BST 2019: Robbie Williams joins Bob Dylan and Neil Young as headliner at British Summer Time Festival

Robbie Williams has been announced as the third British Summer Time (BST) festival headliner. The former Take That singer joins previously confirmed joint headliners Bob Dylan and Neil Young. The Hyde Park show marks his only UK open-air show of 2019 announced so far and will take place on the final day of the festival, … Continue reading BST 2019: Robbie Williams joins Bob Dylan and Neil Young as headliner at British Summer Time Festival

A children’s writer’s macabre vision

A new biography looks at the appeal of Edward Gorey. Why have so many directors and writers been drawn to his peculiar vision, asks Cath Pound. From the Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey?s morbidly funny little books are gothic surrealist masterpieces. Drawing on sources as varied as the novels of Agatha Christie … Continue reading A children’s writer’s macabre vision

The juvenile joke hidden in a portrait

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it: a hazy hint of adolescent humour in the background of Andrea Odoni (1527), among the stand-out paintings on display at the National Gallery in London in an engrossing new exhibition devoted to the pioneering portraits of the 16th-Century Italian artist Lorenzo Lotto. Just behind the sitter’s left … Continue reading The juvenile joke hidden in a portrait