‘I’m after the painter of memories.’ Aidan turns up the call volume; the voice sounds distant. 

On the cusp of one of the many heatwaves this summer, I stood heartbroken at the third door of the Royal Albert Hall. Not only because I had committed my Saturday evening to the BBC’s Proms here, but for having told everyone of my intentions.

A sea of hazy blue and an enchanting soundscape, Tai Shani’s The Spell or The Dream at Somerset House is the artist in her element. The...

A Polish journalist plays cards in his Tehran hotel room. He observes the disconcerting cycle of missing people and 'criminals' on his hotel television screen. Thus begins Ryszard Kapuściński’s tale of the Iranian revolution in Shah of Shahs. 

All year, we wait for that perfect time again: summer. The season of tan lines, iced lattes, and late-night memories with our friends.