Let there be light
Alan Yentob presents an overview of the state of light art – mainly composed of pieces in London last year (UVA’s Volume at the Southbank centre, Anthony McCall at the Serpentine, Liliane Lijn at Riflemaker), but with interesting forays around the world to see other artists – notably James Turrell, and his amazing 30 year [...]
Britain from Above
Britain from Above ticks all the normal watchification boxes – documentary / cities / helicopters / visualisation / shipping containers / Andrew Marr – and it was an interesting documentary (especially in HD), but what’s really exciting are all the spinoffs, on both TV and the web. In fact, the blistering speed of the main [...]
The biggest Chinese restaurant in the world
A programme about the largest Chinese restaurant in the world might sound esoteric – only for readers of Worldwide Restaurant Organisation Monthly. However, it’s a great little programme illustrating modern China, people’s thoughts, hopes, and somewhat harsh realities. The restaurant caters for births, birthdays, weddings, so you get to see the similarities and differences in [...]
