Ten years ago, The Social Network chillingly portrayed our new elite
October 12, 2020
David Fincher’s The Social Network, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield, turns 10 this autumn. In its focus on the origins of...
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The National Gallery’s surprisingly orthodox exhibition on sin
October 7, 2020
The exhibition explains the Christian concept of sin and salvation to an audience that may never have heard it before
An indomitable spirit: Artemisia at the National Gallery
September 29, 2020
It’s the stuff of feminist polemic: what might female painters have achieved in history if they only had had the opportunities that men did?...
Aslan is a brilliant representation of Jesus. But where’s Mary?
September 29, 2020
Seventy years ago, in October 1950, a book bearing a curious title was published: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The first of...
Word of the month: The letter ‘e’
September 21, 2020
A word? Well, it was voted “word of the year” by the American Dialect Society in 1998, because it was becoming increasingly used in...
Aubrey Beardsley epitomised 1890s decadence. His conversion changed everything
September 18, 2020
Aubrey Beardsley’s work is instantly recognisable: sweeping, sinuous black lines, sensual, mythological, with a haunting beauty all of its own. The new exhibition of...
Rothko’s abstract expressionism owed a lot to the Bible and the Renaissance
September 11, 2020
In mid-20th-century American art, Mark Rothko’s work is the best-known example of abstract expressionism. Famous for his featureless clouds of colour, his rejection of...
Famed Italian tenor sings two songs in new ‘Fatima’ movie
August 28, 2020
'As a Christian, I joyfully agreed to provide my contribution to develop such a moving and crucial story for the big screen,' Andrea Bocelli...
Even after the missionaries left China, the image of Mary lingered
August 21, 2020
There has never been much that China has wanted from the outside world. Exotic produce from Southeast Asian rainforests used to be of interest;...
‘Thou shalt commit adultery’: The accidental genius of typos
August 21, 2020
Typo was originally a short form of typographer – that is, a printer. Its first known use is 1816, but by the end of...
Why a new military cathedral has sparked debate – and satire – in Russia
August 6, 2020
Seventy-five, 1945, 1418 … To understand the concept of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ one needs to know the meaning of these...
‘We were all quite desperate’: The battle to save Jane Austen’s house
July 22, 2020
It is a treasured place for fiction lovers: the house in the village of Chawton, Hampshire, where Jane Austen lived for the last eight...
Ten years ago, The Social Network chillingly portrayed our new elite
October 12, 2020
David Fincher’s The Social Network, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Andrew Garfield, turns 10 this autumn. In its focus on the origins of...
The National Gallery’s surprisingly orthodox exhibition on sin
October 7, 2020
The exhibition explains the Christian concept of sin and salvation to an audience that may never have heard it before
An indomitable spirit: Artemisia at the National Gallery
September 29, 2020
It’s the stuff of feminist polemic: what might female painters have achieved in history if they only had had the opportunities that men did?...
Aslan is a brilliant representation of Jesus. But where’s Mary?
September 29, 2020
Seventy years ago, in October 1950, a book bearing a curious title was published: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The first of...
Word of the month: The letter ‘e’
September 21, 2020
A word? Well, it was voted “word of the year” by the American Dialect Society in 1998, because it was becoming increasingly used in...
Aubrey Beardsley epitomised 1890s decadence. His conversion changed everything
September 18, 2020
Aubrey Beardsley’s work is instantly recognisable: sweeping, sinuous black lines, sensual, mythological, with a haunting beauty all of its own. The new exhibition of...
Rothko’s abstract expressionism owed a lot to the Bible and the Renaissance
September 11, 2020
In mid-20th-century American art, Mark Rothko’s work is the best-known example of abstract expressionism. Famous for his featureless clouds of colour, his rejection of...
Famed Italian tenor sings two songs in new ‘Fatima’ movie
August 28, 2020
'As a Christian, I joyfully agreed to provide my contribution to develop such a moving and crucial story for the big screen,' Andrea Bocelli...
Even after the missionaries left China, the image of Mary lingered
August 21, 2020
There has never been much that China has wanted from the outside world. Exotic produce from Southeast Asian rainforests used to be of interest;...
‘Thou shalt commit adultery’: The accidental genius of typos
August 21, 2020
Typo was originally a short form of typographer – that is, a printer. Its first known use is 1816, but by the end of...
Why a new military cathedral has sparked debate – and satire – in Russia
August 6, 2020
Seventy-five, 1945, 1418 … To understand the concept of the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ one needs to know the meaning of these...
‘We were all quite desperate’: The battle to save Jane Austen’s house
July 22, 2020
It is a treasured place for fiction lovers: the house in the village of Chawton, Hampshire, where Jane Austen lived for the last eight...
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