John Adams

On presidents who were failures, the trouble with historians, and how to tell a story

Gerald Finley sings the showstopper from John Adams’ opera Doctor Atomic . It’s the night before the Trinity explosion and Robert...

The President gets to play rock star once a year with the Vice-President and the Speaker of the House as his rhythm section

The Princeton-educated Finance Minister enjoys fancy book-learning. Seems possibly to be projecting . It is the fascinating story...

Kate Winslet and Slumdog Millionaire are the night’s big winners

The centrepiece of John Adams’ mighty opera Doctor Atomic : On the night before the Trinity bomb test at Los Alamos, Robert...

And now, for your weekend listening and viewing pleasure, we combine the twin arts of and : (For more on John Adams’ Christian...