Before Luigi Illica wrote the libretti for Puccini’s Tosca and Madama Butterfly, he had joined the composer as the librettist ...

The frenetic brand of humour that Tim Robinson brings to Friendship comes from a long lineage. There have been turbo-charged, mad-staring, cringe-inducing figures occupying the centre of comedies and ...

I still can’t believe that some pseudo-critics continue to accuse me of having murdered tango,” Astor Piazzolla once declared ...

Anyone seeking local genius in an international festival should look no further than the annual Ravenna concerts from ...

I like guns. At school we had to fight with guns in the army cadets. I’m actually a first-class sniper. I could shoot people ...

Billie Eilish may be one of the biggest names in new music, but here at the O2 Arena, she’s just Billie – the one who stares ...

I like guns. At school we had to fight with guns in the army cadets. I’m actually a first-class sniper. I could shoot people ...

Heart of Stone (Das kalte Herz) was the first colour film produced by East Germany’s state film studio DEFA, a big-budget ...

Brian Clarke died on 1 July 2025, after a long illness. He was one of the most original British artists of our time – wide-ranging, ground-breaking and influential. His painting was first-class, but ...

A thirtysomething American woman with wavering self-confidence, a tendency to talk too much and a longing for married bliss ...

It took until the last room of her exhibition for me to gain any real understanding of the work of Australian Aboriginal ...