In these emotionally charged short stories, Doyle explores love, resentment and connection through the eye of the pandemicRoddy Doyle is a master of capturing the gulf between what people say to one another in intimate relationships, and what they w...
Dundee RepA powerful overhaul of An Enemy of the People weaves texts and emails seamlessly into the actionKieran Hurley’s take on Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People was about to go into rehearsals in March 2020. What better moment to stage a play...
Barbican Art Gallery, LondonPlayful, abstract, made in the aftermath of war… what unites the Japanese American sculptor’s all-embracing work – the art, the furniture, the ballet sets – is his sheer joy of makingIf Isamu Noguchi (1904-88) hadn’t been...
This story of a young loner lent confidence by an animatronic accomplice is fun if familiarAn asthmatic loner who lives with his eccentric Bulgarian grandmother (Olivia Colman), 13-year-old Barney Pudowski (Jack Dylan Grazer) is yet to crack the code...
The original vamp on 70 years of showbiz life, having Boris Johnson as a boss and why partying is a dying artDame Joan Collins, 88, was born in Paddington and trained at Rada. She began appearing in films while still in her teens, with more than 70 c...
New book reveals extent of the musician’s fascination with scriptures of Judaism and Christianity“She tied you to a kitchen chair, she broke your throne and she cut your hair, and from your lips she drew the Hallelujah...” No one hearing these lyrics...
The novelist took the slow road to success but is now a Pulitzer-winner and a bestseller. As she returns to her much-loved creation Lucy Barton, she discusses childhood, loneliness – and perseveranceThree years ago, Elizabeth Strout was in New York s...
Critics compare figure of famous soprano erected in Greek capital to an Oscar statuette Drama in life, drama in posterity. For Maria Callas, Greece’s greatest diva, there is, even 44 years after her death, no let up from the artistic wrangling that w...
Welder, comedian, Hollywood star, celebrated artist… The life story of Billy Connolly has been a real page turner. Here, he talks about love, loss and landing on his feetA fostered-off schoolboy going nowhere fast, turned apprentice welder on the Cly...
Ridley Scott gets bogged down in medieval mud and murk as he attempts to tell a rape-revenge story starring Jodie Comer, Matt Damon and Adam DriverRidley Scott’s latest epic plays like an armour-clad reimagining of Rashomon crossed with a #MeToo-infl...
Newly opened archive of art patron’s papers reveals a previously unseen sketch for the surrealist workOne of the world’s best-known pieces of furniture, Salvador Dalí’s Mae West lips sofa, started life as a sketch on the back of an envelope, research...
A street artist’s work seems to yearn for a less complicated time in this image from the photographer’s new collectionCities are made of sedimented strata of memory. Janet Delaney’s photograph of the New York street painter was taken in the mid-1980s...
An engrossing memoir charts the Tory MP’s ascent to cabinet, the disaster of ‘Plebgate’ and his subsequent reinvention as a scourge of Boris Johnson with honesty, insight and witHis CV reads like a caricature. Prep school, public school, army, Cambri...
Celebrities from Jodie Kidd to John Barnes are guilt-tripped into making outfits out of their rubbish. Plus: the story behind one of the most defining moments in sports history. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
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Trio step out from behind pseudonym marketed as ‘Spain’s Elena Ferrante’ to accept €1m prizeA million euro literary prize has lured three Spanish men out of anonymity, to reveal that they are behind ultra-violent Spanish crime thrillers marketed as t...