Nigeness

I know it's been a topsy-turvy winter/spring, but I was still taken aback the other day to see a patch of Cow Parsley in full flower -...

Sad to hear that the Irish actor Frank Kelly has died. He will always be remembered for his jaw-dropping portrayal of Father Jack, the foul-...

On Thursday evening, I found myself in a theatre in a Buckinghamshire town watching a live relay from another theatre - the National in Lond...

Well, it's a funny old world on Facebook, I must say. After years of manful resistance I've finally succumbed, and so far I'm ra...

The last living link with the golden age of Ealing Studios - the great cinematographer Douglas Slocombe - has died , at the age of 103. Sl...

This startling image is of one of the figures from a breath-taking terracotta mourning group by Niccolo dell'Arca - the Compianto sul ...

To celebrate the birthday of W.H. Auden - born on this day in 1907, in York - here is a short (originally rather longer) poem about the pl...