Arts and Culture

The American actor's solo show is eloquent - if sometimes self-indulgent

Backstairs Billy captures the charm of an eccentric keeper of royal secrets

Why twisty French thriller Anatomy of a Fall is tipped to win the Best Picture Oscar

Jens Haaning’s fans call the stunt a daring conceptual piece of satire. However, a Danish court says it’s a crime

He wrote three operas with Mozart and ended up working at a grocers in New York City: meet Lorenzo da Ponte

Richard Ansett’s photograph of the artist at Beachy Head sums up Brexit in a single shot

A new exhibition in Basel aims to put women at the centre of the previously male-dominated Fauvism movement

This white chocolate cheesecake is served tableside from a large bowl, as is done in so many parts of Italy

This term for house or property might sound like it belongs to one region – but like many others, it’s in use across England

For all the cod philosophy attached to the art, being a goalkeeper did not cause the Germany international to end his life

Why our columnist has taken to de-evangelising evangelists

The Premier League’s crisis club is facing more turmoil and a potential points deduction

The Catholic church does not approve of zombies

The 7 Deaths of Maria Callas is framed around a catalogue of operatic demises

Forty years on, the adventures of a bunch of brickies abroad still have a lot to tell us about Britain, its workers and Europe

The humble Friday night takeaway staple is a magnificent immigration success story

The award-winning story of how a psychiatric facility on a River Seine barge helps to keep its patients afloat

Never a religious man, at the end of his life converting a damp garage into a chapel became an unlikely obsession

How the raising of cattle by a mixture of Mexicans, African-Americans and Americans gave rise to a distinctive vocabulary

The filming of a police drama provokes thoughts on significance

As Vanessa Feltz could tell you, custard is nothing to be feared

The origin of Italy’s favourite dessert is a hotly contested topic

He knows that unless parliament passes a new act, the museum cannot restitute the Parthenon Marbles

A new show reveals the American artist’s many changes of direction, from condemning racism and violence to the calm of everyday life

The refugee, who became an acclaimed photographer, had a lifelong fascination with outsiders

Valencia’s minister of culture calls the practice an art form – he’s wrong

The latest reboot of Sunset Boulevard veers into self-indulgence

Born a century ago, the Italian author was the best kind of writer, because he understood what it was to be a reader

Following in the footsteps of 20th-century exiles who ran from communism, four artists are fighting their own war, from Paris

This cake from Scotland’s Twelve Triangles bakery is perfect for autumn

After WWII, Britain started building new play areas for its children – and imported its inspiration from Europe

The Swedish actress’s unhappy Hollywood experience prompted a lifelong questioning of what being herself actually meant