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Catherine Flutsch
Mar 18, 20213 min read
The Royal Shakespeare Company: Dream of the Future
★★★★★ Review: Dream, The RSC, live streamed until 20 March. Tickets (both free and paid for) available here . [Disclosure: The RSC...
Catherine Flutsch
Mar 16, 20214 min read
The Picture of Dorian Gray
★★★★ Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray, co-produced by The Oxford Playhouse, streaming from Tuesday 16 March until Wednesday 31 March...
Catherine Flutsch
Mar 15, 20215 min read
Pro Wrestling as Contemporary Dance
I have always been intrigued by pro wrestling – it seems to me to have so many parallels with modern contemporary dance, circus and...
Catherine Flutsch
Mar 1, 20213 min read
La Fenice Opera House: Live Concerts for Comfort and Hope
La Fenice Opera House in Venice has been quietly creating an exquisite revolution in the delivery of live music to a locked down world.
Catherine Flutsch
Feb 25, 20215 min read
Jean-Michel Court: Playing an 18,000 year old conch shell
In February, academics from the University of Toulouse published a paper about the re-examination of a palaeolithic era conch shell,...
Catherine Flutsch
Feb 19, 20214 min read
The Australian Chamber Orchestra: Rapture & Revolution
★★★★★ Review: ACO StudioCast online concert, premiere on17 February then on demand until 31 December 2021. Tickets available here....
Catherine Flutsch
Feb 9, 20213 min read
Edvard Munch and Tracey Emin: (Un)likely Bedfellows
[Warning: The exhibition and, therefore, this review, contain explicit content.] ★★★★★ Review: The Loneliness of the Soul, The Royal...
Catherine Flutsch
Feb 4, 20213 min read
Grimm Tales for Fragile Times & Broken People
★★★★★ Review: Creation Theatre, via live Zoom call, 28 January – 14 February 2021, book here. [Disclosure of Interest: I am thrilled to...
Catherine Flutsch
Feb 1, 20214 min read
Netflix Series, Blown Away, Elliot Walker's new glass art show.
★★★★★ [Spoiler Alert] Review: Elliot Walker, contemporary glass art show, Plenty, as shown via Zoom call hosted by Johnny Messum on...
Catherine Flutsch
Jan 27, 20217 min read
Conductor: The First African American
Dr Anne Lundy is one of the first African American women to conduct a major American symphony orchestra. She has been pushing boundaries...
Catherine Flutsch
Jan 11, 20213 min read
Meditation for those who can’t meditate....
The idea of mediation has always appealed to me. The reality of meditation has not. When meditation gurus tell me to start meditating by...
Catherine Flutsch
Jan 6, 20213 min read
Human Remains, Shrunken Heads and the Pitt Rivers Museum
The Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford is a museum about people. It holds over half a million objects used by humans across the ages including...
Catherine Flutsch
Dec 23, 20202 min read
Fashion Copying: Homage or Just Plain Stealing?
Fashion designer, K. Tyson Perez, recently objected to an Instagram post by American designer, Matthew Williams. Williams posted a...
Catherine Flutsch
Dec 20, 20203 min read
An Ancient Magic: My Christmas Present To You
In England this year, we have needed magic as never before. Until I moved to Oxford, I didn’t believe in magic. As a rational person who...
Catherine Flutsch
Dec 18, 20202 min read
The Glorious Art of Swearing
There is a perception among a certain brand of gentility in England that swearing is not the done thing, particularly for women, whether...
Catherine Flutsch
Dec 16, 20202 min read
British Spy Thrillers: When Nothing Else Will Do
For about 3 months of each year, I become obsessed by reading British spy thrillers. Nothing else will do. During this time, I don’t...
Dr Rana Traboulsi
Dec 15, 20202 min read
The Flowers of Evil: A Quick Stroll Through the Garden
Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil) by Charles Pierre Baudelaire is considered one of the greatest examples of modern poetry in any...
Dr Rana Traboulsi
Dec 15, 20202 min read
Favourite Books: An Evolving Proposition
Baudelaire's Les Fleurs Du Mal has been Dr Rana Traboulsi's favourite book since she was a teenager....should our favourite books change?
Catherine Flutsch
Dec 9, 20202 min read
Night at the Museum
On Friday, adventurer and conservationist, Steve Backshall, donated his time to present a live escape room/night at the museum event...
Catherine Flutsch
Dec 7, 20203 min read
Gregorian chanting in the comfort of your own home
Gregorian changing is a form of unaccompanied religious song, sung by monks and nuns...
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