John Wyver writes: Apologies for missing last week - somehow the keynote for the University of Westminster conference Designs on TV, together with other stuff, just gobbled up the days. But here's this week's selection of twelve articles and audio more
John Wyver writes: after nearly a week of not posting to the blog, here's the reading and viewing that has caught my attention over the past week, with just a few elements of Covid-19 related media. • Why the coronavirus more
John Wyver writes: following on from yesterday's post I am continuing to look at the films that New York's Metropolitan Museum (exterior above, in 1928) has put online as a contribution to The Met 150, its anniversary celebration more
John Wyver writes: Since it appears as if we'll be spending even more of our time with our screens in the coming weeks, I thought I'd return to the blog with notes on some of the more obscure films and more
Although I am posting more links on weekdays, Sunday is the day for a miscellany, which is what I offer here with thanks to those who alerted me to many. • The real madman: Masha Gessen on Putin and Tr*mp more
I am not sure if Jonathan Bate's list of 100+ of the Best Books on Shakespeare has been around for a good while, but it's new to me - and that feels like sufficient reason to feature it more
On at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art until 27 May there's an exhibition that I really want to see. Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity is a sumptuous assembly of 80 or so figure paintings along with more
Here's a little campaign that is well worth supporting: Save the 35 Ken Russell BBC Films. Or, as the Facebook page (above) also - and more accurately - argues, Free the 35 BBC Films of Ken Russell. more
As I have blogged previously, the Reading Room initiative from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art is terrific. This makes available for reading online a selection of the museum's past catalogues. The 'flippingbook' format is more