Festivals
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Editorial: There’s no way of bringing back the old manufacturing jobs, but shrewd investment in arts and culture can create a different kind of industry
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Robert Redford’s indie-film showcase will feature young-adult and mumblecore offerings, alongside a host of comedy actors opting to go serious
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The culture team talks summer music festivals, whether fashion is art and if Australians are intellectuals. Plus we nominate our top December must-dos that don't involve tinsel
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Few DJs wave the flag for the blockbuster sounds that finally brought dance culture to the US mainstream. But as Steve Aoki tells it: ‘If people want to put me on the main stage, I’m going to do my thing on the main stage’
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Hornbill indigenous people’s festival held in Nagaland state of India
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Judith Kerr, Russell Brand, Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz and Axel Scheffler headline at the Southbank’s Imagine children’s festival 2015
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At the recent Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, artists and ravers used apps such as Kuvo and Shazam to take techno into the world of tech
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The band’s only festival performance of 2015 will see them reunited with keyboardist and songwriter Christine McVie
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The veteran soul singer will follow in Dolly Parton’s footsteps by playing the Sunday teatime slot, writes Tim Jonze
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The past haunted the present at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival in two substantial works by James Dillon, writes Andrew Clements
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Danish director said he is now sober and receiving treatment for dependency, but expresses concern over whether he will be able to make films in the future
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A four-day showcase of up and coming local indie-rock, electro, hip-hop and jazz acts proved that the city’s music scene is in rude health, writes Luke Holland
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Erin Cressida Wilson drew on a young education in erotica for her first script, Secretary. Ahead of the release of Men, Women and Children, she looks back at those first glimpses from the back row
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The internet has liberated short film-makers, writes Michael Morgenstern, a director blending distribution and pay models for his latest release
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Alex Poots says he is looking forward to building city’s Culture Shed ‘brick by brick’ following success of MIF
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Metal giants return to the festival for their fourth headline slot after winning over Glastonbury 2014, writes Harriet Gibsone
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The world premiere of James Dillon’s Stabat Mater Dolorosa was a Huddersfield festival highlight with its powerfully individual music, writes Andrew Clements
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India’s most popular indie event – headlined in Pune by the Vaccines – raised a question with this year’s line-up: can Bollywood be indie?
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With Stanley Kubrick’s classic 2001 about to be re-released in digital form, we trace how sci-fi movies reflect the deepest anxieties of each generation
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Where was the ashram the Beatles visited, where does Calypso come from, and where is Jim Morrison's grave? Our quiz tests how much musical knowledge you've picked up on your travels
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This absorbing film may look like a indie cliche but it cleverly unlocks two sisters’ secrets via the distraction of a house-in-the-woods mystery, writes Jordan Hoffman
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Rock and Roll Hall of famers and Devonshire power trio join Slipknot at the top of the bill at Donington, with Marilyn Manson, Slash and Mötley Crüe also added
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Story of universe will be told by Brian Cox with cutting-edge technology created by augmented reality company Magic Leap
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Theatre blog with Lyn Gardner Can a relationship with theatre change people’s relationship to society?
Through discussions, performance and a shared lunch, the Dialogue festival invites audiences to see the value of art in new ways. Guest blogger Maddy Costa explains
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The inaugural Winchester Wine Festival takes place this weekend – a great excuse to visit this pretty cathedral city
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Sam Amidon charming the jazz crowd, and jazz-meets-Shakespeare were among the highlights of day two and three of the London jazz festival, writes John Fordham
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Iowa group will top the bill at the annual rock and metal event for the third time – with support from Judas Priest
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Review Garbarek/Hilliard/Marsalis/Ibrahim review – masters shine at London jazz festival
4 / 5 starsGarbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble were energising, Branford Marsalis came out swinging and South Africa’s Abdullah Ibrahim delivered echoes of Duke Ellington, writes John Fordham
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Apartheid exiles Dedication Orchestra, the sound of the Indian streets, and three-quarters of a century for Blue Note records - our critics pick the best of this year’s London jazz festival
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Foos singer Dave Grohl says that Emily Eavis has yet to call the group about playing Glastonbury, despite them being favourites to headline
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Major exhibition in London next May, inspired by work of historian David Kynaston, will reflect on life in UK since 1945
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Reese Witherspoon’s Wild is among 17 of the 42 films being shown at the 24th Bath film festival to be given an F rating for their strong female leads, directors or screenwriters
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Band Everything Everything shows library is more than just dusty books with noisy week of music, storytelling and performance
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Perth will host Royal de Luxe’s giant marionnettes, the Australian premiere of Anthony Minghella’s last production Madama Butterfly and a phone in from Hilary Mantel
Ralph Myers: let's keep the dreamers in charge of the arts