From a historical novel about identity in a time of plague to retro-Persian electro music secretly recorded in Istanbul, we survey the brightest of the cultural highlights to come.
At a time when it isn’t always easy to see the funny side, comedians from Denmark to Dubai are providing a vital service by keeping us smiling – while making the powerful nervous. We hail these satirists, cartoonists and…
From vital but sobering screen documentaries to a captivatingly introspective US instrumentalist and the story of a besotted auteur, the premier cultural offerings of early 2021 seem to reflect
a meditative mood. But…
Fuss and hurry? They’ve been and gone. Start the new decade as you mean to go on. Take stock and choose the scenic route. Our gentle manifesto sketches a picture of taking it a little easier in the years to come.
The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode’s executive president is helping to drive French fashion forever forward by focusing on education – as well as Paris Fashion Week, of course.
A Swedish television show has struck a chord with viewers and audience members who, for almost 40 years, have been turning on, tuning in and belting out the ballads.
New restaurants tend to reap the plaudits and column inches but those that have stood the test of time have valuable lessons to impart. Here we meet the restaurateurs behind fledgling ventures and venerated institutions…
Anyone who’s done a stint in steamy Singapore will be aware of the centrality of its hawker centres to daily life. These busy open-air food halls range in size and sophistication but are unanimously cheap, cheerful and…