Kenneth Clark: ‘His ambition was to restore the human body in the public mind as an object of myth and wonder.’ Photograph: BBCKenneth Clark: ‘His ambition was to restore the human body in the public mind as an object of myth and wonder.’ Photograph: BBC100 best nonfiction books of all timeArt and design booksKenneth Clark’s survey of the nude from the Greeks to Picasso foreshadows the critic’s towering claims for humanity in his later seminal work, Civilisation Read More...
TheatreReviewJermyn Street theatre, London A strong cast imbue Lillian Hellman’s 1951 play with a keen malaise, though they are shackled by the author’s enervating attitude towards her characters
A group of sad people gather in a small guesthouse in the Gulf of Mexico and either confront or evade the illusions on which their lives rest. It sounds like a play by Tennessee Williams. In fact, it is the situation in this 1951 piece by Lillian Hellman now getting its British premiere. Read More...
London This article is more than 2 years oldUK woman who killed disabled son detained in hospital indefinitelyThis article is more than 2 years oldOlga Freeman sentenced at Old Bailey after admitting manslaughter of Dylan, 10, in August 2020
A woman who killed her disabled 10-year-old son after undergoing a breakdown during the UK’s coronavirus lockdown has been detained in hospital indefinitely.
Dylan Freeman had been “an indirect victim” of the interruption caused by Covid-19 to normal life, said Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb as she sentenced his mother, Olga Freeman, 40, at the Old Bailey. Read More...
