Arts feature
The 'detestable, bombastic, egocentric' detective — Hercule Poirot lives on
Robert Gore-Langton on our love for fictional detectives — and especially Poirot
Is Hollywood finally waking up to the talents of women? Nah
Is Hollywood finally waking up to the talents of women directors? Peter Hoskin doubts it
The best thing to come out of Davos
William Cook visits the Kirchner Museum in Davos, the Alpine town where the German Expressionist found refuge and inspiration
Art shows you simply mustn't miss in 2014
Andrew Lambirth reveals the treats on show in 2014
There are too few masterpieces in Masterpieces: Art and East Anglia
Andrew Lambirth on the Sainsbury Centre’s latest exhibition
God in a stained glass window
Andrew Lambirth on the art of stained glass, as exemplified by Patrick Reyntiens
Interview David Chipperfield: It is better to be fond of architecture than amazed by it
William Cook talks to the architect David Chipperfield, whose work has made him a star in Germany
How to think like Chekhov or Turgenev
Immersion is the key to adaptation says Mike Poulton, who is bringing Turgenev and Hilary Mantel’s novels to the stage
Ditchling Museum's guiding dream
Andrew Lambirth takes a tour of the revamped Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
Do you think this painting is worth $48.4 million?
Collectors may be mad for Jean-Michel Basquiat but the critics hate him. Niru Ratnam asks why
'You can't handle the truth!' — the greatest courtroom dramas of all time
As a new production of Twelve Angry Men opens in the West End, Robert Gore-Langton names his favourite courtroom dramas
How I learned to start screaming and love the horror movie
Peter Hoskin looks forward to being scared witless courtesy of the BFI’s feast of Gothic cinema
Welcome home, Malcolm Morley
Andrew Lambirth talks to Malcolm Morley
Tim Rice: How to get ahead in musicals
Tim Rice’s latest venture is about to open in the West End. Here he takes us through the happy accidents that have led to his hit musicals
Ta-ra, Dame Edna — Barry Humphries bids goodbye to his chattier half
Robert Gore-Langton talks to Barry Humphries, alter ego of the gigastar Dame Edna
The false paradise of Metroland
William Cook has moved to Metroland. He contemplates John Betjeman’s vision of it
Chris Ingram: from messenger boy to museum benefactor
Andrew Lambirth meets Chris Ingram, the collector behind a much-lauded museum in Woking
Jeff Koons's work is childish — just like us
The contrast could not have been more acute. It came the day after a press release from Christie’s New York…
English embroidery: the forgotten wonder of the medieval world
Think of an art at which the English have excelled and I doubt you would come up with the word…
The grandson of Scott’s deputy makes music in Antarctica
As his father lay dying some six years ago, Julian Broke-Evans promised him that he would ‘keep telling the story’,…
The boom in private museums
In the past ten years museums of modern and contemporary art have proliferated around the world. New institutions have appeared…
Yorkshire: England’s sculptural heartland in the north
William Cook is inspired by England’s sculptural heartland in Yorkshire, just as Moore and Hepworth were
Gregory Doran interview: 'I wanted some big hitters,' says the RSC's new supremo
Robert Gore-Langton meets Gregory Doran, new artistic director at the RSC
A world-class orchestra in the heart of São Paulo’s Crackland
Damian Thompson visits Brazil to hear Marin Alsop whip São Paulo’s orchestra into shape
Barry Humphries: in praise of Australian art
A major exhibition of Australian art is about to open at the Royal Academy. Barry Humphries believes visitors will be surprised
