Budgets have been slashed, morale is through the floor and the company has been forced to find a second base in Manchester. But the new musical director is up for a challenge. We meet the man with the hardest job in...
Read MoreCarey was the big draw at Milan’s San Siro, but she was outweighed by pop-classical artists – and a sizeable dollop of kitschThe Winter Oympics opening ceremony arrived shrouded in mystery. There wasn’t a lot...
Read MoreRaye, Deftones and Yungblud do UK tours, Jill Scott returns for more neo-soul, and the classical world gears up to celebrate Hungarian composer György Kurtág at 100• More from the 2026 culture previewSeventeen...
Read MoreLebanese singer-songwriter Yasmine Hamdan returns with mournful minimalism, Mohinder Kaur Bhamra’s 1982 album of Punjabi disco makes a comeback and Guatemalan duo Titanic serve up ecstatic tracks• The 50 best albums...
Read MoreNot all of the problems of Britain’s cultural sector come down to funding, but an awful lot do. That’s where leadership comes inAs you listen to a Christmas performance of Handel’s Messiah, it is easy to...
Read MoreForget the Monster Mash. For the ultimate Halloween playlist, reach for horror soundtracks, 1940s kids’ music and Russian darkwave – all chosen by Sunn O))), Creeper, Diamanda Galás and moreBernard Herrmann...
Read MoreChris Ofili loves steel pans. Lindsey Mendick adores Self Esteem. And Ragnar Kjartansson enjoys everything from Bach to the Cure. Artists reveal the bangers that get their creative juices fizzingFrom Johannes Vermeer’s...
Read MoreIn the mid-60s, the Beatles tuned in to the world’s most audacious experimental musicians. Paul McCartney reveals how many of the Fab Four’s ‘far-out’ masterpieces were inspired by their sonic...
Read MoreFour women travel 140m miles across the heavens – only to find their new world in hostile corporate hands. Composer Jennifer Walshe reveals what fed into her epic opera, from low-gravity procreation to Shrek in spaceWhy...
Read MoreIn a statement, 35 signatories from dance, theatre and music industries express concern about ‘fragile ecosystem’More than 30 performing arts leaders in the UK, including the bosses of the National Theatre, Opera...
Read MoreExclusive: Analysis by the Guardian shows a third of major arts leaders were educated privatelyAnalysis: Who is ‘working class’ and why does it matter in the arts?Interviews: Nine working-class creatives on class in...
Read MoreCelebrated British musician reveals close encounters with unhappy concert-goers on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island DiscsThe celebrated and controversial British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage says he has faced up to the fact...
Read More
Defence minister urges ‘serious politics’ after Tory leader criticises
Call for urgent meeting comes after woman was assaulted
Hampshire business seems to have benefited from ‘phoenixism’, which
Conviction of Kyran Smith for 2022 incident raises questions
B-1 Lancer, which can carry 24 cruise missiles, arrived
How the desperate search for two missing girls in
The plot rumour led to the former cabinet minister’s
He’s television’s most daring documentary-maker, known for asking questions
Harry, 24, an ecologist, meets Freya, 24, a theatre-maker
Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food