Arts and Culture

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

The French daredevil whose luck ran out in front of two young future Beatles

To render any word unspeakable and un-writable is to impose totalitarian double-think rather than advance the cause of racial justice

A brand of English made it all the way to Iwo Jima – but linguists only found out thanks to a travel show on Japanese TV

Sweetbreads are the most unchallenging of offals, with a lovely delicate flavour. They are usually available all year round but are at their best at this time of year

Chelsea's attempt to change their luck by wearing yellow in the FA Cup final didn't pay off

When Teffi grew sceptical of the revolution, she headed for Paris, writing a masterpiece on the way

Tiny sculptures made by an 85-year-old tell an epic tale at the Venice Biennale

The frontman of one of Norway's most notorious death metal bands has now turned his hand to Riesling

Top Gun: Maverick confirms that, like it or not, Tom Cruise is a cultural phenomenon

A new exhibition reveals the secrets of a forward-thinking heiress whose taste and beliefs transcended her patriarchal age

The French star's new film sees her scrubbing floors and emptying bins. But it's actors who have it hard, she says

The story of Sweden's first celebrity gangster is a sub-Tarantino gushing glorification

If part two of David Eldridge's trilogy of plays about relationships is a state-of-the-nation play, then all it has to say is that the nation is in a bit of a state, which will hardly come as a surprise to anyone

She may have been at least as gifted, if not more so than her illustrious brother but Fanny was a woman, making any kind of career in music off limits

This dish is a brilliant snack for the weekend and perfectly precedes a barbecue or similar

A chance encounter with a group of dancers shows the surprising origins of a very English tradition

The reluctance of men to explore the wealth of outstanding fiction by female writers is baffling

The Europa League final represents the night of a lifetime for Eintracht Frankfurt and Rangers fans, but the cost of getting there will be a challenge

He was born in Malta, played in the first-ever final, rose to become a British army Colonel and ended his days as an Irish republican

Dutch-Turkish rapper Murda is not the first artist from Turkey’s contemporary rap scene to face the censure of the authorities

A supposedly tongue-in-cheek advert for a luxury SUV caused a backlash among classical music lovers