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How daddy issues took over this year’s Oscars race

How daddy issues took over this year’s Oscars race

Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring finally gets a name

Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring finally gets a name

Cosey Fanni Tutti reveals all

Cosey Fanni Tutti reveals all

How I became a Monopoly champion by chance

How I became a Monopoly champion by chance

The critics

Why a radical ‘new almshouse’ won the Stirling prize

Why a radical ‘new almshouse’ won the Stirling prize

After the Hunt isn’t as clever as it thinks it is

After the Hunt isn’t as clever as it thinks it is

Mary Page Marlowe is a disappointing play

Mary Page Marlowe is a disappointing play

Benjamin Britten’s oddball masterpiece

Benjamin Britten’s oddball masterpiece

The evolution of Posh Spice

We Have Notes

The evolution of Posh Spice

Liv and Miranda discuss Netflix's new Victoria Beckham documentary – plus, why are most major fashion houses led by men?

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On my radar: Conrad Shawcross’s cultural highlights

On my radar: Conrad Shawcross’s cultural highlights

Hans Ulrich Obrist’s cultural highlights

Hans Ulrich Obrist’s cultural highlights

Oyinkan Braithwaite: ‘I’d love to meet Little Simz’

Oyinkan Braithwaite: ‘I’d love to meet Little Simz’

Jung Chang: ‘Rome is a living museum. I found solace there’

Jung Chang: ‘Rome is a living museum. I found solace there’

Film

The women who made David Lynch

The women who made David Lynch

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Tron: Ares, Good Boy, A Want in Her, The Perfect Neighbor

Wendy Ide’s pick of other films: Tron: Ares, Good Boy, A Want in Her, The Perfect Neighbor

I Swear is a touching, transformative tale of Tourette syndrome

I Swear is a touching, transformative tale of Tourette syndrome

Films of the week: The Smashing Machine, Urchin and more

Films of the week: The Smashing Machine, Urchin and more

Music

Patti Smith in her prime

Patti Smith in her prime

Reviews: The Necks, Cheikh Lô, Jay Som, Charles Lloyd

Reviews: The Necks, Cheikh Lô, Jay Som, Charles Lloyd

Misogyny and misinformation in a 21st-century Handel

Misogyny and misinformation in a 21st-century Handel

Lady Gaga’s fever dream

Lady Gaga’s fever dream

Books

The hotel that tells the story of Kabul

The hotel that tells the story of Kabul

Giuliano da Empoli: ‘I’m the scribe of a dying civilisation’

Giuliano da Empoli: ‘I’m the scribe of a dying civilisation’

Boris Becker and Björn Borg: Serving time

Boris Becker and Björn Borg: Serving time

Claire-Louise Bennett: ‘Mystery is an essential part of loving someone’

Claire-Louise Bennett: ‘Mystery is an essential part of loving someone’

Art

Art market slump paints a complicated picture

Art market slump paints a complicated picture

Gilbert & George’s 21st Century Pictures – eye-popping but empty

Gilbert & George’s 21st Century Pictures – eye-popping but empty

Peter Doig: ‘I’ve never felt the need to cash in on my success’

Peter Doig: ‘I’ve never felt the need to cash in on my success’

America’s ‘laureate of lunch counters’

America’s ‘laureate of lunch counters’

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