Society & Culture > Media, arts & sport
Günter Grass and the German neurosis
19 Apr 2012
Maciej Zurowski looks at a literary scandal and the bourgeoisie's attempt to cope with its past
Exciting encounters
22 Aug 1996
Phil Rudge reviews solo guitar improvisations 1975-1977 (Domestic and public, CD, Emanem 1995) and Improvisation: its nature and practice in music (The British Library, 1992, 2nd ed) by Derek Bailey
Exotic squatters
25 Jul 1996
Breon James reviews White unto harvest by Mavis Howard, directed by Lisa Goldman
Fragmented lives
18 Jul 1996
Breon James reviews Fargo by Joel and Ethan Coen, at selected cinemas
Follow that car
11 Jul 1996
Car, a touring production from the Cholmondeleys. Performed outdoors at sites around the UK until August 25
Three lions on your shirt
04 Jul 1996
Artistic poverty for capitalism’s sake
04 Jul 1996
First modern sport
27 Jun 1996
Phil Rudge reviews Anyone but England - cricket and the national malaise by Mike Marqusee, (Verso Press 1995, pp273)
Murder and smiles
27 Jun 1996
John Craig reviews Richard III, directed by Richard Loncraine
To make us grieve
20 Jun 1996
Helen Ellis reviews Coriolanus, directed by Steven Berkoff at the Mermaid Theatre (London, Tue-Sat 7.30pm, £9.50-£18.50)
Rave’s social explosion
13 Jun 1996
First Alabama 3 single out on August 23 on Elemental Records. Appearing at Phoenix and Reading festivals
Life in the jungle
13 Jun 1996
Eat football, sleep football, drop dead
13 Jun 1996
On the edge
06 Jun 1996
Breon James reviews Sunspots, by Judy Upton, directed by Lisa Goldman (Red Room, 42-44 Gaisford Street, Kentish Town, London; £6, £4 concessions)
Topsy-Turvy
06 Jun 1996
Phil Rudge reviews William Morris (the Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington); William Morris: questioning the legacy (Crafts Council Gallery, Pentonville Road, Islington); William Morris (talk by Tony Benn, at WM Gallery, Lloyd Park, Forest Road, Walthamstow)
Precipice of disaster
30 May 1996
Helen Ellis reviews Archaos' Game over (Brixton Academy, £17.50 and £20.00)