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Interview: John Dyson

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Interview: John Dyson

From judges being denounced as ‘Enemies of the People’, to speculation on the symbolism of Supreme Court Judge Lady Hale’s spider brooch, the UK’s justice system has been a surprising subject of recent media attention. A former Supreme Court Judge himself, John Dyson is no…

The Painted Bird ★★★

The Painted Bird ★★★

At the 2019 Venice Film Festival, 12 members of the audience attempted to escape The Painted Bird screening, lashing out and falling up the stairs in the process. Why? Because this horrifying drama exposes the absolute worst of mankind, as collected from survivor testimony, shown…

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Leopoldstadt ★★★★

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Leopoldstadt ★★★★

My Stoppard journey began more than 40 years ago with the heady cocktail of verbal fireworks, erudition and wit that is his 1966 play, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Now it seems it is to end, with what the great playwright suggests is his last play, as he navigates his own…

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HerSpace Festival

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HerSpace Festival

In early March London plays host to the first ever HerSpace festival. This one-day event is a celebration of creative British Jewish women in the worlds of fashion, arts and culture. It's not about business acumen or learning entrepreneurial skills, Michelle Stimler Morris tells us…

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Yallah: Haim Botbol

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Yallah: Haim Botbol

The concert was opened by the warm-up act 3yin (pronounced ‘eye-in’), a sextet of London-based musicians playing Iraqi, Egyptian and other Arabic or Judeo-Arabic music on Western and Arab instruments. Did I say warm-up? More like ‘heat-up’, as this enthusiastic group of…

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United nations

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United nations

Since the Israeli-Canadian violist Rivka Golani first became aware of the Blackfoot – the First People of Canada – she has been inspired by their history. She has performed several concerts in their honour in Canada and has composed pieces, with their permission, that reference Blackfoot…