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Covid-related theatre closures and a dance round-up with Sarah Crompton.
Postcard from Scarborough, Derek Jarman Protest!, Benjamin Cleary
Derek Jarman Protest opens at the Manchester Art Gallery and Benjamin Cleary on Swan Song.
Don't Look Up, Around the World in 80 Days, Cutting It Fine
Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in Adam McKay's satire Don't Look Up reviewed.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Kehinde Wiley, Christmas book gifts
Maggie Gyllenhaal on her new film, The Lost Daughter.
Anything Goes, Live arts venues under Omicron, The Princess Bride
Paul Thomas Anderson, Eliza Carthy and Jon Boden, Postcard from Doncaster
Paul Thomas Anderson talks about his new film Licorice Pizza.
Joan Didion remembered, Call the Midwife, The Tragedy of Macbeth and a review of the year in culture
Call the Midwife writer and creator Heidi Thomas on the art of the Christmas special.
The Costa Book Awards, Julia Ducournau on Titane, disabled access to arts and culture
We announce the winners of the 50th annual Costa Book Awards.
Andrea Arnold, Claire Fuller, Afghanistan National Institute of Music
Filmmaker Andrea Arnold on her new documentary, Cow.
Joe Wright on Cyrano, Costa poetry winner Hannah Lowe, A Hero
Director Joe Wright on his new musical Cyrano.
Sheffield Crucible Theatre at 50, Philosophy in the Gallery, Self Esteem
50 years of Sheffield's Crucible Theatre. Plus Sheffield pop star Self Esteem.
Winner of TS Elliot Prize for Poetry, Unboxed, Folk at the Hampstead Theatre
Joelle Taylor fresh from winning the 2021 TS Eliot Prize for Poetry.
Ascension, John Preston on Robert Maxwell and is vinyl manufacturing at breaking point?
Ascension, John Preston on Robert Maxwell and the downside of the vinyl boom.
Boiling Point and Hanya Yanagihara's To Paradise reviewed, Costa Children's Award winner Manjeet Mann
One-take kitchen drama Boiling Point and Hanya Yanagihara's novel To Paradise reviewed.
Adrian Lester on Trigger Point; Heal and Harrow perform live; northern writing prizes
Adrian Lester joins Samira Ahmed to discuss his new police drama, Trigger Point.
Tilda Swinton, secrecy in screen casting, proposed cuts at Stoke museums
Tilda Swinton on her new film Memoria
Munich: The Edge of War, Australia, Jo Browning Wroe on her novel, A Terrible Kindness
Munich: The Edge of War, Jo Browning Wroe on her novel, A Terrible Kindness.
Ciarán Hinds, Nightmare Alley and The Gilded Age reviewed, the latest Serpentine exhibition on the gaming platform Fortnite
Ciarán Hinds on Kenneth Branagh's Belfast. Nightmare Alley and The Gilded Age reviewed.
Olly Alexander, Honorée Fannone Jeffers, Femi Elufowoju jr on Rigoletto
Olly Alexander on his new album. Femi Elufowoju jr on Rigoletto. Honorée Fannone Jeffers.
Martin Freeman on The Responder and Cultural Levelling Up
Actor Martin Freeman and writer Tony Schumacher on new drama The Responder.
Isabel Allende on her new novel Violeta, Freya McClements on the play The White Handkerchief, William Sitwell and Façade,
Isabel Allende on her latest book, Violeta, a fictional account of one woman’s life.
Romola Garai, Almodóvar's Parallel Mothers & Francis Bacon: Man and Beast reviewed
Romola Garai on her directorial debut, horror film Amulet
Van Gogh Self Portraits, Joanna Hogg on The Souvenir Part II, Dr Semmelweis
Van Gogh and his self portraits discussed, ahead of a major exhibition
Bastille perform live, independent book sellers, Costa Book Awards Book of the Year Winner
Bastille perform live and discuss their new sci-fi-influenced album Give Me the Future
Erin Doherty on new drama Chloe, Andrei Kurkov on culture in Ukraine, true crime podcasts
Erin Doherty on her latest role as a social media obsessed stalker in new 鶹 drama Chloe.
The Eyes of Tammy Faye & novel They reviewed, Brass Eye anniversary
The Eyes of Tammy Faye starring Jessica Chastain reviewed.
Yard Act's debut album, writer Esi Edugyan, Jason Katims on the TV series As We See It
James Smith, lead singer of breakthrough band Yard Act on their debut album The Overload.
The resurgence of black and white films, Oscar nominations and Hannah Silva
Black and white films, Oscar nominations and Hannah Silva.
Drive My Car film review, Shakespeare's problem plays, the Great Yarmouth arts scene
Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's films Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy reviewed.
Michael Morpurgo's Private Peaceful on stage, Barbellion prize-winning author Lynn Buckle, singer-conductor Barbara Hannigan
Adapting Michael Morpurgo's World War I novel Private Peaceful for the stage.
British dance post-pandemic, Pissarro, Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton
What is the future of post-pandemic British dance?