Category : Culture

TV tonight: blind creatives on working without limits

TV director Jamie O’Leary takes a funny, unsentimental look at seeing past blindness. Plus: Attenborough returns to the Great Barrier Reef. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...

On my radar: Domhnall Gleeson’s cultural highlights

The actor on an exhibition that’s like a rave, the best crispy chicken and why he’s having to take a break from Kazuo Ishiguro’s latestDomhnall Gleeson was born in Dublin in 1983. Following his father, Brendan, into acting, he broke through in 2010 w...

The Suicide Squad review – a slick meeting of sick minds

A convict task force dispense gleeful mayhem in this stylish reboot from a director with the perfect sewer aestheticAfter one botched attempt to bring The Suicide Squad to the big screen, with the dourly competent David Ayer at the helm, this time DC...

Baxter Dury: ‘Everything was about Dad. It was the only way he knew how to survive’

The musician talks about growing up with a pop star dad, escaping his shadow – and the 6ft 7in drug dealer who lived with them• Read an exclusive extract from Chaise Longue: ‘After a certain point of drinking, Dad’s behaviour became a lottery’Baxter...

Mr Corman: Is Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s indie comedy funny? It’s complicated …

There are not many big laughs in this Apple TV+ show about a miserable middle-school teacher but at times it is breathlessly brilliantOne of my personal philosophies is that I would watch Joseph Gordon-Levitt in absolutely anything. I don’t even know...

Billie Eilish: ‘To always try to look good is such a loss of joy and freedom’

In an exclusive interview, Gen Z’s biggest pop star talks about body image, oversharing with fans and what she’s missed most since becoming famous Billie Eilish is making me nervous. She has called, as arranged, bang on time – 11pm in Los Angeles – b...

Judge rules in Bob Dylan’s favour in lawsuit over $300m sale of songs

New York judge rules Jacques Levy and his descendants are only entitled to compensation under a deal signed in 1975A judge in New York ruled in Bob Dylan’s favour on Friday in a lawsuit over profits from the $300m sale last year of the Nobel laureate...

First image revealed of Imelda Staunton as the Queen in The Crown

Actor best known for Vera Drake takes over from Olivia Colman for fifth series about the UK royal familyThe first image of Imelda Staunton in character as the Queen in season five of The Crown has been revealed.Staunton has taken over from the Golden...

Roberto Calasso obituary

Writer who invited the gods back into literature in an ambitious series retelling the great ancient mythsRoberto Calasso, who has died aged 80, wrote: “A life in which the gods are not invited is not worth living. It will be quieter, but there won’t...

Ethel Carnie Holdsworth: campaigners push to revive fame of working-class novelist

Thought to be the first blue-collar female novelist, Holdsworth once outsold HG Wells. Now reprints and an alternative blue plaque aim to restore her reputationEthel Carnie Holdsworth wrote in 1914 that “literature up till now has been lopsided, deal...

Amanda Knox says Matt Damon film Stillwater ‘rips off’ and distorts her story

Writer-director Tom McCarthy’s movie ‘inspired’ by 2007 murder of British student Meredith Kercher reinforces conspiracy theories about the case, says KnoxAmanda Knox has accused actor Matt Damon and director Tom McCarthy of “rip[ping] off my story w...

Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson review – Paul McCartney and more geek out in the studio

The amiable musician taps up famous friends – from a Beatle to Dave Grohl – for in-depth chats about production gear and tech in this Song Exploder-esque Apple seriesFans of Song Exploder should find much to enjoy in Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson...

Hemingway ‘wannabes’ celebrate author with lookalike contest

Fans in Nobel prizewinner’s favourite haunt of Key West hold their 40th competition on his birthdayErnest Hemingway is survived as much by his macho mythology as he is by his writing. Hemingway was in two plane crashes in two days. Hemingway shot him...

Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics by Jess Phillips review – the case for change

The outspoken MP is on a one-woman campaign to banish jargon, snobbery and tradition and make sure politics is for everyone“Believe me,” writes Jess Phillips in Everything You Really Need to Know About Politics; My Life As an MP, “if you think you do...

My Night With Reg review – a listless revival of Elyot’s masterly Aids comedy

Turbine theatre, LondonDespite heartfelt intentions and some energetic performances, this production doesn’t do justice to the brilliance of Kevin Elyot’s 1994 scriptKevin Elyot’s 1994 play about friendship in the time of the Aids epidemic is, on the...