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A row with the Musicians’ Union threatened to overshadow opera’s premiere

The King And I contains a powerful message about power and decency

Real-life couple Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker fail to spark in Plaza Suite

When ordering from a Japanese bakery a lot can be lost in translation

The singer almost came to embody the nation’s revival before it all ended at the dawn of a decade that could have been made for him

Both Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas had interesting linguistic backgrounds, which may have contributed to their creativity with words

Porridge might not sound exciting but this one contains dates providing sweetness, the seeds a nice crunch and the coconut milk adding creaminess

The artist's landscapes inspired German romanticism and are now turning him into a green icon

A Russian author is declared a ‘terrorist’ for opposing Putin. American writers are banned in right-wing states. Where will this end?

Sixty years on, are the Pink Panther films still funny?

In a bold reinvention, Sam Spade, the hardboiled San Francisco private eye made famous by Bogart, surfaces in 1960s France

Satire, sadness and the home truths about a divided nation

These are the roots of the traditional feast to celebrate Rabbie Burns

A hugely ambitious exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art shows how a burgeoning sense of nationhood gripped many European countries in 1918

It would do men a lot of good to go out in a dress for a few days and feel the wind of change it occasions

The works of Robert Burns are known the world over, but many English speakers only have a vague understanding of the language he used

There isn’t a flavour like the Arbroath smokie. It is salty, buttery and soft, bold and concentrated but to a remedial, soothing degree

The role of Rico in Little Caesar proved as career-defining for Robinson as Frankenstein’s monster was for Boris Karloff or Dracula for Bela Lugosi

In JA Bayona, the survivors of the 1972 crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 had the right man to tell their story

French Resistance spy Boulle took up writing almost on a whim – then created the basis for two all-time classic films

A star is born in this high school musical with roots in French literature

This could be the most truthful play ever about putting on a play

I’m old enough to remember what life was like before the generality of houses and flats were centrally heated – and now I’m experiencing it again

More famous dancers would follow her lead but Nora Kovach was the first, the pioneer, arguably the bravest of them all

Words can take on a whole new meaning when adopted into another language; French vocabulary is particularly susceptible

This dish encapsulates more than anything the grandeur and the newness that changed dining in Britain forever

With only 20 of his works left in the world, the National Gallery is hosting the first exhibition devoted to the Renaissance master

Blending headbanging with head-nodding, Norway’s genre-bending guitarist is having her moment in the sun

All were fans of writing their own thoughts on the pages of the books they read

Unravelling the secrets of the German film-maker

Frances Barber is brilliant as a deranged conspiracist in Steven Moffat's play The Unfriend

While she became one of the most highly respected names in the history of US theatre, Hagen brought a European sensibility to Broadway