Culture
Culture
European culture: art, music, film, books and ideas.
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Letter to Brezhnev review, terrific return for Merseysiders’ romance with Russian sailors
Royal Court, Liverpool Ellie Clayton and Angela Simms are superb in a funny, tender adaptation that hugs close to the 1985 film By
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The best books to read in September: new paperbacks from Margaret Atwood, Kiran Desai and Richard Holmes
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some great new paperbacks, from an epic multigenerational saga by a Booker winn
Anthony Page obituary
Karol G review, Colombian chart-topper brings pan-Latin camp and fireworks to New Jersey
Duncan Sheik, singer and composer of Spring Awakening, dies at 56
Stephanie Cole, Coronation Street and Open All Hours actor, dies aged 84
Shakira opens her Madrid stadium with the first of 12 concerts
CBSO/Yamada review, apocalyptic and soul-shaking Mahler opens the season
Phaedra Ensemble: The Music of Meredith Monk review, fleeting rough edges amid polished beauty
Quentin Bell and Olivia Sterling review, two artists with a magic touch
Australian entrepreneur invents hardware aimed at making art-handling lower risk and hands-free
‘The man’s a psychopath when it comes to hedgerows’: Derek vs Derek, the unexpectedly heartwarming doc about farmers at war
Zack Snyder is angling to make another Batman movie. Stranger things have happened
Add to playlist: the euphoric ‘Bollywood electronic’ of the Twins and the week’s best new tracks
TV tonight: more zombies get an ass-kicking in The Walking Dead spin-off
‘It was a mess. I had to do something’: the personal struggle that inspired rap star Giggs to start a special needs school
Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? review, Jarvis Cocker’s wit and warmth upstage the hits
Baka Beyond: Sing the World Awake review, powerful Cameroonian vocals burst through fussy arrangements
Empress Of: Dream House review, a tender and openhearted rebirth after wildfires razed her house
