Arts feature
The new Turner?
What happens to an artist’s reputation when he dies? Traditionally, there was a period of cooling off when the reputation,…
Master of alchemy
Martin Gayford talks to a surprisingly jolly Anselm Kiefer about art and metamorphosis
All too human
Alasdair Palmer reveals the monstrous egomaniac behind Michelangelo’s artistic genius
Independence will lead to artistic ‘desecration’
Daniel Jackson foresees an impoverished cultural landscape for an independentScotland, with artists forced to do Salmond’s bidding
The treasures of Turin
Laura Gascoigne enjoys a grand tour of Italy’s former capital city
The enigma of Werner Herzog
William Cook watches a new box set from the BFI that reveals the full extent of the German director’s genius – and insanity
State of independence
Lloyd Evans tours the Edinburgh Festival in search of clues about the outcome of the referendum
Magic bullet
Stephen Bayley explains why he has become addicted to Japan’s Shinkansen
Loose, wild and free
Martin Gayford talks to Wynton Marsalis about the rigours of playing jazz
Four years of war
Kate Chisholm on the BBC’s ambitious new radio series
Voice of enchantment
Some of my most enjoyable evenings, when I reviewed opera weekly for The Spectator, were spent at the Royal College…
Knights of the baton
Matthew Stadlen talks to three conductors about growing old very gracefully
Living dance
Giannandrea Poesio talks to Natalia Osipova about her ballet-based philosophy
Dutch jewel
Laura Gascoigne on the treasures in the newly reopened Mauritshaus museum in The Hague
The producers
Robert Gore-Langton talks to Duncan Weeldon and Paul Elliott about the good old days – and getting shafted
Drawing room
Ariane Bankes talks to Quentin Blake about a new project that will bring illustration out of the shadows
Tears of a clown
Stand-up comedian John Bishop tells Matthew Stadlen about the depression that triggered his career
His dark materials
Alex Jennings, the new Willy Wonka, tells Lloyd Evans why Dahl’s ‘misanthropic world’ is fascinating to inhabit
Back to basics
Roderick Conway Morris is edified and entertained by the Venice Architectural Biennale
Northern soul
Matthew Stadlen talks to the violinist Nicola Benedetti about what drew her to Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy
Camera shy
Award-winner Bill Forsyth tells William Cook why he was happy to walk away from film-making
Firmly in focus
Lloyd Evans talks to the good-natured theatre director Polly Teale
New ways of seeing
Andrew Lambirth talks to Justin Partyka, whose photographs show Constable Country in an unexpected light
Musical youth
Michael Henderson talks to Glyndebourne’s fresh-faced new music director, Robin Ticciati
Finding the emotional charge
Richard Eyre traces the history and popularity of the American musical
