Culture

Dreams of dystopia past

At the end of a dismal year, consider the cult dystopias of the optimistic 1990s.

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A tasty tester for a better year

The Comeback is a gutsy British response to a period of glum hardship

On Theatre
A question of taste

Rex Whistler’s Tate mural should be seen more as an ironic Rococo fantasy than the work of a racist

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Carry on spending

Even the venerable and conservative Louvre is exploring various fundraising novelties, says Michael Prodger

On Art
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?

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Out with the Old Masters?

Will traditional museums be replaced by modern “experiences”?

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From disaster to opportunity

London’s orchestral rat-race will have fewer runners when musical life returns, says Norman Lebrecht

On Music
My eighteenth century life

Black’s History Week, with Professor Jeremy Black and Graham Stewart

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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

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The unkindest cut

Why can’t film directors let their work go?

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