Lausanne was the official Olympic capital for 30 years, but for even longer the rugged Swiss city has hosted a summer of spectaculars, with a dizzying array of artistic disciplines rather than athletic ones. This year’s programme of the Festival de la Cité – its 52nd edition – includes more than 80 shows over six… Read More »
Graphic designer, typographer and art director Derek Birdsall, who has died aged 89, was one of the profession’s “old guard” and a survivor of the pre-digital age. Highly respected by his peers, his work reached diverse audiences for over fifty years. In the monthly magazine Nova, of which Birdsall was the art director for a… Read More »
Michelle Terry, artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe, described the response to his role as Richard III as “disproportionate” and said much of the anger directed at him in recent months had been misogynistic. The Globe faced widespread criticism when it was announced that Olivier-winning actor and writer Terry would play Shakespeare’s “deformed, incomplete” king when… Read More »