Talk about a ghost of Christmases past. It was 21 years ago that Joe Jackson first entered the New Wave pantheon with the unforgettable ‘Look Sharp’, whose ‘Fools in Love’, ‘Happy Loving Couples’ and ‘Is She Really Going Out with Him’ painted a jaundiced picture of the mating game. Flash forward two decades, via a forgettable detour into classical composing, and he’s out touring to promote his 19th album, the jazzy ‘Night and Day II’.
January 4, 2010
Joe Jackson
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December 26, 2009
Palazzo Labia
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Situated a short walk from Venice’s train station and nearby to the famous Restaurants in Venice, Palazzo Labia is a gothic masterpiece now owned by RAI, the Italian state broadcasters. It also happens to be one of the city’s best-kept secrets. Open only three hours a week – telephone reservations obligatory – it is strict enough to throw all but the most keen sightseers off the scent. Step inside, however, and you will see Tiepolo frescoes like you will never see again – surely the finest work that one of Venice’s most favourite sons ever produced.
December 4, 2009
The House Of Mirth
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Terence Davies’ absolutely flawless adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel starring The X-Files’ Gillian Anderson and filmed in Glasgow which doubled as 19th century New York.
September 2, 2009
High Fidelity
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John Cusack and Stephen Frears’ superb adaptation of Nick Hornby’s best-selling novel about a twentysomething vinyl junkie who puts records before relationships.
August 29, 2009
Hyena
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July 12, 2009
doing nothing (nichts tun)
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The Austrian Museum for Folk Culture can always be relied upon for its unusual presentations of the more pedestrian aspects of daily life. In this new exhibition the focus is on idleness and the strategies people in Vienna have used over the past two centuries to free themselves of the rigours of work. Especially appropriate in a city obsessed with ‘Gemütlichkeit’ or cosiness, the exhibition brings together paintings, photographs and objects mapping the city’s successful approach to sloth and invites visitors to ask themselves what actually happens when we’re doing nothing.
March 29, 2009
Paddling through life
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March 3, 2009
cocktails on the beach
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February 28, 2009
Yiddish? Yiddish!
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This series of five exhibitions is scattered rather haphazardly throughout the Jewish Museum’s permanent collection – annoying at first, until you realise that the two elements complement each other perfectly, encouraging a freestyle visit that is intense, highly reflective, lighthearted and solemn. The displays of posters, postcards, Klezmer music, a marionnette theatre and a young Kracow artist’s beautiful hand-painted film resurrected from the 1930s celebrate a culture and language which, for many centuries, were those of the majority of Europe’s Jews. The concurrent programme of lectures, concerts, films and debates highlights the Yiddish revival which has taken off since the 1970s.
February 22, 2009
Voskresensky Monastery
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