When December comes, can The Nutcracker be far behind? No, it cant - not in America, anyway.

Ballet is like any other art form in that we all start out knowing nothing about it.

Diana Vishneva is not only a magnificent dancer but a magnificent actress - no one works harder or understands more.

An editor has to be selfless, and yet has also to be strong-minded.

You can approach 'The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death' in a variety or combination of ways: as a startlingly eccentric hobby; as a series of unresolved murder mysteries; as the manifestation of one woman's peculiar psychic life; as a lesson in forensics; as a metaphor for the fate of women; as a photographic study.

Increasingly, editing means going to lunch. It means editing with a credit card, not with a pencil.

When December comes, can The Nutcracker be far behind? No, it cant - not in America, anyway.