Culture
Culture
European culture: art, music, film, books and ideas.
E
Range by Dorthe Nors review, an astrophysicist at odds with reality
In the Danish writer’s latest novel, an eminent scientist withdraws to the countryside When Gunn Haven, an eminent professor of as
E
Just Play Dead review, Samuel L Jackson and Eva Green punch up switchback crime caper
Jackson and Green just about manage to distract viewers from the sub-par Tarantinoesque flourishes, confusing plot points and tire

Taylor Swift breaks record for most MTV VMAs as Madonna also wins

‘I’ve never watched a whole episode of Peep Show’: Matt King on surviving a stroke and reviving Super Hans

Sex, drugs and floral fabrics: Celia Birtwell relives her wild times, and wilder outfits, with Ossie Clark

What would Francis of Assisi make of his fame today?

Obama and Tom Hanks have an inspirational chat: best podcats of the week

Kikuyu Land review, the colonial-era misery behind our morning cup of tea

TV tonight: Michael Palin encounters ‘recycled chicken’ in the Philippines

‘My husband has to remind me: You’re not a real cop!’ Siân Brooke on the perils of playing a tough Blue Lights ‘peeler’

MTV VMAs 2026: Taylor Swift and Madonna win at awards dominated by female artists

News media must stay relevant or 'society will struggle', says World News Day organiser

Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidad and Tobago singer known as the ‘calypso king of the world’, dies aged 91

Tru, review: a five-star performance of a three-star script about the life of Truman Capote

Eva Longoria: Searching for France review, this lovely travel show radiates charm

A Midsummer Night’s Dream review, Munya Chawawa bewitches in lovingly juiced-up 90s rave

LPO/Edward Gardner review, Britten’s pacifist War Requiem lands with a bitterness and snarling irony

‘Eminem’s Lose Yourself is my anthem for getting the kids out of the house’: Kimberly Wyatt’s honest playlist

Does avoiding misery make you happy?
