Arts and Culture

I, Claudius is remembered as a BBC classic, but it started a trend for historical European-set dramas with extra helpings of sex and violence

Great set design created high expectations for this drama and it failed to live up to them

This production has promise but becomes a little too surreal when actors clown around to reveal a fearful reality

The French/English stand-up comedian’s comedic cannon rests on poking fun at English and French stereotypes. After living in both countries for years she has no shortage of material

It's not the one who lives in The White House. Meet the podcast host who can say what he likes about Covid, race and conspiracies without any comeback

Bloody Difficult Women takes as its inspiration Gina Miller’s court case against Theresa May. We had a right to have our say

This version adapted for younger audiences portrays the Shakespeare classic without patronising viewers while keeping adults entertained at the same time

His polymathic attitude to genres and prolific output mean he is rarely spoken of in the same awed tones as a Hitchcock or Capra, but Curtiz was as much of a craftsman as any Hollywood great

The bungalow seems synonymous with the UK, but its origins can be traced back to north Indian languages

These hot cross buns are far more interesting than regular ones, where the foremost flavour is raisins and cinnamon

Once the way Extremaduran families got their annual supply of meat, these days the traditional pig slaughter is a big day out

The works by great authors that were left on trains and buses... or accidentally smoked

Dutch king of controversy Paul Verhoeven returns with Benedetta, a convent drama more devilish than The Devils

The proposal to give Ukraine a bye to the World Cup is a worthy one - but Fifa has never gone down that route

The National Gallery’s new Raphael exhibition hints at where the artist’s talent might have led him had he not died young

Deprived of the opportunity of having collaborators in the studio, the Danish experimental electronic chamber pop band have self-produced their new album

The Oscars night should, too, have been about the Williams sisters, their genius and how their problematic but remarkable father nurtured it

Accents, like any other cultural signifier, matter – and when they’re deployed in dramatic contexts they matter more

A collection of artworks all have one thing in common: it only takes paste or Sellotape to make public the anger, horror and pity felt at events in Ukraine

This Welsh detective drama is a restorative tonic to the kind of frantic television seen elsewhere

An exhibition at Bodleian Library traces 600 years of Anglo-Dutch history through beautiful medieval manuscripts, prints, maps and animal stories

The surprising European roots of stories like Beauty And The Beast reach back to the Bronze Age

This Basque dish is easy to prepare, delicious and an easy way to support British fishing

Missing the country's second World Cup in a row, Italy's European Championship victory last summer now appears like a blue mirage

With the release of True Things, has UK cinema finally grown up enough to depict sex acts on screen without sniggering?

The unexpectedly timely Postwar Modern at the Barbican showcases the ability of refugee artists to create great work after escaping conflict

An email about an old family friend stirs ruminations on mysteries and memories

It has two meanings and a fascinating new use. Now read on... if you can be bothered, that is

A new museum dedicated to the Swedish dance star has more in common with its earnest predecessors than at first seems the case

The Johnny Hallyday who took the Albert Hall stage one night 10 years ago was the culmination of 50 years of myth-making

Republicanism may not be in the DNA of this country, but maybe it is in Jamaica's

To celebrate Jock McFadyen’s 70th birthday, the Royal Academy’s retrospective features 30 years of paintings of the East End of London