Arts and Culture

Could understanding contemporary Russian literature have given the west an insight into Putin’s intentions?

A new book, Madwoman, is a poignant tribute to America’s first female investigative journalist. Author Louisa Treger explains why her legacy is crucial now more than ever

Jeton Neziraj’s new play explores the lesser-known side of Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke

How an attempt at upstream cultural change on the banks of New York City's East River failed spectacularly

The early leader of the Dadaist movement blurred the boundaries of style and genre, writing poetry as good as his art, making sculptures as good as his collages

The world watched Paris’s greatest treasure burn. Two years on, restoration is beginning in earnest

Why do some British broadcasters appear to suffer from a linguistic inferiority complex about natural English grammar?

This is a comforting, light dish, perfect for batch cooking and bringing into the office for lunch

Zlatan Ibrahimović could be forced to draw the curtain on an epic career. Meanwhile Italian football more generally is finding its place in Europe's ecosystem

The death of the travel writer Dervla Murphy marks the end of an era of great adventurers

A new boxed set provides a rare insight into the life and mind of one of the most popular cultural icons of the 20th century during what were to be his final days

Jason Solomons has been to Cannes 25 times as a reporter, critic and presenter. How would he fare at his first as a producer?

Pierre Levegh’s name is forever linked with a dreadful day almost seven decades ago. As the 70th anniversary approaches, maybe his feat deserves to step out from the shadow of the catastrophe

The cast is cut down, but it's no mean feat to even attempt to put this particular whodunnit on Chichester’s main stage

Megan Nolan loves a bad rom-com, but this latest Netflix effort is stupid and hateful

Steven Moffat’s new play is a rather slight one-joke comedy - but a five-star one

Melvyn Bragg’s autobiography is an affectionate homage to his formative years. But he’s got plenty to say about the culture secretary too

Procida is Italy's Capital of Culture 2022. It's not sure it wants to be

Despite the preconception that maths and science are cold and logical while music is all emotion, there’s clearly much interplay between music and the STEM curriculum

If you can't visit Turkey in person, this refreshing recipe from Ruya is the next best thing

Liverpool and Real Madrid are the last two teams standing in Europe’s – the world’s – most prized club competition, the Uefa Champions League

Comanche was once a powerful imperial language, but there are fewer than 100 native speakers today

A new auto-narration service turns any book into an audio version. And it’s terrible

The frontman of the Armenian-American metal band had a sour reaction to the Eurovision results, calling for Armenia to leave the song contest behind in the future

It's hard to find a culture you feel at home in when you belong to two cultures. It's a movement between the two that creates a sensation people call patriotism

He is underrated today compared to the likes of Mozart and Beethoven, but Haydn’s impact on European classical music is immense

A miscast Anthony Hopkins sets the tone as Cannes’ opening films disappoint

This Netflix film about a Danish restaurateur could have done with being much worse or much, much better

With this play about the man who murdered Gandhi, Anupama Chandrasekhar has bitten off more than she can chew

Waleed Akhtar has produced an elegantly written, often very funny, piece that works precisely because it takes a moral position on Afghanistan

In County Kerry, the recent rediscovery of the long-lost ship excited relatives of local hero Tom Crean

The metal band's frontman talks chartism, race and the curse of Goldie Lookin Chain