TheatreReviewVaudeville, LondonArthur Miller's 1994 play towers over the dismal lowlands of current West End theatre like a majestic mountain peak. Part psychological detective story and part political drama, it emerges in Iqbal Khan's production, first seen at the Tricycle a year ago, as far and away the best of Miller's late plays.
Set in Brooklyn in 1938, the play presents us with a middle-aged woman, Sylvia Gellburg, afflicted by a mysterious paralysis of the legs. Read More...
Leonard Barden on chessChessChess: forgotten world champion Ding Liren to return at Wijk aan ZeeDing is scheduled to return to action at the ‘chess Wimbledon’ that includes five of the eight Candidates to challenge him for the world title this year
China’s world champion, Ding Liren, has become the forgotten man of chess due to his long absence from the board since he won the classical crown Magnus Carlsen abdicated last year. Read More...
Know the scoreClassical musicHe created a new world of ravishing instrumental colour and constantly shifting sensations and images. He brought new breath to the art of music, said Boulez. Did modern music start with Debussy? It was a description he always rejected, but Claude Debussy (1862-1918) is often thought of as an impressionist, a musical equivalent to Monet or Renoir. But he was much more than a composer of ravishingly delicate piano pieces and luminously coloured orchestral tapestries. Read More...