Vanessa Thorpe
News and Feature Writer at The Guardian
News and Feature Writer at The Observer
Writer and Photographer at Freelance
News and feature writer on arts and media for The Observer and The Guardian
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Vanessa Thorpe
Nicholas Hytner’s immersive, high-flying Shakespeare swings into town again with less novelty, perhaps, but still plenty of ardour Midsummer is back, in delirious splendour and a little ahead of its official calendar date. Nicholas Hytner’s much-loved, immersive A Midsummer Night’s Dream is establishing itself once again as a party in perpetual motion at the Bridge theatre.
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2 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Vanessa Thorpe
Dublin marks Joyce’s Ulysses with Bloomsday every summer. So, on the centenary of the publication of Woolf’s treasured book, isn’t it time for an annual Dallowayday in London? Illustration by Zoë BarkerPedestrians on the pavements of St James’s in the middle of June should be warned: they may have to circle clusters of apparently euphoric day trippers.
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3 weeks ago |
observer.co.uk | Vanessa Thorpe
The lights are low and the embers in the grate are glowing; it must be time for a good story. What about this one from Clementine Barchester-King, one of the hottest new authors of the summer? Her debut novel, The Weft of Nettles, is set in a decaying Suffolk rectory where twin sisters, Honoria and Dido, have seen out seven decades of hard winters.
Tom Cruise rocks La Croisette – but the real mission is to stop Trump’s movie tariffs | The Observer
1 month ago |
observer.co.uk | Vanessa Thorpe
A huge sign spells out “Cannes” next to the castle tower above the city. It is a nod to the famous Hollywood sign, and on inspection, after a climb in afternoon heat, its flimsy lettering is made out of some sort of spun material. Dreams, perhaps? A walk along the narrow castle ramparts with the day-trippers means stepping quickly out of the way of a woman alarmed by the sudden sound of a tolling bell.
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1 month ago |
observer.co.uk | Vanessa Thorpe
A new exhibition reveals how the fashion photographer's stage outfits, which mesmerised the West End for half a century, were inspired by his perennials When winter retreated, the ageing Cecil Beaton liked to watch the first snowdrops appearing in his Wiltshire garden, just as he once watched over the wilder antics of his many summer houseguests.
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The literary battle against AI is on: ‘Real words from real people are so much better’ | The Observer https://t.co/kEhLCFSaYj
Are action films escapism or do their apocalyptic plots drive us on to the brink? Cannes, haunted by tariffs and the new world order: https://t.co/2q0CGDtTFe
“I am a character actor. I’m employed to create, not to be a film star in the way that others are, and that is what keeps me coming back” @KeringForWomen #womeninmotion @Festival_Cannes https://t.co/X4834BdB22
