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In these times of genocide, illegal invasions and a class war which the ultra-rich are emphatically winning, we clearly need a woman to…

Returning to the West End to celebrate two decades since those strange muppetty posters went up on London buses, I’m still laughing along…

The Southbank Centre’s second Multitudes festival – which commissions artists ranging from filmmakers to acrobats to shine new light onto…

Antonio Pappano’s pairing for last night’s Barbican concert intrigued – and, initially, baffled – me. Shostakovich’s Fifth: a clear choice…

Across seven decades, Alan Bennett has revealed a great deal of himself through plays and screenplays. In 1994, with the publication…

“Since when was getting older an honour?” asks Tereza, rightly suspicious when she finds officials nailing up a cheap garland around her…

Record Store Day 2026 is this Saturday! At theartsdesk on Vinyl we’ve been playing through exclusive RSD goodies. Check the reviews. Then…

One of the most resonant contemporary slogans is “Build bridges not walls”. Because it applies to the personal as well the political, it…

This entertaining, gorgeous-looking film within a film, directed and written by multi-talented Turkish-Italian Ferzan Özpetek (he’s also…

It’s 15 years since Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, two boys from Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, let slip their debut album. “Released” is not…