London to Brighton in four minutes
A TV classic, these little films pop up on BBC4 from time to time, in far better quality than the youtube versions. Good to see iplayer access for them.
Infra
A TV show called “The Royal Ballet World Premiere” is going to be a hard sell for a lot of people, but there’s far more to this than you might think. Sure, it’s based around a piece of contemporary dance, shown in full, but the first half hour shows how it was created – a [...]
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 [...]
Our World: Return to Dora
Here’s another programme that’s not about the credit crunch. Also a pretty good reminder that there are still plenty of people in the world who have better things to do than worry about the crash and its consequences. There’s something special about this BBC News Channel feature: something really haunting about the vivid street level [...]
Never mind the global systemic catastrophe
Look, I probably ought to put up something about Credit Default Swaps or LIBOR or something but, honestly, I just can’t. So—by way of light relief—here’s this week’s Never Mind the Buzzcocks. Laugh? You’ll probably find yourself unwinding your long-term leverage or increasing your tier 1 capital. Sarcastic grammar school charmer Simon Amstell is outstanding: [...]
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