Arts Links

Ballet

Rambert Dance Company
UK Contemporary dance company established in 1926.

The Royal Ballet
History, news and information about latest casting of The Royal Ballet in London.

Sadler's Wells
The official site for Sadler's Wells Theatre in London.

Books 

The British Library's Online Information Server
The United Kingdom's national library online.

Catholic Central Library
The library contains 65,000 books and periodicals including theology, spirituality, biography and history.

Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Classic Christian books in electronic form from 'Summa Theologica' by St. Thomas Aquinas to 'Catholic Tales and Christian Songs' by Dorothy L. Sayers.

CS Lewis Foundation
News from the Foundation and information on Lewis' life and works.

Complete Works of William Shakespeare
You may see the whole play or search the texts. Includes a Shakespeare discussion area.

Discussion of Catholic authors
Yahoo group for discussion of modern Catholic authors: Chesterton, Belloc, Evelyn Waugh, Flannery O'Connor, Tolkien and others.

Electronic Books
The whole text of thousands of classics available for download.

The Internet Public Library
Many books and magazines available on-line for reading or printing out.

Lambeth Palace Library
General and catalogue information from the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury, including some beautiful images.

The Online Medieval and Classic Library
An archive of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization

UK Literature Festivals
Compiled by the British Council, this lists literature festivals together with general arts festivals with a literature element in their programme.

Cinema

The Passion of the Christ
Offcial website of Mel Gibson's The Passion Of The Christ Film.

' World's largest' movie database
Search the 'world's largest' database of films and see information on people, films and stills. You can also view film excerpts as well as useful information on film terms, movie studios and interviews.

British Film Institute
News, features and films showing at the NFI. Read about the BFI National Library, the archived collections and the Museum of the Moving Image. Or take a look at the BFI 100 - the 100 voted favourite British films of all time.

Film Festivals
A site dedicated to the world of cinema, with information on actors, directors and films shown at film festivals worldwide.

The Internet Movie Database
A searchable index containing details of more than 40,000 films.

Cinema Search
A film and cinema searching site giving weekly programmes around the UK.

Movie Web
A film and cinema listings site giving reviews and weekly programmes in the US

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Find out what else the Academy does, apart from handing out the Oscars.

Soundtrack Net
Devoted to film music. Search by film or composer includes news, interviews and resources.

Yahoo! Movies Australia and New Zealand
Provides session times for all cinema locations along with the most up to date movie information 

Galleries & Museums

24 Hour Museum
A UK gateway to museums, galleries and heritage attractions including up to date news on forthcoming exhibitions.

Art Guide
A guide to the art collections of Great Britain and Ireland. Find out where your favourite artist is on display, what exhibitions are going on where or search art collections by region.

Australian Museums On-Line
A comprehensive guide to museums, galleries and collections in Australia.

Carol Gerten Fine Art Gallery
See scans of thousands of the world's greatest paintings, listed by period, country or artist.

Fine Art Forum Resource Directory
Covers art museums, exhibitions and festivals and contains over 1,000 art resources including websites, gophers, ftp sites and mailing lists.

International Directory of Art Libraries
Access nearly 3,000 libraries with specialized holdings in art, architecture and archaeology throughout the world.

Internet Art Resources
A US based site with searchable information on galleries and artists together with a discussion forum.

The Louvre
Information on the history and collections and have fun with their virtual tours. You can also avoid the queues and buy your ticket in advance.

National Art Libraray
The NAL is both a major reference library and the Victoria and Albert Museum's curatorial department for the art, craft and design of the book. Look here for documentary material on the fine and decorative arts, from many countries and periods.

Museums Around the UK on the Web
From the National Gallery to the Isle of Skye Toy Museum, find out just how many museums and galleries there are in the UK!

Novgorod Icon Gallery
"You cannot understand the Russian soul without knowing the Russian icon...." History and pictures.

Tate Online
Links to all Tates and an online database of 50,000 works.

The Smithsonian Institution
Offers details on Smithsonian Museums, Research Centers and Offices.

Vatican Exhibit
The Library of Congress Vatican Exhibit, including information on the history of the arts in the Vatican and the ability to download beautiful illustrations from the books in the library.

The Vatican Museums
All 24 of the museums at the Vatican

Web Gallery of Art
Searchable museum of European painting and sculpture of the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque periods (1200-1700). Contains over 6,500 digital reproductions. 

Music

Classical

Classical Composer Biographies
Information on composers from Bach to Sibelius

Classical Guitar Home Page
Everything for classical guitar enthusiasts.

Classical Music Online
A resource dedicated exclusively to classical music, including reviews, a calendar, CD titles, artists, and other links.

The Gregorian Chant Home Page
A collection of links to other chant sites from Princeton University.

Orchestra NET
A UK symphony orchestra and classical music information resource including over 100 pages of orchestras, ensembles, news, concerts, recordings and links.

Popular 

Music365
A favourite site of our music columnist, it's a guide to the greatest recordings ever made, including news, reviews, artists and live sounds.

Q
Over 18,000 reviews with news and features. 

Opera

Operabase
Search through over 50,000 opera performances or read opera synopses, composer and singer biographies. Also has news from leading papers across the world and over a thousand links to further opera resources. Awesome!

Operaradio.com
'Digital classics on the web'. Includes articles about opera, eight opera channels to listen to, interviews and links.

Radio

One-O-Five Live
Lively and informative website for the Vatican Radio, broadcast in Rome on 105 FM and worldwide via satellite and the internet.

Premier Radio
The radio station for Christians in London, which also transmits The Tablet Radio Show every Friday (6.20pm). But you don't have to be in London to listen in live through the website!

Resonance FM
Resonance 104.4 fm is London's first radio art station, created by London Musicians' Collective. Listen to it live.

Shortwave Stations on the Internet
Connect to shortwave stations worldwide.

Vatican Radio
With programmes in 40 different languages and two hundred journalists from 61 different countries, Vatican Radio broadcasts in five continents.

Virtual Tuner.com
Connect to broadcasts from radio stations all over the world.

Windows Media.com
Hear direct webcasts from stations all over the world and set your own favourites in the tuner box. 

Television

British Academy of Film and Television Arts
About BAFTA, its awards and events.

Ofcom
Ofcom is the new independent regulatory body for the media and UK communications industry, and inherits the work of the Independent Television Commission, the Radio Authority and the Broadcasting Standards Commission.

TV Listings in the UK
Comprehensive TV listings for all the channels in the UK.

BBC Online
The most popular site in the UK, (after all, you paid for it!) Has its own links pages and message boards where you can air your own views on a programme.

ITV
Mostly what's on when.

Channel 4
Links to shows' websites, live chat, competitions and listings.

Channel 5
Take a look at "the world's first virtual newsreader" or check out what's on other channels for the coming week. Live chat and lots of extras.

TV Cream
Indulge your nostalgia for those long finished TV shows and films, which are listed alphabetically. You can also see what old shows listed on the Cream site are coming up on TV in the next week, or listen to your favourite TV theme. 

Theatre

Broadway Theater Online
Find out what's playing both on and off Broadway, with lots of additional information about each show together with seating charts.

The Globe
The official site for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

London Theatre Guide
Brought to you by the Society of London Theatre. Includes news, theatre location maps, details of the half price ticket booth, educational events and the Laurence Olivier Awards. Search for a show by genre, theatre or alphabetically.

Theatre Link
Lots of links to theatre-related websites, mostly in the USA. Also has a discussion forum.

The New York Theater Experience
Reviews, news and events.

The Sydney Scene
Not just theatre, where you can find out what plays are on and read reviews, but also covers cinema, writing and art.

UK Theatre Web
A guide to theatre, opera and ballet in the UK. Includes chat sections and a place to write your own reviews. Put your postcode in and find out what's going on near you.

What's on Stage
Britain's national performing arts information service. News, reviews and find out what's on in your town. Includes theatre seating plans for London's West End and Stratford-upon-Avon.

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