set design

Why you didn’t want to get on the wrong side of Cecil Beaton

7 June 2025 9:00 am

‘Remember, Roy, white flowers are the only chic ones.’ So Cecil Beaton remarked to Roy Strong, possibly as a mild…

‘La Scala was maddening’: an interview with John Macfarlane, the finest set designer of his generation

7 December 2024 9:00 am

Pantomime season is upon us, and unless your taste in colour runs no further than Smarties, there is no more…