Remember you’re a womble

This week on CW, Patrick West reviews Viktor Mayer-Schönberger’s Delete, and considers the importance of the human ability to forget, while Rachel Halliburton argues contemporary classical music has failed to weave itself into our lives like rock music has. And Sam Haddow reflects on the tensions that arise when the arts turn to protest. Meanwhile, Alistair John takes more interest than most of the British media in the birth of the UK’s new Supreme Court.

Sam Peczeck admires Andrea Arnold’s not-especially-grim Fish Tank, while Jo Caird is disappointed by Paul Theroux’s 47th book A Dead Hand, and in London theatre Matt Trueman enjoys the gorgeous, lumpy puppets of Rust, despite its clunky plot. ..And much more below.

13 November 2009