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Starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Mike Leigh’s comedy drama is an artistic masterclass in what cinema can do

Her association with the Rolling Stones meant she was dismissed as a ‘muse’ – but she overcame misogyny and drug addiction to become an experimental artist of rare breadth

I’ve spent a lot of time in Morocco but all of it, even as an adult, made me feel like an overly sheltered child

The most interesting tale of the Michelin Guide in 2025 is about a chef who doesn’t want to be in it

One chance encounter transforming a life is rare enough. Guilbert enjoyed two a few days apart

Istanbul has had many names over time – including Greek, Latin and Byzantine versions – before settling on its Turkish incarnation

The Slovenian writer who defied the Gestapo during an eight-year journey round the world holds lessons for us all in the era of Trump

Conclave is racking up award nominations. But the machinations surrounding Pope Francis are every bit as intriguing

The famous Grimm Brothers’ tales were originally penned by Giovan Battista Basile, an unknown Italian noble poet from Naples

In one of sport’s most picturesque locations, fuelled by Asian multimillions and celeb fans, little FC Como 1907 are suddenly big business

Brady Corbet’s all-consuming portrayal of László Tóth’s life and work is epic in form, theme and ambition

There were at least six orchestras at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Eighty years after the camp’s liberation, most of their music has been lost to history. Can conductor Leo Geyer change that?

A revival of two of his best-loved plays from the 1950s have plenty to say today

Little blame can be attached to André Roussimoff for exaggerating the truth of his stories because everything about the wrestler and actor was already exaggerated

At the start of the 20th century, Paris and Barcelona were united by modernist art. Then came a shocking, public suicide

Jesse Eisenberg’s film turns the darkest material into a deftly funny Oscar contender

Everyone loves cheeseburgers but, as it turns out, really nice greens can also make you feel like life is truly worth living

A proposal to make authors opt out of having their work harvested by tech giants is akin to asking shopkeepers to opt out of shoplifters

English spelling is notoriously difficult to learn; how might we benefit by reforming it – and what would we lose?

From catchy pop hits to far right death threats and knife attacks – the shocking story of the Swedish pop group

Are there really any health benefits to being hit over the head with a sword by a drunk Austrian monarchist?

In this audacious biopic, Timothée Chalamet brilliantly captures the spirit of the original disruptor, Bob Dylan

No, the Hawaiian has nothing to do with Italy. But yes, it is delicious

What happens when some of the men behind big tech – Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg – start going in a direction that makes you feel nauseous?

The footballer was the toast of the Viennese coffee houses, the intelligence of his play being praised in the same terms as poets

How prewar Germany turned an embassy close to Buckingham Palace into a temple to Hitler’s ideology

The Bad Sisters bad guy turns hero in William Tell – and tells us how his name is really pronounced…

UK publishing is richer than ever – yet most authors scrape to make a living, libraries are under threat and Brexit adds unwelcome red tape

There is usually a way to translate supposedly untranslatable words into English – even if it does take a bit longer

A new exhibition recalls the litany of catastrophe that has afflicted the world for centuries