Exhibition review Exhibition review Out of the ashes JAN WOOLF ponders the images of humanity that emerge from the tormented, destructive process of the Kindertransport survivor Frank Auerbach
Exhibition Review Friday 01st Sep 2023 Exhibition Review Cantonese Cowboy JAN WOOLF is sucked into a unique vision of the urban US from the perspective of immigrant and queer communities
Books Sunday 11th Jun 2023 Books Against corporate power JAN WOOLF joins forces with artists and activists who seek to understand and resist corporate capital
Ballet Friday 10th Feb 2023 Ballet Posthumous career of a ladies’ man JAN WOOLF swoons to a sublime blend of poetry and choreography
BOOKS LIT Sunday 13th Nov 2022 BOOKS LIT A great deal of didactic writing JAN WOOLF reviews the latest title from the 'chronicler of muddle England'
Tuesday 12th Jul 2022 Book review: The Facemaker by Lindsey Fitzharris Plastic surgery was pioneered on those injured in World War I. JAN WOOLF reads an account of how this technology emerged, written with grace and love
Theatre Preview Wednesday 25th May 2022 Theatre Preview Digging out the truth I’VE been preparing this play now for the last nine years.
Exhibition Sunday 22nd May 2022 Exhibition Life presented as it really is Walter Sickert’s depictions of the lives and behaviours of ordinary people was ground breaking and free from hypocrisy, contends JAN WOOLF
Theatre Review Monday 21st Feb 2022 Theatre Review ‘A story not of romance but of brutality, cruelty and revenge’ JAN WOOLF recommends a play which is a marvel of ensemble playing, where actors and on-stage musicians are in high-energy harmony
Tuesday 11th Jan 2022 Pamphlet Review ‘Think global, act local’ is still an important slogan JAN WOOLF recommends a new post-Brexit analysis of how Britain can rejuvenate its manufacturing sector
Theatre Review Tuesday 24th Aug 2021 Theatre Review Defeatist assumptions mar ideological message JAN WOOLF is thrilled by the theatre but laments the omission of any reference to collective consciousness in class struggle