Category : Culture

Tributes paid to Germany’s ‘favourite Englishman’ Roger Whittaker

Baritone, who has died aged 87, cultivated loyal German fanbase by learning to sing translated lyrics phoneticallyTributes are being paid across Germany to the singer Roger Whittaker, described as the country’s favourite Briton who served his biggest...

‘Joni Mitchell watched me sing one of her songs. I was horrified’: Rick Beato, the world’s best-loved music nerd

As energised by Taylor Swift as Schoenberg, Beato has earned millions of fans with his YouTube videos and become the man musicians seek out to discuss their craftOnce a proud dad posting videos of his son’s perfect pitch, now a muso-in-chief intervie...

YouTube suspends Russell Brand’s revenues from his channel

Google-owned company says move is due to it ‘violating our creator responsibility policy’YouTube has suspended Russell Brand’s ability to earn money on the platform after allegations of rape and sexual assault in a massive hit to his finances.The vid...

Coked-up caped crusader: how Hélio Oiticica liberated the art world with drugs, nests and hammocks

He co-founded Brazil’s Tropicália movement, fled fascism, pioneered immersive art in his flat, became a drug dealer and then died aged 42. Now his wild world is being rebuilt at the English seasideIn the early hours of 13 March 1973, the artist Hélio...

Céline Condorelli: Pentimenti review – have a lie down in front of the cardinal

National Gallery, London Works by the gallery’s artist in residence coexist with classic 17th-century paintings, as a soundtrack, an off-kilter rug and ceiling hangings urge us to reassess our relation to the spaceCéline Condorelli’s Pentimenti (The...

Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Jurowski review – vividly pictorial

Barbican Hall, LondonThe 500-year-old orchestra celebrated its rich history with a full-colour performance of Strauss’s Alpine Symphony and the UK premiere of Ukrainian composer Victoria Poleva’s White IntermentThe Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Bavari...

Plans for a disc-free Xbox revealed in leaked Microsoft court documents

Unredacted court documents show digital-only cylindrical Xbox Series X console plans, a new controller and future Bethesda games releasesAn unredacted document accidentally made public as part of Microsoft’s court battle with the Federal Trade Commis...

Plans for next-gen Xbox revealed in leaked Microsoft court documents

Anthropology review – clever AI missing-person mystery

Hampstead theatre, LondonLauren Gunderson’s smart play finds a software engineer creating a digital version of a sister who has disappeared While screenwriters strike, partly over the threat from artificial intelligence, playwrights are busy writing...

Lies of P review – inventive Pinocchio RPG has a fiendish heart

PC, Xbox, PS5This hack-and-slasher clings to its Soulsborne heritage too tightly, but does creative things that no other Soulslike until now has managed to pull offThe Soulslike subgenre of games, named after the Dark Souls series of obtuse hack-and-...

Small business, bright future: how the SME landscape may evolve over the next five years

What can small and medium-sized businesses learn from the turmoil of the recent past – and what trends and opportunities will emerge over the next few years?One of the biggest challenges in business is being able to respond to sudden disruption in so...

‘Give yourself a break’: why small business owners need to regain a sense of balance

Despite flexible working becoming commonplace, a healthy work-life balance is far from the norm, especially among the small business community. So how can SME owners properly switch off?If we are honest, most of us could use a little more balance at...

‘He swam, hooking my arm with his penis’: inside the dolphin sex scandal that outraged a nation

Wild new podcast Hooked on Freddie follows the 1990 tabloid frenzy about an animal rights activist who formed a special bond with a dolphin – only to be put on trial for itWhen someone mentions the year 1990, you might think of the last days of Marga...

Creation of the Gods I: Kingdom of Storms review – immortals and armies wreak havoc

Director Wuershan’s ambitious adaptation of Xu Zhonglin’s 16th-century novel has too much highly variable CGI but its idiosyncrasies set it apart“Strange things keep happening these days,” muses Jiang Ziya (Bo Huang) halfway through this extravagant...

How Big Brother changed TV for ever: ‘There was a massive idea at its core – watch and judge’

The show that kicked off the reality TV boom is coming back – but should it? The creators and stars of the original series consider the impact of a cultural disruptorBy now, almost every aspect of modern life has been filtered through eliminative rea...