Arts and Culture

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

The show is compelling, but it is rooted in mistrust, selfishness and bias

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

The 1970s was an era as filthily culpable as any other and its only redeeming feature was the cheapness and availability of sherbet lemons

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

There are not many Gaelic loanwords in English, and the most common ones refer to specifically Scottish phenomena. But not all

As good as a fruit galette is, nothing rivals a galette des rois

Virtually unknown on arrival in England, the painter used his contacts – as well as his talent – to rise through Henry VIII’s court

Why Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest could be the weirdest Oscar-winner ever

A real-life zoo breakout is the first in a series of tumultuous events to befall the refugee hero of Leo Vardiashvili’s impressive debut novel

The continent became a safe haven in the postwar years for American musicians escaping racism and drugs. Decades on, they are still coming

After the battle comes the reckoning – even for the winners

So emblematic of the city’s spirit did she become that Mistinguett seemed timeless even in her own lifetime

The adoption of some Arabic words into colloquial English came from British soldiers stationed in the Middle East and north Africa

Here’s a fun recipe of Jamie Oliver's, a chicken dish named after his dad

2024 should go down as a vintage year for female authors

2024 in film is set to be dominated by reboots. There's not much new under the sun

In 2024 producers will take old plots, tropes and characters out for a new spin

Artists from across the continent will grace UK stages in 2024

Nothing has been quite the same in theatre since the pandemic – investors are risk-averse and a lot of money has been lost

A number of anniversaries means it's going to be a year to savour for the visual arts

Britain needs a government that doesn’t shy away from culture and art

The predicament of cancerous smokers is a bit like that of Brexit voters: we all did something fucking stupid, knowingly, and now we’re paying the price

With meticulous attention to food and how it is prepared, the film’s plot embraces simplicity

A new exhibition celebrates a long-running but uncelebrated movement

For one brief moment, five very different artists – including Van Gogh and Seurat – sought inspiration on the banks of the Seine