Category : Culture

EO review – the bold and the bray from veteran Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski

A circus donkey embarks on a long, lonely journey, meeting human kindness and cruelty, in this strangely beautiful Oscar contenderBy far the most intriguing category at the 95th Academy Awards is that of best international feature. While German direc...

The big picture: hope in 60s Harlem

On a trip away from his native Italy, young photographer Mario Carnicelli found a carefree side to life in Harlem after the riotsMario Carnicelli won a photography competition in his native Italy in 1966 and the prize was a trip to America to take pi...

The Snakehead review by Patrick Radden Keefe review – through hell and high water

Published in the UK for the first time, the Empire of Pain author’s tireless investigation of human trafficking from China to the US reveals the desperation of the migrants and the woman at the heart of itIn 1993, a cargo ship called the Golden Ventu...

Drawn off course: portraits created on vintage maps - in pictures

British artist Ed Fairburn started his map portraits in 2012 while studying illustration at Cardiff School of Art and Design. “I was interested in ‘hijacking’ ordinary objects – a sort of off-road style of drawing using anything but plain paper,” he...

Tiny notebook by ‘first Shakespeare geek’ to go on show in Stratford

Crammed with minuscule writing, manuscript is seen as earliest ‘proper reader’s response’ to first folioIn 2017, an expert on BBC One’s Antiques Roadshow was excited by a minuscule 17th-century notebook that bore the name of Shakespeare, but the writ...

Outfits designed for Grayson Perry’s alter ego Claire up for auction

Online sale includes 39 pieces made for artist by Central Saint Martins students including Mimi WadeOutfits designed for Grayson Perry’s alter ego Claire, including a dress resembling a “child’s bib” and an oversized bra with pointed tips, have been...

Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi released on bail after hunger strike

Award-winning director, who was arrested in July, is released from Evin prison in TehranThe acclaimed Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi has been released on bail after starting a hunger strike to protest against his almost seven-month detention, a righ...

Vicky Featherstone to step down as artistic director of Royal Court

Featherstone is latest high-profile figure to leave a major theatre in recent monthsThe artistic director of the Royal Court, one of London’s most prestigious theatres, is stepping down after 10 years in the job.Vicky Featherstone, who has nurtured h...

Green light given for huge British Library extension

Community-focused £500m scheme will build new galleries, a learning centre, green spaces and a home for the Alan Turing Institute of data scienceAn extension of the British Library’s St Pancras site, to include new galleries and event spaces as well...

Visions splendid: Australian photographer of the year awards – in pictures

The annual photographer of the year winners were chosen from more than 3,000 entries across nine categories. The top prize goes to images captured in the deep south of New Zealand, an area the photographer says she enjoys for its wonderful light and...

Nick Carter countersues two women accusing him of sexual assault

A lawsuit for the Backstreet Boys singer describes his accusers as ‘opportunists’ taking advantage of the #MeToo movementIn December, Nick Carter was sued for sexual battery by a woman who alleged that the Backstreet Boys singer had sexually assaulte...

Brian and Charles to Top Gun: Maverick – the seven best films to watch on TV this week

David Earl’s bromance with a robot makes for near-perfect cinema. Plus: Tom Cruise’s giddy, visceral sequel to the 80s classic comes to your living room Continue reading...

You to The Exchange: the seven best shows to stream this week

The absurdly entertaining serial killer show returns with Penn Badgley on the run in London, while a strong feminist take on 1980s Kuwait sees two pioneering women tackle the patriarchy Continue reading...

‘I still want to have hope’: images inspired by terminal cancer – in pictures

After receiving a diagnosis of stage four lung cancer, Stephen Starkman was determined to document his final days, from hospital wards to calming nature Continue reading...

The big picture: the messy and magical reality of motherhood

Hungarian photographer Andi Gáldi Vinkó’s playful portrait of her child, part of series on becoming a parent, combines humour and intimacyTo say the subject of Andi Gáldi Vinkó’s book is a diary of motherhood doesn’t get anywhere near to the fleshy,...