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Eric de Bellaigue, man of letters who published a book ...

His book Guarded Words examined the work of the likes of Alexander Solzhenitsyn,...

Patrick Campbell-Lyons, musician who was co-founder of ...

Nirvana were pioneers of psychedelic pop; in the Nineties they took Kurt Cobain’...

Tuner review – Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman in sweet ...

Playing a piano tuner with super sensitive hearing, Woodall’s relationship with ...

Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l’Échafaud review – harmoni...

The trumpeter’s improvised soundtrack for the new wave director’s 1957 film stil...

Hunger and Thirst by Claire Fuller review – a blend of ...

In this lurid, big-boned, often brilliant book about a sculptor and a true-crime...

The teddy bear the late Queen wanted on her sofa every ...

Visitors to Palace of Holyroodhouse able to gain insight into Queen Elizabeth II...

‘Obvious markers of AI’: doubts raised over winner of s...

Granta publisher says ‘perhaps we never will know’ true authorship of work that ...

Harry Styles review – a genuinely charismatic performer...

Styles’ first stop in his Together, Together tour, which will see him perform le...

David Burke, actor who was Dr Watson to Jeremy Brett’s ...

Impersonating a woman called ‘Celia’, he spent months sending Michael Frayn forg...

Brecht’s anti-war play can be daunting – but this stagi...

The Globe’s brilliant new production of Mother Courage and Her Children feels to...

Sex, slaves... and scholars. Welcome to the real Babylon

As a byword for depravity, the ancient city has fascinated everyone from Hollywo...

Orchestras are in financial peril. Here’s why a revolut...

Ideologues may want more diversity, but genuine innovation – and taking the audi...

Michael Pennington was an actor of astonishing range, a...

Over his kaleidoscopic career, the great Shakespearean was a stalwart of the RSC...

Why everyone should read the brilliant Douglas Adams no...

The author’s fourth novel in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series is a ma...

Shostakovich’s First at 100 – how prodigious genius sou...

The composer himself never matched the joy, optimism and boldness of his first t...