Culture
High priestess of a new morality
At times Portrait of a Muse feels like a Julian Fellowes soap opera where we see this woman of extraordinary vivacity making great men go weak at the knees
Dreams of dystopia past
At the end of a dismal year, consider the cult dystopias of the optimistic 1990s.
A tasty tester for a better year
The Comeback is a gutsy British response to a period of glum hardship
A question of taste
Rex Whistler’s Tate mural should be seen more as an ironic Rococo fantasy than the work of a racist
Carry on spending
Even the venerable and conservative Louvre is exploring various fundraising novelties, says Michael Prodger
The beat will go on
The coronavirus pandemic has decimated the nightclub industry, but will the shifting landscape sow the seeds for an entirely new era of clubbing?
Out with the Old Masters?
Will traditional museums be replaced by modern “experiences”?
From disaster to opportunity
London’s orchestral rat-race will have fewer runners when musical life returns, says Norman Lebrecht
My eighteenth century life
Black’s History Week, with Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart
It’s a Wonderful Life: the perfect Christmas film?
The 1946 classic is a timely reminder that affection and loyalty can surface in the most difficult of circumstances