Napoleon (dir. by Ridley Scott)
The glaring problem with Ridley Scott’s Napoleon is not the historical inaccuracy, but that it is never quite sure what kind of Napoleon Bonaparte it wants to depict.
Criticks – BSECS online reviews
The eighteenth century was the first great age of criticism. In this spirit, the Criticks website provides entertaining, informative and provocative reviews of events and media that are of interest to scholars of the eighteenth century. These complement the reviews of books that are published in the journal of the Society, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies.
Plays, concerts, operas, exhibitions, films, broadcasts and online resources are here considered in depth by experts in the field. If there is an event that you would like to see reviewed in these pages, or if you would like to review for us, please contact one of the editors below:
Criticks Editor
Criticks Subject Editors
Fine and Decorative Art: Miriam Al Jamil
Media: Gráinne O’Hare
Music: Brianna Robertson-Kirkland
Theatre: Katie Noble
Angelica Kauffman
This modest exhibition is narrowly focussed on Angelica and her career leaving many questions still to be explored.
William Blake’s Universe
an ambitious attempt to set Blake and his ideas and works within broader contexts: of his artistic circle, of European classical traditions and of the wider, creative ‘background mood’ of his
The Divine Mrs S
The Divine Mrs S is an urgent appeal for women to externalise their feelings of injustice and emotion. It’s a call for release.
The Welkin
The Welkin is refreshingly humble: the characters are women from all levels of the socio-economic hierarchy and the story is not grand with far-reaching ramifications.
Georgian Illuminations
Georgian Illuminations at the Sir John Soane’s Museum successfully exhibited, in all their jostling and juxtaposed glory, contemporary attitudes towards the light shows emerging out of and
Northanger Abbey (by Zoe Cooper, from the novel by Jane Austen)
A queer adaptation of Austen’s playful novel reimagines Northanger Abbey for the BookTok generation.
Our Flag Means Death, Season 2
Continuing in the spirit of last season, this season offers plenty of quips and moments that eighteenth centuryists will enjoy.
Discover Liotard and the Lavergne Family Breakfast
This tightly knit exhibition brings out the most important aspects of Liotard’s long career and whets one’s appetite to find out more about him.
“Sancho & Me” at BSECS 2024
The performance was not a lecture but a tale that spanned hundreds of years, a narrative about finding yourself in a world that has not wished to see or acknowledge you.