Jack Absolute Flies Again
While Jack Absolute Flies Again was much better received than that first version of The Rivals, I was nevertheless left wishing for a touch of rewriting.
Ambition: A Minuet in Power (PC and Mac)
Not without flaws, but still the most interesting 18th-century video game of recent years.
Dangerous Liaisons (BBC Sounds)
A thoroughly enjoyable adaptation even if you perhaps balk at its flippancy.
Bridgerton Season 2
A feast for the senses eager build upon the success and controversies of the previous season in a way that foregrounds and nuances diversity without tokenism.
The Grand Tour: The two Horaces and the Court of Florence
Each object contributes to our understanding of Walpole’s collections, his friendships and his remarkable personality.
Hogarth and Europe: Uncovering City Life
A collaborative enterprise which challenged and disrupted an easy viewing of the exhibits and demanded uncomfortable engagement and deeper readings than many visitors might have expected.
Cyrano (dir. by Joe Wright, 2021)
When the best thing you can say about a period romance – no a musical – is that the costumes were nice then something has gone horribly wrong.
The Great (Season Two)
While the second season of The Great loses its way in certain aspects, in others it finds its stride beautifully.
The Rake’s Progress
Very enjoyable and persuasive. If you are a fan of Hogarth’s prints and you haven’t yet seen Hockney’s famous staging, then I would urge you to seek it out.
New Chamber Opera, La diavolessa (‘The She-Devil’), Directed by Michael Burden; The Band of Instruments conducted by Steven Devine
A moment of contingent yet celebratory social reconciliation and healing, felt just right as way to tentatively, for the moment provisionally, but unmistakably joyfully begin to return to life as it