Arts feature
Old school ties
Robert Gore-Langton talks to Julian Mitchell about the painful roots of his hit play Another Country
Lords of the dance
Giannandrea Poesio meets Ivan Vasiliev and Roberto Bolle, ballet’s demigods
Act of Faith
Paloma Faith has forced herself to become confident, she tells Matthew Stadlen,but sometimes she still has to put on a brave face
Universal records
Andrew Lambirth talks to Mark Shields, an artist whose work transcends the specific
At the crossroads again
Michael Henderson wonders what direction English National Opera will now take
In praise of the Emperor
Roderick Conway Morris on the influence and legacy of Augustus
Cultural capital
Could splashing public money on city of culture initiatives make good business sense? William Cook reports
Murder, motive and moustachery
Robert Gore-Langton on our love for fictional detectives — and especially Poirot
Girls on film
Is Hollywood finally waking up to the talents of women directors? Peter Hoskin doubts it
Peak practice
William Cook visits the Kirchner Museum in Davos, the Alpine town where the German Expressionist found refuge and inspiration
A look ahead
Andrew Lambirth reveals the treats on show in 2014
Jumble of taste
Andrew Lambirth on the Sainsbury Centre’s latest exhibition
Food for the soul
Andrew Lambirth on the art of stained glass, as exemplified by Patrick Reyntiens
Modern master
William Cook talks to the architect David Chipperfield, whose work has made him a star in Germany
No short cuts
Immersion is the key to adaptation says Mike Poulton, who is bringing Turgenev and Hilary Mantel’s novels to the stage
Guiding dream
Andrew Lambirth takes a tour of the revamped Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
Critical divide
Collectors may be mad for Jean-Michel Basquiat but the critics hate him. Niru Ratnam asks why
Law in action
As a new production of Twelve Angry Men opens in the West End, Robert Gore-Langton names his favourite courtroom dramas
Darkness visible
Peter Hoskin looks forward to being scared witless courtesy of the BFI’s feast of Gothic cinema
‘The last wild man of modern art’
Andrew Lambirth talks to Malcolm Morley
Tales of the unexpected
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
The last gladdy
Robert Gore-Langton talks to Barry Humphries, alter ego of the gigastar Dame Edna
Another country
William Cook has moved to Metroland. He contemplates John Betjeman’s vision of it
Light fantastic
Andrew Lambirth meets Chris Ingram, the collector behind a much-lauded museum in Woking
Buying a pup
The contrast could not have been more acute. It came the day after a press release from Christie’s New York…
