APURBA CHATTERJEE explains how British artists in India used the “picturesque” to reshape colonial landscapes and celebrate imperial power
Principled philanthropists
TIM SAYER and ANNEMARIE NORTON tell Christine Lindey why they're donating their unique collection of art works to a Wakefield art gallery
Willard Boepple, Douglas, 1992, painted steel and Kenneth Martin Chance, Chance, order, Change
PAUL DONOVAN welcomes a revival of Reginald Rose’s classic play that reminds us of the fundamental need for trials with juries
SIMON PARSONS applauds an exceptional performance of Wesker’s little-known play, by the same actor for whom it was written 45 years ago
ANDY HEDGECOCK and MARIA DUARTE review Late Fame, The Death of Robin Hood, Leviticus, and Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
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GORDON PARSONS enjoys Kant’s ‘mind-boggling’ theory of human reality: that we create the reality we experience
RETIRED BBC journalist Tim Sayer and his wife Annemarie Norton, theatrical costume maker and former ballet dancer, live in a modest north London terrace.
Its exterior looks much like neighbouring houses but stepping inside is to be transported into a wondrous domain whose every surface is crammed with art.
Paintings, drawings, photographs, prints, sculptures, antiquities and tribal art by predominantly living British artists greet you from all walls, ceilings, both sides of doors, floors and the staircase. They’re even in the bathroom and toilet.
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