Society & culture

Cultural events in the field of cinema, literature, music, theater, art and show business. International festivals and exhibitions, premieres, concerts, performances and award ceremonies. Interviews with key personalities of cultural and social life in the UK, USA and the world.

Renowned feminist artist and film-maker Valie Export dies aged 85

Valie Export, the Austrian performance artist and film-maker who inverted the male gaze in ways that were provocative, shocking and…

‘I had to start living for me’: Suzette Charles on winning Miss America, confronting Bill Cosby and releasing her debut album 33 years late

‘I can’t believe this is actually happening!” Suzette Charles says on a video call. At 63, she is about to…

Little Shop of Horrors review – a mixed bouquet of kooky romance, doo-wop and wild B-movie

Sure, it would be possible to deliver a hi-tech take on Howard Ashman and Alan Menken’s 1982 musical about a…

Mounting Rene Matić’s snapshots in Perspex isn’t really enough to make them interesting

At 29, Rene Matić is the youngest ever person to win the £30,000 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation prize. They were…

‘I couldn’t believe we weren’t falling over ourselves for it’: Asia-Pacific art finally conquers Britain

An imposing new figure is greeting visitors inside the main entrance of the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in South…

‘I haven’t had a loo break since 2009!’ The truth about Eurovision – as told by its biggest icons

Not many 70-year-olds spend their nights with pop singers in sparkly catsuits. Or nightmarish monsters barking out heavy metal. Or…

A year in hospital and 90% lung damage: how Andrey Zvyagintsev came back from Covid to Cannes

His films have been hailed as damning allegories of the Russian population’s apathy in the face of state oppression. Yet…

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