 29th, 2012Philip of Spain, King of England: The Forgotten Sovereign by Harry Kelsey
IB Tauris, £18.99
The revolutionary Harold Wilson dubbed the most dangerous man in Britain
By Geoffrey Goodman /Sunday, January 29th, 2012Revolutionary Communist at Work: A Political Biography of Bert Ramelson
by Roger Seifert and Tom Sibley
Lawrence & Wishart, £15
It’s not truly silent, but it is golden
By Neil Young /Saturday, January 28th, 2012The Artist
Director: Michel Hazanavicius
Down to T – she’s not just any old Iron Lady
By Patrick Mulcahy /Saturday, January 14th, 2012The Iron Lady
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Make a lot of noise for Frayn and Hankin
By Aleks Sierz /Saturday, January 14th, 2012Noises Off
Old Vic, London
The Charity That Began at Home
Orange Tree Theatre, Richmond
A rich harvest of hatred and revenge in Afghanistan
By Will Podmore /Saturday, January 14th, 2012In 1838, The Times called for war on Afghanistan. The East India Company described the First Afghan War, 1838-42, as “A war of robbery…made by a people without their knowledge, against another people who had committed no offence.” In 1839, British forces took Kabul, and an officer claimed “the war may now be considered at [...]
When the Tories were the party of the working class
By Rohan McWilliam /Saturday, January 14th, 2012Parties and People: England 1914-1951
by Ross McKibbin
Oxford University Press, £14.99
Classes, Cultures & Politics: Essays on British History for Ross McKibbin
edited by Clare VJ Griffiths, James J Nott and William Whyte
Oxford University Press, £65