Tristram Shandy (Radio 4)
An intelligent and playful adaptation of Sterne's masterpiece.
A World of Enchantment: New Chamber Opera’s Production of Haydn’s Il mondo della luna
A musical delight.
The Marvellous Mechanical Museum
A wondrous re-creation of the eighteenth century's hurly burly.
Canova’s George Washington
Studies in national symbolism.
Hamilton
An excellent, not quite revolutionary, musical.
Midsomer Murders: Death by Persuasion
An awkward marriage of Austen tropes and crime procedural.
The Frankenstein Chronicles
Sharpe-meets-Wallander.
Winckelmann and Curiosity in the 18th-Century Gentleman’s Library
The rich collections of Christ Church library provide a window onto eighteenth-century intellectual life.
James Cook: The Voyages
An interesting but frustrating exploration of Cook's life and legacy.
Diamond Mountains: Travel and Nostalgia in Korean Art
A small but mighty exhibit.