Culture

Upcoming documentary claims Louvre was urged to lie about world’s most expensive painting

This year’s movies include Godzilla vs. Kong, Minari, and Ammonite

A ‘riveting, serious and deeply intelligent’ biography of the complicated author 

Featuring I Was There Too, Page 94, The Rewatchables, and Boot Camp for the Brain

150 years ago, a socialist-inspired uprising briefly transformed the French capital, before it was ruthlessly crushed

New releases from Ballaké Sissoko, Mahler, and For Those I Love

It is 300 years since Walpole took office and began a long and unbroken tradition

Ignore the outside world and immerse yourself in these classic novels

Even though Glasto is off, there should be plenty of fields to get muddy in this year

Your Honor, Line of Duty and Lupin are on this year’s must-binge list

Philip Hoare’s book on Dürer is a ‘captivating journey’ blending biography, art history, nature writing and memoir 

Featuring Cautionary Tales, Philosophy Bites, and Call Me Mother

New releases from Valerie June, Paul Lewis and Steven Osborne, and Lana Del Rey

The duo dreamt up an Akris collection that is futuristic in fabrication and ease of wear

The diaries of the Tory MP provide an ‘unrivalled guide’ to society and politics in the interwar years

Featuring The Rest Is History, Kerning Cultures, and The Big Fib

New releases from The Anchoress, Clare Hammond, and Arab Strap

 Teachers, librarians and writers about the books they think all teens should read by the time they’re 16

Heads, teachers and librarians tell us about the books they think every child should read by the time they are 13

Though blinkered on certain issues, Peterson provides more sounds advice in his new book

Featuring Freshwater, Radio Garden, and Pod Save the Queen

New releases from Jane Weaver, Julien Baker, and Elgar

The American artist collaborates with Hedi Slimane on The Dancing Kid

In his first novel since winning the Nobel Prize, Ishiguro tells a story with ‘devastating significance’

Featuring Renegades: Born in the USA, The Bellingcat Podcast, and Wardrobe Crisis

New releases from Ghetts, Sinfonia of London, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

In an exclusive interview, Fischer ponders Louis Vuitton monograms and the work of an artist

Auction houses are hoping to lure the Reddit mob with the new medium

Can phones measure our carbon footprint? Is tech more important than sporting talent? And could we turn our homes into virtual art galleries?

In a ‘deeply impressive book’, Higgins explains the power of his ‘intelligence agency for the people’ 

Featuring Welcome to Your Fantasy, The Food Medic, and The Bias Diagnosis

New releases from Django Django, Stephen Hough and David Gray

In a ‘wonderfully astute’ biography, Robert Maxwell is painted as ‘the perfect villain’ 

Featuring Jools and Jim’s Joyride, Literary Friction, and Sideways