Charles ludlam and theatre of the ridiculous

It’s a classic bit of television Charlie. He’s trying to play a tune and although he’s failing – badly – you just know he’d succeed if only he used a proper instrument and not the big white kitchen si

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

From drugs, despondency and dead bats to changing the face of modern metal and gaining an unlikely celebrity status, this is the rollercoaster story of Ozzy Osbourne’s solo career

FROM LORCA: THE DRAWINGS BY HELEN OPPENHEIMER (1987) ...

Mark Twain and the making of an American literary revolution

A Chekhovian opera from Colin Matthews and William Boyd