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January 22, 2010
Burgundy’s diamonds in the dust
...split between the two brothers. But my enthusiasm for the above names is limited to their white, not their red, wines. Thomas Bouley’s time at Felton Road in New Zealand seems to have literally borne fruit in the 2008s of Domaine Jean-Marc Bouley...of Beaune, the larger négociants Drouhin, Champy and Chanson seem to have had a particularly good year too. Winemaker Benjamin Leroux’s own négociant label deserves special mention. Another new name is Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux, as Domaine Robert... By Jancis Robinson
January 4, 2010
Are these people London’s finest?
...bunch, though, dominated by politicians and retailers. 1. Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, born in Bloomsbury...country’s transformation into an imperial power. 7. Sir Thomas More, born in Milk Street, off Cheapside. Renaissance humanist...the red telephone box. No room, alas, for John Wilkes, Thomas Cromwell, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Liverpool or modern... By Brian Groom
January 5, 2010
Are these people London's finest?
...bunch, though, dominated by politicians and retailers. 1. Benjamin Disraeli , 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, born in Bloomsbury...country's transformation into an imperial power. 7. Sir Thomas More , born in Milk Street, off Cheapside. Renaissance humanist...the red telephone box. No room, alas, for John Wilkes, Thomas Cromwell, Joseph Chamberlain, Lord Liverpool or modern... By Brian Groom
May 6, 2009
Mysteries of another world
...couples - Alexandra Ansanelli and Rupert Pennefather; Leanne Benjamin and Thomas Whitehead - have 10 women as their companions, costumed...everywhere musical in his response to Debussy - the writing for Benjamin and Whitehead in Des pas sur la neige is as potent as the... By Clement Crisp
May 5, 2009
Sensorium, Royal Opera House, London
...couples – Alexandra Ansanelli and Rupert Pennefather; Leanne Benjamin and Thomas Whitehead – have 10 women as their companions, costumed...everywhere musical in his response to Debussy – the writing for Benjamin and Whitehead in Des pas sur la neige is as potent as the... By Clement Crisp
January 19, 2009
The Invention of Air
...Copley Medal for science, but also befriended and influenced Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. In The Invention of Air, Steven Johnson...also a masterful political theorist. Johnson argues that Thomas Kuhn didn’t go far enough in his Structure of Scientific... Review by John Gapper
November 16, 2009
Aldeburgh Highlights
...festival looks and feels under its new artistic director, Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Today's festival is about far more than Benjamin Britten, its founder, and the week's series at Kings Place reflected that, headed by Aimard in a patchwork quilt of...and shade might have softened their bleakness. The light tenor of Robin Tritschler had an easier time in the picturesque Thomas Hardy settings of Winter Words , which he sang with affecting intimacy. All were accompanied with unfailing skill by Malcolm... By Richard Fairman
November 15, 2009
Aldeburgh highlights, King’s Place, London
...looks and feels under its new artistic director, Pierre-Laurent Aimard. Today’s festival is about far more than Benjamin Britten, its founder, and the week’s series at Kings Place reflected that, headed by Aimard in a patchwork quilt of...and shade might have softened their bleakness. The light tenor of Robin Tritschler had an easier time in the picturesque Thomas Hardy settings of Winter Words, which he sang with affecting intimacy. All were accompanied with unfailing skill by Malcolm... By Richard Fairman
January 17, 2009
The original American optimist
...Copley Medal for science, but also befriended and influenced Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. In The Invention of Air , Steven...also a masterful political theorist. Johnson argues that Thomas Kuhn didn't go far enough in his Structure of Scientific... By John Gapper
September 6, 2009
A New World, Shakespeare’s Globe, London
...the concentration of its audiences. John Light (right) as Thomas Paine Griffiths focuses on Thomas Paine, the radical writer and thinker who was caught...likeable play, spiced with mischievous humour: Griffiths keeps Benjamin Franklin alive beyond his allotted span so he can narrate... By Sarah Hemming