Culture
Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation

Children’s laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce on how getting kids to read can help fight misinformation
Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero

Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes by Yvonne Innes review – a tender account of a cult hero
Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor’s final word

Sonny Boy by Al Pacino review – a great actor’s final word
Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos: ‘I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow’

Franz Ferdinand’s Alex Kapranos: ‘I had to disguise myself to go Christmas shopping in Glasgow’
We live in what feels like dark and anxious times – but there’s still lots we can learn from the stars

We live in what feels like dark and anxious times – but there’s still lots we can learn from the stars
‘It’s like watching Michelangelo work’: Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like

‘It’s like watching Michelangelo work’: Joan Baez, Kris Kristofferson and more on what Bob Dylan is really like
Top 5 books about ballet, chosen by ballerina-cum-author Juhea Kim 

Top 5 books about ballet, chosen by ballerina-cum-author Juhea Kim
Swipe right on this trio of films from female directors on women and love

Swipe right on this trio of films from female directors on women and love
‘I thought I was going to die’: Meet the Hardest Geezer, the man who ran the world

‘I thought I was going to die’: Meet the Hardest Geezer, the man who ran the world
Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years

Funk band Cymande on new music doc Getting It Back and finally getting recognition after years
Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires

Savage Theories by Pola Oloixarac review – breathing chaotic life into the streets of Buenos Aires
The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence

The Fate of Mary Rose by Caroline Blackwood review – the chilling trauma of gendered violence
Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel

Comedian Dom Joly meets Big Issue vendor André to lift the lid on homelessness – and his new novel
King of the thrill Harlan Coben: ‘America used to seem cool – now it’s gone berserk’

King of the thrill Harlan Coben: ‘America used to seem cool – now it’s gone berserk’
William Tell director Nick Hamm on why the apple scene is so relevant today: ‘It cuts to the core’

William Tell director Nick Hamm on why the apple scene is so relevant today: ‘It cuts to the core’
I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me

I was made homeless in my 60s and slept on night buses. Then I found opera – and it saved me
I couldn’t find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own

I couldn’t find people suffering from chronic illness in books – so I wrote my own
Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers

Why Labour’s VAT hike on private school fees could mean UK music suffers
Ella Maisy Purvis on crime drama Patience and why she doesn’t want to be a ‘robotic, asexual drone’
