Director cut nudity from One Night Only Director Will Gluck has revealed that he cut a lot of nudity from his new movie One Night Only. BANG Premier · Aug 8
The long way home Every culture, in its oldest stories, sends someone into the dark for love. The Greeks had Orpheus, who descended through Tartarus armed with nothing but a lyre. The Egyptians had Isis, gathering up the scattered pieces of her murdered Osiris. The Sanskrit tradition gave us Savitri, who followed the god… Bangkok Post · Jun 19
A new exhibition explores empire, love and loss through paintings of flowers from 1900 The term “handpicked” suggests a bouquet that has been chosen carefully, each flower selected for its colour, form or meaning and relation to the others. The curators of this new exhibition at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge have certainly achieved a complex yet complementary arrangement. The Conversation · Apr 30
Handpicked review – delightful dancing dahlias and petals so pillowy you can feel them Perfectly timed exhibition of bright blooms bursts your senses into life and reveals intensely human stories of love, loss and jealousy-ridden break-ups The Guardian - UK · Apr 24
Orpheus and Eurydice review – acrobatic Gluck is haunting, dizzying and gasp-inducing Iestyn Davies is outstanding as the tortured Orpheus in Yaron Lifschitz’s stark and imaginative staging The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2025
Beginner’s Gluck: how the 18th-century composer and a castrato changed opera forever Over 250 years after Gluck’s Orpheus and Eurydice presented opera in a new way, an acrobatic staging aims to do the same. Iestyn Davies, whose Orpheus will be amid the tumblers, dancers and acrobats, writes of pushing boundaries – and heart-stopping wonder The Guardian - UK · Aug 12, 2025
London Fashion Week S/S 2025 highlights: JW Anderson to Burberry Wallpaper* fashion features editor Jack Moss selects the best of London Fashion Week S/S 2025, from JW Anderson’s ‘reduced library of materials’ to Burberry’s easy elegance Wallpaper · Sep 13, 2024
Opera world split as director reinventions dominate Europe while US, Italy more muted The opera world is split in two: Some European productions reinvent works in ways composers never imagined, and traditional stagings favored in the U.S. are condemned by cognoscenti The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023
Invasion of the cool-girl ceiling-smashers: why I love the revamped National Portrait Gallery From Tracey Emin to Jann ‘Sgt Pepper’ Haworth, this London landmark’s new additions are game-changers. The result is a thrilling, uplifting gallery that reflects a Britain I am proud to be part of The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2023
A case of heartbreak? I prescribe Tracey Emin’s neons and Paula Rego’s dancers At moments when we need to start all over again, great art is there to salve our wounded feelings and help point the way to the future The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023
Joyce DiDonato: Eden at Barbican Hall review: seeds of hope in a blighted world The superstar soprano is touring this nature-focused show to five continents Evening Standard · Apr 6, 2022