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Love and Transfiguration: The Australian Chamber Orchestra
★★★★★ Review: ACO StudioCast online concert, premiere on 18 May then on demand until 31 December 2021. Tickets available here....

Catherine Flutsch
May 26, 20215 min read


David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
★★★★★ Exhibition Catalogue Review: Royal Academy Publications, £25 to buy here. I made a promise; I won’t do anything fun in London until...

Catherine Flutsch
May 21, 20214 min read


Pre-Raphaelites: Everything's Completely Fine
★★★ Exhibition: Pre-Raphaelites: Drawings and Watercolours Ashmolean Museum, 18 May – 20 June. Tickets from £6 - £12.25. Free for under...

Catherine Flutsch
May 16, 20215 min read


Farm Life Tropical Ice cream
Growing up, every second long summer holiday, we would pack up and travel to my grandparents’ retirement hobby farm in far northern New...

Catherine Flutsch
May 13, 20213 min read


Wild Garlic: Warding off the Demons
Around this time of year, wild garlic starts to bloom on the cool, shady, woodland floors across the UK, Europe, and parts of Asia. One...

Catherine Flutsch
May 12, 20213 min read


Luxmuralis: Art, Light, Beauty and Hope
It is quite difficult to put into words, just how much the light murals of art collective, Luxmuralis, mean to me. Luxmuralis comes to...

Catherine Flutsch
May 10, 202110 min read


The Tokyo Olympics
The Olympics is supposed to go ahead on 23 July. In a country where less than 1% of people have been fully vaccinated and just over 1%...

Takashi Sakai
Apr 21, 20212 min read


Wizard Presents: I Believe In Unicorns
★★★★★ Review: Wizard Presents I Believe In Unicorns, available for streaming on demand via the Oxford Playhouse . Book here. [Disclosure:...

Charlotte Trichard
Apr 16, 20212 min read


I Believe in Unicorns: Interview with Danyah Miller
Danyah Miller is co-founder, artistic director and producer at theatre company, Wizard Presents. Wizard Presents has produced many...

Charlotte Trichard
Apr 14, 20217 min read


Moving Beautifully Through 2021: Interesting Exercises You Might Enjoy*
Almost every ailment can be improved through movement and exercise. Movement truly is medicine. In that spirit, I work out almost every...

Catherine Flutsch
Apr 14, 20217 min read


Rambert: Rooms
★★★★★ Review: Rooms by Rambert. Live performance, streamed until 11 April 2021. Book here. [Disclosure: The Oxford Playhouse provided me...

Catherine Flutsch
Apr 10, 20212 min read


Art Duo Tlacolulokos: From the Heart
I recently reviewed a striking online art exhibition at the Museum of Latin American Art by art collective Tlacolulokos made up of...

Catherine Flutsch
Apr 8, 20216 min read


Bach and The Beyond: A Rare Misstep for the Australian Chamber Orchestra
★★★ Review: ACO StudioCast online concert, premiered on 31 March, then on demand until 31 December 2021. Tickets available here....

Catherine Flutsch
Apr 1, 20213 min read


Hanami in the time of Corona
Spring is the season for new life, new beginnings. As the Japanese fiscal year starts, it is also the season for taking stock. One event...

Takashi Sakai
Mar 26, 20212 min read


OaxaCalifornia: The Museum of Latin American Art, California.
★★★★★ Review: OaxaCalifornia: Through the Experience of the Duo Tlacolulokos, Museum of Latin American Art, Online Exhibition. The Museum...

Catherine Flutsch
Mar 19, 20213 min read


The Royal Shakespeare Company: Dream of the Future
★★★★★ Review: Dream, The RSC, live streamed until 20 March. Tickets (both free and paid for) available here . [Disclosure: The RSC...

Catherine Flutsch
Mar 18, 20213 min read


The Picture of Dorian Gray
★★★★ Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray, co-produced by The Oxford Playhouse, streaming from Tuesday 16 March until Wednesday 31 March...

Catherine Flutsch
Mar 16, 20214 min read


Pro Wrestling as Contemporary Dance
I have always been intrigued by pro wrestling – it seems to me to have so many parallels with modern contemporary dance, circus and...

Catherine Flutsch
Mar 15, 20215 min read


La Fenice Opera House: Live Concerts for Comfort and Hope
La Fenice Opera House in Venice has been quietly creating an exquisite revolution in the delivery of live music to a locked down world.

Catherine Flutsch
Mar 1, 20213 min read


Beirut: What Happened? What is it like now?
[Warning: Photographs in this article by current affairs photographer, Hussein Baydoun, are graphic and may upset some readers.] Six months

Dr Rana Traboulsi
Feb 27, 20216 min read
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