A review of The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House. In which I feel very lucky to be able to forget about 2020 and enjoy some Christmas perfection. [Edit: especially in hindsight!] You Could Almost Forget It Was 2020 I know I often say on here that I’m fortunate to be able to see this […]
Review of the exhibition Sin at the National Gallery. So much more relaxing to visit the permanent gallery spaces than the paid exhibitions! A Successful Trip to the National Gallery! Finally, I’ve managed a post-lockdown/semi-lockdown outing to the National Gallery without finding it overwhelming. The difference is that this time, unlike when I saw Titian […]
A review of Nine Lessons and Carols, a new work currently on at the Almeida Theatre. In which I find that for once the focus on human connection results in a genuine connection with the audience. Finding Ways to Stay Connected In Our Isolation The preoccupation of 2020, aside from coronavirus, US elections. Brexit and […]
A review of my first virtual reality theatre experience, Petrichor at Stratford East, courtesy of ThickSkin. In which I like seeing something different, but understand why VR headsets haven’t taken off. What is Petrichor? Petrichor often turns up on lists on the internet of unusual or beautiful yet under-utilised words. It is defined as ‘the […]
A visit to the Sir John Soane’s Museum to see the exhibition Langlands & Bell: Degrees of Truth. In which the staff make all the difference in a space that is not made for distancing. After Pitzhanger, the Salterton Arts Review visits Sir John Soane’s Museum This is not my first visit to Sir John […]
A review of the Barbican exhibition on Michael Clark. Another great exhibition that I could only see the Barbican putting on. The Barbican: London’s Home of Avant Garde Exhibitions I really love seeing exhibitions about artists I’m not at all familiar with, and this was no exception. The Barbican is particularly good for these exhibitions […]
A review of a new series of concerts staged in Southwark Cathedral. In which the music was lovely but the social distancing not so great. And Now For Something A Little Different Having never been to Southwark Cathedral at all in my ten years of London living, I have now been twice in a couple […]
A visit to Swedenborg House in Bloomsbury. In which I encounter an interesting project by the Royal College of Art, as well as an unusual London society. The Bloomsbury Festival Leads Me In New Directions Between this exhibition and Not Without My Ghosts which I saw recently at the Drawing Room, I’m on a roll; […]
A review of the Gallery of Everything and their exhibition The Everlasting Mission of Sister Gertrude Morgan. In which I fall in love with the gallery space, and have a fabulous time admiring Sister Gertrude’s artworks. A Foray Into Commercial Gallery Reviews for some Outsider Art The Salterton Arts Review doesn’t often (ever?) review commercial […]
A review of the Grayson Perry exhibition at the Holburne Museum, Bath. In which the temporary exhibition is small but interesting, while the rest of the museum is strangely lacking in character. A Note On Today’s Review Of The Holburne Museum Normally, when I am reviewing a museum and its temporary exhibition for the Covid […]
