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Royal biographer claims Netflix’s hit drama series is ‘as truthful about the present royal family as Shakespeare’s play “Richard III” is about Richard III... but not quite as well written’

A star with incredible presence, Gambon brought heft and delicacy, mischief and feeling, to the stage and screen

In the age of the Anthropocene, humanity appears poised to destroy itself.

Other Lives: Teacher who was a central figure in his local cultural community, as well as a translator for many arts-based societies

Oxford's Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne revisit their decade-old predictions about jobs being automated.

An eminent scholar tries to imagine the great playwright’s character and tastes. But can we really know the bard?

In an essay on Kenneth Branagh, screenwriter Scott Frank recalls meeting the future star and director of his screenplay Dead Again (1991) and wondering “why the guy would want to direct a loopy, film noir thriller like mine?”

On August 23, Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh’s beloved Edinburgh football team, Hibs, went head-to-head with Aston Villa in the Europa League. But they were also competing for attention with the world premiere of Choose Irvine Welsh, a documentary by filmmaker Ian Jefferies about the life, writing and cultural impact of…

Following her acclaimed translation of the Odyssey, Wilson has turned to Homer’s other, darker poem. She explains how she got stuck for six months – and why it speaks to today’s era of conflict