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A fire that destroyed a library in Venice
455 years ago has inspired a superb
Anselm Kiefer exhibition on loss and
retrieval
Fujiko Nakaya: Nebel Leben is the first comprehensive survey exhibition of the visionary sculptor outside of Japan
Yes, art can shape our reality. But the metaverse can show us what could be possible in our future
Just as art allows us to expand our constructs, so does this new technological terrain. This is the future artists like myself paint
Can urban art build bridges instead of walls? Eleven artists across Europe have come together to prove just this
Far more than the Britpop bands, it was the Young British Artists who best personified the Blair era
CHARLIE CONNELLY comes up with the first half of his rundown of the top 20.
HV Morton was a pioneering travel writer of genius.. and also a philandering, racist snob
With Nineteen Eighty-Four more relevant than ever, a group of Orwell enthusiasts – in special company – visits the remote house on the Inner Hebridean island of Jura where he wrote his dystopian masterpiece
As the country faces its greatest crisis, a writer has delivered one of its greatest novels
For many of us, holidays offer a chance to catch up on our reading and in our post-Covid, post-Brexit
world, so too does tortuous travel.
CHARLIE CONNELLY has you covered
There is a link between UK foreign policy and recent global traumas. So what is our place in the world, and what kind of country do we want to be?
This year’s Lerici festival in Italy marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Percy Shelley with a celebration of British culture
If Amon Amarth’s Johan Hegg is a Viking, he’s one who is fully paid up to modern Scandi liberal values
Why Germany is swaying to the sound of a controversial hit
Public service radio orchestras have played far more than just a cultural role over the last century but they are now under threat
In a new documentary, French superstar DJ Laurent Garnier recalls his part in the birth of dance music and traces his career all the way from Manchester’s Haçienda to Tbilisi’s Bassiani
Will Self on the new, colour-conscious Madama Butterfly
Over half a century since her death, the “inner Marilyn” is still alive. I suspect we will never be done with the blonde bombshell
Director Sara Dosa on Maurice and Katia Krafft and their love triangle with volcanoes
In a new documentary, French superstar DJ Laurent Garnier recalls his part in the birth of dance music and traces his career all the way from Manchester’s Haçienda to Tbilisi’s Bassiani
Flee is the best representation yet of what it really means to be a refugee
The Dutch actor brought depth at a time when the industry expected little more from roles than grunting henchmen, murderous Nazis or ring fodder for Rocky Balboa
We are living in a world where we expect the worst and prepare to resist
Kate Fleetwood plays a delectably wicked Cruella de Vil for all she’s worth, but this is otherwise a dog’s dinner
The story is improbable but star Scott Karim can make just about any character seem convincing
Up in Scotland, my play about Gina Miller’s court case against Theresa May’s government over parliamentary sovereignty is causing quite the stir
Anything Goes was a lot of fun last summer but it now feels dutiful and robotic
This pared-down production is very much a star vehicle for the Game of Thrones actor Emilia Clarke
In Hamlet, Ophelia holds the promise that love doesn’t recoil in the face of reality. It is time we opened our arms to the idea
Celebrated as one of Europe’s leading fashion writers, the Italian was better known for her sheer presence on the scene
The Frenchman was no newshound but had a knack of witnessing some of the 20th century’s key episodes
The Dutch actor brought depth at a time when the industry expected little more from roles than grunting henchmen, murderous Nazis or ring fodder for Rocky Balboa
The Austrian-American composer was convinced atonality was the future of music. Sadly, his fear of the number 13 led to his death before this day could arrive
The presenter managed to stay at the top for six decades, winning hearts whether baring her monochrome midriff to a startled nation or holding that same nation’s
politicians to account in full colour
One of the greatest portrait photographers of all time, Halsman was able to easily win the trust of some of the greatest figures in modern cultural and political history