Sighs of relief. The temporary insanity that has possessed BBC4 of late is abating. Normal broadcasting will resume and terrifyingly bad programming can continue.
Articles by Rob Buckley
Art
Is ‘Samson and Delilah’ a fake?
Salon gives good coverage to the argument around the Rubens painting’s authenticity. You can see the full painting at the National Gallery and I have to agree with detractors: I took one look at it and thought there was no way it was a Rubens. It really was a load of old tatt.
A few fun things about the article: the usual amusing Americanisms that appear whenever discussing anything foreign (eg “A London computer expert”); that the left-leaning Salon only quotes the equally left-wing The Guardian (Simon Schama’s review at that!) and the New Statesman as authoritative British journals; and the fact Euphrosyne Doxiadis seems to be a ‘divvy‘.
Charlie tells all
Charlie Skelton fans: he tells all about his time in ‘space’ in the Media Guardian today. Top revelation:
I’ve discovered that I can now only go to sleep if I’m curled up alongside Paul French on a single bed in a brightly-lit caravan perched on a cement mixer.
Music
Music from the T-Mobile ads
US TV
Witchblade movie in the works
Variety reports that a new adaptation of Witchblade is in the works. Am I the only one who thinks this is a bad idea? I’m not worried about the usual things. I’m worried it’ll be as bad as the original. Besides, there’s already been a TV adaptation that would be a far, far better source for a movie script.