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Hepworth in Colour review, salty Cornish seascapes compressed into immaculate sculptures

Courtauld, London Barbara Hepworth’s elegant works, with their harp-like strings and splashes of blue, evoke the foamy breakers of St Ives. But should we really be surpri

‘This is honest art. Like Dostoevsky’: Tim Allen and Tom Hanks on Toy Story 5, tech peril and the joy of rusty nails

11 Jun 2026

‘Dangerous for being free’: Mon Laferte on calling out injustice as Chile’s biggest pop star

11 Jun 2026

‘Now they can’t afford me’: Steven Spielberg was turned down to direct Bond, twice

11 Jun 2026

From Vecna to Mr Burns: TV’s greatest ever villains

Violent drug barons, brutal monarchs, interdimensional murderers … television has no shortage of horrifying baddies. Here’s our pi

Stop! That! Train! review - RuPaul-led zany drag comedy is a riot

With a whip-smart drag queen cast and celebrity cameos, Adam Shankman’s film is a refreshingly kooky twist on the summer movie cap

‘She slept in the hallway on a lawn chair’: how Bettina’s astonishing art outgrew her Chelsea Hotel room

11 Jun 2026 · UK

The best games of 2026 so far

11 Jun 2026

Patrick Bruel free but under judicial supervision after indictment over sexual violence

11 Jun 2026

After 144 Years, Pope Leo XIV blesses the completion of Sagrada Familia's tallest tower in Barcelona

11 Jun 2026 · Spain

Sex doll art sparks debate at German president's residence

11 Jun 2026 · Germany

Strictly Ballroom review, Baz Luhrmann’s dizzying, dance-tastic swirl of fun is a classic ugly-duckling tale

11 Jun 2026

The Evil Lawyer review, gripping, twisty and ludicrously hammy

11 Jun 2026

Germany news: Merz pushes sweeping reform agenda

11 Jun 2026 · Germany