Israel music chief dies at 40

Marlon Brando’s 10 Best Films  This week marks 20 years since the death of  Marlon Brando. This American stage and film actor and director was one of the most important actors of the 20th century, […]

Last month Covent Garden changed its brand to Royal Ballet and Opera. Today it announced Rolex as ‘principal partner’, whatever that might mean. Rolex makes watches exclusively for the super-rich. If that’s the image Covent […]

Many years ago I used to work at that peculiar custom-built round building which was the BBC Television Centre. It was a stange and inconvenient place to work. The studios were far from the offices, the […]