Arts and Culture

WILL SELF on the politics behind the nation's beloved baking show.

PETER TRUDGILL on the seemingly unstoppable use of US words and phrases in our daily lives.

Roxana Silbert adapts Marsha Norman's Pulitzer prize-winner novel for the stage to portray a sensitive issue superbly.

The show began it's life as a podcast. But, it simply doesn't translate to the stage.

The recently awarded Booker Prize is a very far cry from the early days of the competition.

A new exhibition of portrait paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam shows how Renaissance artists captured their subjects almost as clearly as we can on our phones today.

The case of an Italian Cambridge graduate who was murdered in Egypt has attracted the attention of Amnesty International. But protests to keep Giulio Regeni’s death in the public eye were kick-started in earnest by a little-known team made up of refugees and prisoners.

Cinema audiences, used to sweet romantic movies and unchallenging fare, were in for a shock in late 1971 when a raft of violent and controversial films hit British screens

Before he got to Hollywood the filmmaker worked as a journalist in his native Europe. A new book tries to draw the links between his two careers.

WILL SELF on the latest production of the James Bond franchise.

She was the most Weimar of the Weimar figures, with scandal following her wherever she went.

The struggles, and triumphs, of British Sign Language.

The decision to block a Hebrew version of her latest book because of her dislike of what she sees as an apartheid state in Israel has seen the author come under fire.

Dino Kelly, who plays Mili, is a name worth remembering as TIM WALKER predicts he's set for stardom.

It may be a homage to life on the set of Jaws, but the absence of a shark means the production lacks bite.

A new French drama leaves audiences pondering punishment, the fallibility of man and how these two ideas relate to each other.

Chedid, known by his rocker alter ego -M- is part of a French musical dynasty that shows no signs of stopping.

Retired from comics and fired up after Brexit, the great Alan Moore returns with a film he’s finally happy with... possibly because it’s set in his Northampton home town.

At its 19th century peak, spiritualism had eight million followers in Europe and the USA. The movement might not have stood the test of time, but the art it produced will.

One comic’s take on the Dave Chappelle controversy

The Harry Potter author has become shorthand for so-called terfdom in the increasingly bitter debate over sex, gender and trans rights. It is a story of our times.

WILL SELF on the culture of public dissent.

Food writer JOSH BARRIE brings readers a taste of Andalusia.

For political reasons, Moldovan and Romanian were considered separate languages. In fact, they are largely identical

CHARLIE CONNELLY on a page-turner which brings to vivid, often gruesome, life one of the most violent periods in the history of Britain

The cast in this production of the Grenfell Inquiry know this theatre is more important than them - this is why it is so powerful.

The production makes for pointless and boring watching for audiences.

The promise of a fresh start, followed by a stunning burst of creativity – and then the full stop of his final act.

The nation's musical genius and talent's extends beyond ABBA, as one rock band proves.

As art has gone bling, so too has art fraud, with a series of sophisticated fakes and cons now sweeping the world.

With cases like Emily Ratajkowski's, two lines of enquiry are usually made. Both of which miss the point.

WILL SELF on the James Bond actor's comments on his fondness of gay bars