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Arts & Culture
The best new art, theatre and music, plus news, reviews, interviews and features from around the world

6 of the world’s coolest and weirdest underground attractions
Cathedrals, theme parks and the bowels of a dormant volcano: these are the wonders of the subterranean world

Pedro Almodóvar interview: ‘Now it’s not cocaine up our noses but cotton swabs!’
On filming during the pandemic, the buried pain of Parallel Mothers and how he’s a new kind of filmmaker

How ABBA’s 2022 virtual concerts could change the face of live music
Will this exciting digital technology allow musical icons to live for ever?

6 really, really small (and really, really good) museums around the world
Forget traipsing around a massive art gallery – squeeze into one of these extremely tiny spaces instead
The latest arts and culture news
Revealed: the best European cities for art lovers
Revealed: the best European cities for art lovers
Two UK cities are in the top five – and Paris only just makes the top ten
In photos: the winners of the iPhone Photography Awards 2023
In photos: the winners of the iPhone Photography Awards 2023
From dazzling architecture to striking shots of wildlife, these are the winning iPhone photographers of 2023
Fun’s over, lads: these European cities are clamping down on stag weekends
Fun’s over, lads: these European cities are clamping down on stag weekends
Whether by banning beer bikes or flat-out refusing to serve stags and hens, these places are putting their foot down on pre-wedding parties
These are the European countries returning colonial artefacts
These are the European countries returning colonial artefacts
European museums are full of looted artefacts from their colonial history – but many are starting to return what’s not theirs
A much-missed Ibiza superclub is reopening… in Italy
A much-missed Ibiza superclub is reopening… in Italy
In spring 2024, you’ll be able to visit the iconic dance club Space in its new location
These magical snaps triumphed at the Milky Way Photographer of the Year awards 2023
These magical snaps triumphed at the Milky Way Photographer of the Year awards 2023
Glaciers, beaches, deserts and mountains feature in the winning shots of a contest devoted to pictures of our galaxy
The latest from the world of film

Venice review: Poor Things
Yorgos Lanthimos’s feminist Frankenstein comedy is scabrous, smart and obscenely funny

Venice review: Maestro
Bradley Cooper’s elegant, ambitious biopic is a symphonic love story with sparkling, awards-worthy performances

12 films you need to know about at this year’s Venice Film Festival
Are Bradley Cooper’s Maestro or Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla en route to the Oscars?

The latest from the world of music
Best New York hip-hop: The 50 greatest NYC hip-hop artists
Best New York hip-hop: The 50 greatest NYC hip-hop artists
New York is the home of hip-hop. We pay homage to the genre's brightest stars and biggest innovators.
The 45 best pop songs
The 45 best pop songs
The best pop songs of this century are groundbreaking, chart-topping, downright famous hits that’ll have you singing at the top of your lungs
The 23 best friendship songs ever
The 23 best friendship songs ever
Show your bestie how much you love them with one of these BFF tunes
The 50 best podcasts to listen to in 2023
The 50 best podcasts to listen to in 2023
From true crime to politics and music to history, it's another great year for podcasts. Here's what we're listening to.
The 45 best karaoke songs ever made
The 45 best karaoke songs ever made
Dial up one of the best karaoke songs next time you feel like grabbing a mic and soaking up the spotlight
The 100 best party songs ever made
The 100 best party songs ever made
Put the best party songs on your celebration playlist and you’re guaranteed a body-moving dance explosion