Resources
GUIDE
Reviews
Where Congo meets Boho
Edwin Heathcote visits London’s latest pop-up artwork, a bizarre cocktail of kitsch and high-concept in the form of a bar created by Stockholm-based artist Carsten Höller
Eddie Izzard: Stripped, Lyric Theatre, London
The comedian is rambling much less than he used to, writes Ian Shuttleworth
Sigur Rós, Alexandra Palace, London
Richard Clayton sees a band both thrilling and boring
Julia Gertseva, St John’s, Smith Square, London
This singer’s individuality is at risk, says Andrew Clark
Sankai Juku, Sadler’s Wells, London
This is obscure and tiresome, writes Clement Crisp
Related content and features
FEATURES
Japan’s adopted talking heads
The country’s countless quiz and variety shows invariably feauture token foreigners who are famous nowhere else, writes Jonathan Soble – who recently joined their ranks
Alarming bad taste broadcasts
Scandals are not just covered by television; they are television – an ironic tribute to the role the medium plays in people’s lives, write John Lloyd and Bertrand Benoit
Visions of Babylonian civilisation
The British Museum’s fascinating exhibition examines Babylon as metaphor and a once-glorious reality, writes Robin Blake
Film
Impaired vision and blind panic
Fernando Meirelles has somehow turned José Saramago’s masterly fable ’Blindness’ into rhubarbed melodrama, writes Nigel Andrews
Visual Arts
Fitzwilliam’s centenary show
The Cambridge institution celebrates the flair of its former director Sydney Cockerell. Jackie Wullschlager sees him as a caricature
Culture
‘Guernica’ to Beryl Cook
The re-opening of the Whitechapel art gallery at a time when there is no civil war in Europe is a genuine cause for celebration, writes Peter Aspden
CLASSIFIED