Arts & Entertainment

This is probably one of Dulwich Picture Gallery’s best exhibitions in recent years. The partnerships with Estonia’s core repositories of Konrad Mägi’s works have resulted in a retrospective featuring his finest paintings in terms of quality and historical importance…

It’s an ideal exhibition to learn about Michaelina Wautier as a painter, but it is also an exhibition incorporating a multitude of artistic movements and contexts within art history, a woman’s position in art historical discourse, and technical processes like pigment usage and theories of colour….

A new retrospective of Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) at the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum in Madrid reveals a radical side to the Scandinavian master, whose impressive body of work and unique style merits wider recognition….

Cannon Fodder is Branconi’s first solo exhibition in an institutional space. For the show, she created a series of new paintings, including a large installation that visitors can physically walk through...

From the opening of V&A East with an exhibition celebrating the influence of Black artistry on British music, to Veronica Ryan’s four decades of striking sculptures and textiles at Whitechapel Gallery, Donald Locke’s five-decade survey at Camden Art Centre, here is our guide to art exhibitions opening in London in April to be on your radar…

From Thomas J Price’s monumental bronze figure outside the V&A East Museum, Dana-Fiona Armour’s illuminated installation at Somerset House, and David Hockney’s large-scale mural at Serpentine North…

Europe’s summer festival season is one of the best times to travel, with long days, warm nights and a packed calendar of music festivals across the continent. From the woodland stages of Dekmantel in the Netherlands and sunrise sets at Anjunadeep Explorations…

Seurat and the Sea at the Courtauld Gallery is the first exhibition devoted to this category of his work, bringing together 17 canvases, six oil sketches on wood panels, and three preparatory drawings. In doing so, it provides a wider appreciation of his pointillist technique…

A review of Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First at the Royal Academy of Arts, London examines the first solo exhibition by a British female artist in its main galleries, tracing Wylie’s use of memory, wartime imagery and everyday references across large-scale paintings and intimate drawings…

In a digital economy increasingly defined by automation, optimisation, and seamless systems, Xiyan Chen creates worlds that refuse to work alone. Her practice does not ask what technology can do faster or better…

A collection of short books that possess more power and a profundity than the page count suggest. Each of these books are under 200 pages, making them great for anyone looking to break a reading rut or explore different genres…

The following tips will help you write your first book for children.

6 books to add to your autumn reading list. Including:  Yellowface by R.F.Kuang· Manifesto: On Never Giving Up by Bernardine Evaristo  · Betty by Tiffany McDaniels · Notes on Heartbreak by Annie Lord  · The Queens of Sarmiento Park by Camila Sosa Villada (translated by Kit Maude)…

With lockdown 2.0 upon us we have put together a selection of 7 empowering, feel good reads to keep you busy and inspired during this time…

We have put together some of our favourite reads to get your teeth into this January…

Milkman is by no means an easy novel to read, it is sluggish and sprawling, feeling longer than its 352 pages; however, it is hugely satisfying to finish. It also presents a haunting look at life during The Troubles in Northern Ireland…

This guide is intended to provide some insight into Jewish life and history. Jewish people come from a wide variety of backgrounds and levels of observance…

Between the World and Me is a poignant and profound piece of work, detailing the most gruesome and raw details of black American history and the everyday black experience in America…

At its core, Calypso is a novel about family. Sedaris highlights the recognisable relationship between siblings in a strikingly honest way: either you exist as the tyrant ruling over the youngsters or you’re the victim of the tyrants’ plots…

We all have the power to make great change, so instead of doing nothing, why not order a few of these books and attempt to understand this widespread issue…

We’ve put together a guide to the best new and returning TV shows to look out for in 2023. Including shows You; Copenhagen Cowboys; Succession; Top Boy; Happy Valley; Slow Horses; Riches; Snowfall; Outerbanks; Dreamland; Bridergton…

Here is our round-up of eight of the best chick flicks you can watch in the UK on all the various streaming platforms available - including Netflix, Now TV, and Amazon Prime. Of course, honourable mentions must go to The Devil Wears Prada, Clueless, Legally Blonde, Mean Girls and Bridget Jones’ Diary…

We’re the same kind of crazy if you become deeply obsessed with what celebs wear on the red carpet. Even when I was little I’d froth excessively at the mouth whenever a red carpet moment occurred before an award show (the VMAS were my religion)…

Whilst I acknowledge that Sex and the City has quite frankly been around for donkey's years now, I believe there is still much to discuss, dissect and dispute. Carrie is the self-proclaimed ‘it girl’, accomplished columnist and potentially Manhattan’s biggest egotist…

Founded in 1997, the UK Jewish Film Festival is an annual event which takes place for two weeks each November. This year, the festival has gone online, meaning that it provides an ideal opportunity to immerse yourself in Jewish film from the comfort of your own home…

Despite the fact Emily in Paris offered exquisite aesthetics and much needed escapism in a time of despair and civil unrest, it’s hard to be totally sold on the show as a concept…

The second part of Steven Blackman’s Netflix adaptation of the 2007 comic landed in our laps on July 31st, and if you weren’t excited enough already, a string of hype videos posted on Youtube of the Umbrella Academy students themselves will get you there…

Michaela Coel returns to our screens with her new drama exploring the grey areas surrounding consent in both heterosexual and homosexual relationships, specifically when sexual conduct takes place under the influences of alcohol and drugs….

The shameless coinciding of the Disney Plus launch with the beginning of lockdown, has brought no end of easily achievable joy. So in the spirit of lockdown happiness, here's a rundown of some of our top recommended films from the (virtual) kingdom where dreams come true…

It’s been almost a decade since Clare Danes came hurtling on to our screens as the energetic, uncontrollable but extremely sharp CIA officer we now know (and love) as Carrie Mathison. Eight seasons later and the show has drawn to a close…

I think we have all reached the end of our tethers regarding this pandemic. Boredom has been redefined and I know I’m not the only one counting down the days until we can, go shopping…

What is better than some good memes and hilarious content to keep you feeling jolly through the pandemic? Not much really. Maybe wine? To help you out, we’ve put together a list of…