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Free speech for artists. Image: Jason Rosewell on Unsplash.
Analysis

4 reasons free speech for artists benefits society as a whole

The disastrous attempt to impose a restrictive Code of Conduct on Bendigo Writers Festival participants offers some important lessons on…

A young Asian woman with her hair in a pony tail. R F Kuang, author of Katabasis.
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Katabasis review: R F Kuang latest book is clever and absurd

It is rare to encounter a story that can be described as both ‘light imaginative escapism’ and ‘dense philosophical exploration’,…

Paten Hughes and Robert Sean Leonard - Interview (Riverside Studios). Image: Helen Murray.
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Interview review: a slick two-hander at Riverside Studios

Tony Award winner Robert Sean Leonard stars as Pierre alongside Paten Hughes in this world-premiere production of Interview.

At London Airport (with Brian Epstein, Mal Evans, and Neil Aspinall) for Pan Am flight 101 to New York City, 7 February 1964. Image: Paul McCartney, courtesy of Gagosian.
Features

London arts & culture guide September 2025: best shows, events, exhibitions

From Queen Victoria to Paul McCartney, there’s plenty to see and do in London in September 2025.

A black man in a turquoise tracksuit with wings on in The Boy with Wings.
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The Boy with Wings review: the play struggles under the weight of expectations

The Boy with Wings soars in spirit, but not quite on stage at The Rep.

New words for a new world. Image: Yura Timoshenko on Unsplash.
Analysis

Skibidi, work-spouse, mouse-jiggler: what Cambridge Dictionary’s new words tell us

Cambridge Dictionary has added 6,000 new words – but what do they tell us about cultural changes?

Drawing of a pair of lungs. Silicosis
Features

Is my studio practice killing me? Understanding the impact of silicosis 

Tips for ceramists and glass artists to protect against the deadly studio enemy of silicosis.

Seven cast members in formal attire in As You Like It.
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As You Like It: Ralph Fiennes shows a steady hand with Shakespeare’s classic pastoral comedy

Take a gentle stroll through the Forest of Arden in this production of As You Like It.

A man with a white shirt, black jacket and an orange dressing gown against a turquoise backdrop. Adrian Lukis in Being Mr Wickham.
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Being Mr Wickham review: a masterclass in understated, intelligent theatre

Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th birthday year with Being Mr Wickham, a wonderful one-man show in the West End.

Society of Authors (SOA) Awards. Ashani Lewis was the big winner taking home both the Betty Trask Prize and one of the four Somerset Maugham Awards for her novel Winter Animals. Image: Adrian Pope. Awards and art prize winners.

Latest awards and arts prize winners: August 2025

From the 2025 Summer Exhibition to The ADCI Literary Prize – your guide to the latest awards and art prize…

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