As Coronation Street celebrates its diamond jubilee, is it time to take it seriously as the chronicler of our times?

Contemporary feminist art theory: little help in understanding a seventeenth century artist

Why Peter O’Toole’s 1980 performance at the Old Vic is remembered for all the wrong reasons

Through history, Mermaids have been treated as more real than legendary, even by those who have had a reputation to uphold

Norman Leberecht laments not being able to give the Oslo Philharmonic the five stars they deserve

The hunger for policing thoughts as well as bodies hasn’t been eradicated, as recent events in New Zealand show

Argentina is as sad as it’s ever been after the death of legendary footballer Diego Maradona

You don’t have to rush the Bastille to regain some freedom; a French kiss will suffice

Living without a TV had several notable side-effects: we’d read more, and sometimes, even have conversations

Liverpool’s at ease with itself, the south should be too