Arts and Culture

One day, great plays will be written about far-right groups, climate change and racism, but Manor is not one of them.

CHARLIE CONNELLY on the truth behind a ludicrous “woke” controversy over the Costa Book Awards.

Volbeat's Lasses Birgitta tells the story of a woman, who became one of many, executed for witchcraft in the Swedish island of Öland, over 450 years ago.

History is home to various Black Fridays. In 1910, one such day had nothing to do with bargains, and everything to do with cost.

He was a Russian nobleman. He was a secret agent. And his best friend was Lee Harvey Oswald. Meet George de Mohrenschildt.

A new documentary about the former Arsenal manager reveals a man still in love with the club, but also still heartbroken by it.

WILL SELF on confirmation bias and its role in culture and society.

Food writer JOSH BARRIE brings readers a recipe from a chef who makes ingredients sing on a plate.

The Austrian-American singer and actress shone on stage. But, her greatest role was a matter of the heart, and she undertook it out of obligation.

The gifted photographer died last week. His images, however, live on and continue to change the way people think.

BONNIE GREER shares her admiration for the next in line to the throne, and how she, to her dismay, was born two days after him.

Alexander the Great spread the language far and wide. But where did it last the longest?

CHARLIE CONNELLY on new efforts by the US right to burn or ban books they consider dangerous.

This Jane Austen parody is hard to critique... as the cast has clearly predicted every criticism they could receive.

Zadie Smith's modern, relocated take on Chaucer's The Wife of Bath is a bold reimagining.

Ultravox sung about Vienna, Freddie Mercury duetted with Montserrat Caballe on Barcelona and The Stranglers told us all roads lead to Rome but Suede's Europe is Our Playground couldn't be more wrong today

Romanian director Radu Jude didn't let Covid get in the way of making his latest film. In fact, he turned it to his advantage.

Planting oaks preserve Spain's traditional landscape - and the planet.

The Sicilian city is putting its mafia controlled past behind it and forging a new reputation for art and integration.

BONNIE GREER on why the Bronzes has provided her with a human connection - giving her solace and refuge.

Food writer JOSH BARRIE brings readers a recipe from Cocotte, a health-focused rotisserie restaurant dreamt up by a young Frenchman.

PETER TRUDGILL on the linguistic device common in many European languages that can only go so far in English.

WILL SELF on attending a speed awareness course for the second time.

For all his undoubted literary genius, Marcel Proust was an underwhelming dinner guest.

The German writer was one of Europe's greatest literary talents, even if she did sleep through the fall of the Berlin Wall

Composer and academic Mary Ann Tedstone Glover has brought the music of the Roman empire back to life.

The film adaptation of Nella Larsen's novel is a sumptuous and seductive tale of segregation.

A Samuel Beckett double-bill portrays the challenges women face across the different stages of their life with triumph.

The show's ending may be sloppy, yet sentimental, but it's the production's looks that captivates audiences.

Football is no longer a game for the game's sake. ROB HUGHES writes how fans can but dream of it returning to this.

A new exhibition of works by Pablo Bronstein couldn’t be more apt, as it reveals the ecological cost of material gratification.

Diego Maradona’s move to Sevilla in 1992 was supposed to be a rebirth. Instead, it resulted in more controversy and the start of a decline that ended with his death a year ago this month.