Black Sea film review: Jude Law’s absurdly overcooked accent isn’t the worst thing in this submarine borefest December 5, 2014 Cert 15 | ★☆☆☆☆ Maybe three miles under the sea, locked in a rusty tube with a dozen sweaty blokes, is the only place Jude Law can be trusted not to get anyone pregnant. That’s the only reason I can think of for why he agreed to this sub-Guy Richie, substandard, submarine borefest. It’s [...]
Theatre review: 3 Winters December 5, 2014 Lyttelton Theatre | ★★★★☆ In Britain, it can be difficult to understand the seismic societal shifts that characterised much of modern European history. From 1945 to 2011, Croatia moved through monarchy and communism to capitalism, on the way fragmenting from Yugoslavia in a brutal succession of wars. London-based Croatian playwright Tena Stivcic’s new play follows a [...]
Film review: St Vincent December 5, 2014 Cert 12a | ★★★☆☆ It isn’t clear whether those rumours of Bill Murray turning up randomly at house parties are true. But on this evidence, you probably wouldn’t want him to crash yours. In St Vincent, Murray reconfigures his surly persona to play Vincent MacKenna, a feckless drunk and reckless gambler who’s struggling to keep [...]
Photography review: Royal Photographic Society at the Science Museum December 4, 2014 Science Museum | ★★★★☆ The Royal Photographic Society has been in existence for over 150 years, and over the course of that time it has amassed a collection of over a quarter of a million photographs. Drawn By Light, the new exhibition at the Science Museum, selects just 200 of these images, ranging from [...]
Something for the weekend December 4, 2014 FOR A BARGAIN ADAMS ANTIQUES FAIR Still got presents to buy? Pick up something unique at 2014’s final Adams Antiques Fair at the Royal Horticultural Halls. With 140 stalls specialising in linen, jewellery and ceramics, you’re sure to find the perfect gift. £4, visit adamsantiquesfairs.com. FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT ROXX PARTY Roxx’s Rolling Stone pop-up [...]
Dead glam: Anja Niemi is both subject and photographer in her new exhibition December 3, 2014 The only thing Anja Niemi likes more than taking photographs is being photographed herself. The Norwegian photographer combined the two to great effect in her series Do Not Disturb and Starlets and has done so again in Darlene and Me, her latest show opening at Fulham’s Little Black Gallery next month. In the dramatically staged [...]
Super stars: Award-winning landscape photographer Murray Fredericks exhibits recent works December 3, 2014 William Wordsworth wrote of a “sense sublime, something far more deeply interfused, whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, and the round ocean, and the living air, and the blue sky.” A “sense sublime” is a good way of describing the feelings induced by the work of Australian photographer Murray Fredericks, whose stunning landscapes [...]
Beautiful things: Glen Grant’s single-malt, Stella McCartney’s Linda Bag and Tiffany’s T range December 3, 2014 For the past half-century, Glen Grant 50 Year Old has been maturing into a single-malt of unrivalled richness and intensity For Dennis Malcolm, master distiller at Scotland’s Glen Grant, patience isn’t just a virtue, it’s a way of life. “Only time measures our pursuit of perfection,” he says, “Maturation cannot be rushed.” Malcolm was just [...]
Treasures from the deep December 3, 2014 These exquisite pieces from Mikimoto show why pearls are such a timeless classic If you’re looking for fine pearls, look no further; Japanese firm Mikimoto has had more than 100 years to perfect its trade. In fact, Kokichi Mikimoto was the man who first created the cultured pearl all the way back in 1893. Now [...]