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Sound and vision from the past, present and future

Stephen Petronio |A New York contemporary movement

Over the last 30 years Stephen Petronio has established himself as one of the most influential names in American dance. His iconoclastic works fuse eclectic elements of pop culture to often explosive effect. He talked to Civilian about some of his landmark productions

Doris Day | Designing <em>Pillow Talk</em>

Doris Day | Designing Pillow Talk

by Corinna Tomrley

"It’s the texture and the colour of the things: a 50s hue of salmon pink meets dusky rose that’s bloody beautiful. I want to rub my face on those shiny, Bakelite-looking kitchen tops"

To the paper moon and back

by Holly Rose Gammage

An American icon that was all the rage, before the Polaroid and “selfie”

Down and Out in Paris in London | Review: <em>Gods and Kings</em>

Down and Out in Paris in London | Review: Gods and Kings

by Mark C. O'Flaherty

McQueen and Galliano. Two designers. One decade apart. Two tragic stories

<em>Miss Dietrich Regrets</em> | The Icons Season at St James Theatre, London

Miss Dietrich Regrets | The Icons Season at St James Theatre, London

by Corinna Tomrley

Dietrich, peanut butter cheesecake and Esther Rantzen. Corinna Tomrley visits the new St James Theatre, London’s first newly built theatre complex for over 30 years