Nancy Durrant is Culture Editor and a weekly columnist at the Standard, covering art, theatre, music, dance, film, TV, opera, dance, you name it. She is co-host of the Standard Theatre Podcast, has interviewed major artists such as Tracey Emin, Marina Abramovic and El Anatsui, and she chairs the judging panels for the Evening Standard Theatre Award and the Evening Standard Art Prize....
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Nancy Durrant is Culture Editor and a weekly columnist at the Standard, covering art, theatre, music, dance, film, TV, opera, dance, you name it. She is co-host of the Standard Theatre Podcast, has interviewed major artists such as Tracey Emin, Marina Abramovic and El Anatsui, and she chairs the judging panels for the Evening Standard Theatre Award and the Evening Standard Art Prize.
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The sad news of the impresario's passing reminds us of the importance of taking a creative gamble
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Streaming recommendations from the Standard’s Culture team
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6.30pm starts at the theatre? Be still my beating heart
The National Theatre is trialling earlier starts to some shows which is the best news I've had in ages
The best free exhibitions in London right now: culture at no cost
Want to have a fun day out but also save those pennies? These free London art exhibitions are perfect
Frieze: This has well and truly put us on the art world map
Art fairs aren’t great places for the average punter, but Frieze is different, writes Nancy Durrant
El Anatsui at Tate: ‘We wanted to create a new way of making art’
The Ghanaian artist talks about his Turbine Hall commission at Tate Modern, forging a new artistic identity and tackling the transatlantic slave trade in his work
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The rise of sensitivity readers shows the need to diversify publishing
They can play a very useful role, but we can’t expect them to act as a sticking plaster
Annie Morris & Idris Khan at Pitzhanger: ‘Pain makes the best work’
The couple is showing their art together at a public London gallery for the first time. They talk about how their shared grief and love have coloured their lives and work
