Latest column from the Examiner's arts and ents editor Val Javin

Val Javin: Borgen to meet House of Cards? Apr 12 2013

IT’S the kind of joint project that surely has to thaw the heart of even the chilliest of Euro sceptics.Read

SEW far, so good. That’s how the first couple of weeks of BBC Two’s latest let’s get crafty series seems to be shaping up.Read

LONDON might be huge and cosmopolitan but at times, it strikes me as just one big village.Read

ISN’T it great to see good drama back on TV?Read

BRIGHOUSE comedian Johnnie Casson is headlining The Good Old Days at Leeds City Varieties Music Hall this weekend.Read

MAD as it seems, it was an interview that I wasn’t at all sure I wanted to do.Read

NOW don’t think I’m complaining. Well, just a touch.Read

REMEMBER what it’s like starting a new job? I do.Read

IT seems that we are no longer in tune with the piano.Read

IT MUST be something in the water. Last week, colleague Linda Whitwam sang the praises of how music had changed her life.Read

IN MY history books, Amazons were the stuff of legend.Read

HACKED email accounts, threatening messages, slashed tyres and now – an acid attack.Read

Val Javin: Sorry Mr Selfridge, I’m not buying it Jan 18 2013
IT HAS been described as Downton “with tills.” more Val Javin: We know where we are now thanks to Bowie Jan 18 2013
LAST year he was photographed in New York in a flat cap, jeans and sweatshirt and carrying a packed lunch. more Features: Confession time as Terry spreads The Word from his life and times Nov 1 2013
more Features: Slaithwaite Philharmonic Orchestra’s tribute to three wonderful composers Nov 1 2013
more Val Javin: Matchless Messiah is the absolute ticket Dec 21 2012
IT’S like England playing at Wembley.’ Not the comparison you might expect when someone’s talking about Huddersfield Choral Society at Huddersfield Town Hall. more Val Javin: How to insure against unexpected visitors Dec 21 2012
I’VE had a pre-Christmas visitor. An unexpected one at that. more Val Javin: Presenting a strangely wordy sort of case Nov 23 2012
WHEN I was musing on what else to write about this week, up popped the word glissando. more Val Javin: Anyone got a diary: It’s that festival again. Nov 23 2012
DANCING cranes and a miniature opera staged in a desk. more