arts by Tim Lezard
Books > The Assault On Truth: Boris Johnson, Donald Trump and the Emergence of a New Moral Barbarism Peter Oborne Simon & Schuster This powerful polemic by Peter Oborne looks into how governments when they are exposed for lying shrug it off. He claims this assault on truth is an assault on the rule of law, state institutions, the fundamental idea of fairness – and even democracy itself.
https://tinyurl.com/y8dkk7tj
Crude Britannia: How Oil Shaped a Nation James Marriott and Terry Macalister NUJ life member, ex-Guardian energy editor and former Wapping picket Macalister tells of Britain’s oil- drenched past, present and future, of a black gold empire built on financial power, political meddling and environmental destruction.
https://www.plutobooks.com
Exhibition > The Light of Day by Tony O’Shea Dublin Until April 11 Postponed because of the pandemic, a major retrospective exhibition of work by NUJ member Tony O’Shea is being
, Spotlight > Virtual shows take centre stage
“None of the world’s a stage,” William Shakespeare might have written. He knew what it was to suffer both personally and financially due to a pandemic. He lost his 11-year-old
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son, Hamnett, to bubonic plague – or Black Death as it was called – in 1596, and theatres were closed for business in 1593, 1603 and 1608. Shakespeare didn’t have
the internet though. And I suppose the closest he came to television was Ariel in The Tempest. Technology is becoming
the saviour of theatreland, with many archive
productions being made available online, and new productions premiering in front of houses empty apart from a range of cameras. It’s theatre – not as we
know it – but theatre nonetheless. Here’s a selection for you to enjoy: Globeplayer: filmed
productions that took place at Shakespeare’s the Globe in
London: https://globeplayer. tv/all Ballet on Demand from
English National Opera:
https://ondemand.ballet.
org.uk
LIVR virtual reality
theatre shows: https://livr.
co.uk/shows Uncle Vanya on BBC
iPlayer:
https://tinyurl.com/ yb7jjngl
release what they describe as ‘22 of the best LOUD WOMEN bands on the planet’. Buy it!
https://tinyurl.com/ybrketb4
held at the Gallery of Photography in Dublin, Ireland. O’Shea skilfully captured sporting events and political protests, alongside the always sensitively observed images made in his adopted city. Details of the exhibition at: https://
tinyurl.com/y8bg397u; buy the book at:
https://tinyurl.com/y8dpaz28
Music > Loud Women 3 Released April 4 Arts faves Loud Women – a DIY collective that champions women in music by hosting events that are fun, friendly and frickin’ awesome –
Film > Gunda Released April 30 In these turbulent times, what could be more comforting than this mesmerising Norwegian documentary about the daily life of a pig and its farm companions two cows and a one-legged chicken?
https://www.gunda.movie
Nomadland Released April 9 Frances McDormand stars as Fern, a woman who packs her van and sets off on the road to explore life as a modern-day nomad after losing her job in rural Nevada.
www.searchlightpictures.com/ nomadland/
Barbican Cinema If you can’t go to a cinema, why not take advantage of the Barbican’s On Demand offer?
https://tinyurl.com/ybdj56uw
Comedy >
from his daily online shows and returns to the road.
https://dalisochaponda.com/tour
Ellie Taylor Don’t Got This On tour from May 21 Fresh from recording her debut Netflix stand-up special, Steve Tyler lookalike and star of The Mash Report, Live at the Apollo and QI is back with a brand-new show, banging on about life, love and what will happen if one more person tells her: ‘You got this.’
www.ellietaylorcomedy.com
Festivals > It is still a difficult time for festivals, with organisers facing the dilemma of cancelling early to save deposits and wasting time spent organising events or holding on for as long as possible and risk losing everything.
Edinburgh International Children’s Festival May 25-June 6 One for the kids. Because of Covid restrictions, the ‘international’ aspect of this event is restricted to contributions from Scotland and the UK. It will feature theatre and dance created especially for children, performed in outdoor and small venues as well as online.
www.imaginate.org.uk/festival/
Hampton Court Palace Festival starring Tom Jones June 8
Daliso Chaponda Apocalypse Not Now On tour from April 24 Star of BBC Radio 4’s Citizen of Nowhere and finalist of Britain’s Got Talent Daliso Chaponda takes a break
The legendary singer, and now judge on The Voice, will take centrestage at this one-day performance at the historic royal palace. www.hamptoncourtpalacefestival. com
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