Kulturë · The Guardian
Michael Spicer: ‘Monty Python taught me that authority figures must earn our respect’
The Room Next Door star on overnight success, ‘sneaky follows’ from politicians and how internet commenting has dragged society down How did you get into comedy? I was submitting sketches to Spitting Image when I was 17 and making my own sketches pre-internet. But I guess in terms of my actual…
5 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
‘I paint the kind of people I’m attracted to’: Hernan Bas on hiding from the world in Venice
The Cuban-American artist likes to paint pretty young white men – inspired by his fascination with Holden Caulfield. So why do his portraits have a sinister edge? Hernan Bas has been living in Venice this year, painting tourists. He’s aware of the ironies. (He is the kind of tourist, he tells me,…
5 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale
In the 1980s, she had to show her work in a corridor by the ICA’s toilet. Now she’s representing Britain at the ‘art Olympics’. So is the artist feeling a bit establishment? Quite the reverse The Venice Biennale opening is just days away but Lubaina Himid isn’t in a rush. The artist, who will…
5 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
Rose Finn-Kelcey review – flying puns, smart pranks and prayers for 20p
Arts Collective, Northampton An overdue celebration in her home town of this funny, direct, critical, satirical conceptualist shows her spiky social commentary is as fresh and relevant as ever Rose Finn-Kelcey wanted to make art that was neither pompous nor condescending. Those are…
4 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
‘We got a drive-by egging in Baltimore’: Super Furry Animals on making The Man Don’t Give a Fuck
‘The man is the establishment, I suppose, the military industrial complex. A few year later, when we played it live, we added a loop of Bill Hicks saying: “All governments are liars and murderers”’ Gruff was the first person I ever met who could just churn out songs – good, catchy ones. I joined his…
4 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
Tender review – modern masculinity laid bare in pumped-up strip club drama
Soho theatre, London Directed with swagger and finesse by Matthew Xia, Dave Harris’s play explores sex, pleasure, parenthood and what makes a man There are two kinds of people in the world – those who, given a paddle to signal willingness for audience participation at a play set in a strip club,…
4 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
The Devil Wears Prada 2: bitchy one-liners, devious double-crossing and Lady Gaga – discuss with spoilers
Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway shine in frothy sequel that smartly comments on struggling media industry This article contains spoilers for The Devil Wears Prada 2 The Devil Wears Prada 2 review – a sequel? Groundbreaking After a promotional blitz that has run the full gamut from haute (Meryl Streep…
4 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
You Are Here review: Danny Boyle’s postwar pop-culture tribute lets it all hang out
The director’s immersive Southbank Centre takeover has vim and ardour in spades, if not complete coherence You Are Here is an undertaking on an impressive scale: a self-styled “epic, one-off pop-cultural spectacular” involving immersive theatre, dance, music and a “cast of hundreds”, all directed by…
3 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
‘My generation have deluded themselves’: ex-Vampire Weekender Rostam on pop, protest and life as an Iranian-American
Inspired in part by Zohran Mamdani’s NY mayorship, Rostam Batmanglij’s gorgeous new album fuses Americana with sounds of the Middle East. So why isn’t his mum happy? The first song Rostam Batmanglij ever learned to play on guitar was Chuck Berry’s Johnny B Goode, the quintessentially American…
4 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
Making Life on Earth: Attenborough’s Greatest Adventure review – the anecdotes are just amazing
From tales of giant tortoises trampling tents to almost getting shot, this is a relentlessly entertaining documentary about one of David Attenborough’s greatest pieces of TV Life on Earth has a good claim for the top spot in any list of the best British TV shows of all time. A giant leap forward…
3 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
Ready for their close-ups: celebrity passport photos
In 1953, Dave Sharkey, a former professional boxer, and his wife, Ann, founded a photographic studio in Oxford Street, London. The studio promised prints ‘ready in 10 minutes’ long before anyone else in the city could provide such a quick turnaround. Conveniently located near the US embassy and…
4 maj 2026
Kulturë · The Guardian
Next stop – infinity! My transcendental experience on Japan’s ‘art island’ guided by its master Lee Ufan
Is this the ultimate location for contemplative art? Our writer travels to the legendary island of Naoshima – and meets the great creator of its most spellbinding works. Will he step through the arch and find nirvana? The island of Naoshima used to be heavily polluted and dominated by a Mitsubishi…
4 maj 2026