Category: Arts
‘I’d be tempted to have sex to Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)’: David Baddiel’s honest playlist
The first song I fell in love with Total Control by 80s new wave band the Motels, although now the lyrics seem a bit stalkery: [more…]
‘When I sense something is not right, I am going to protect myself’ – Lucy Liu on success, shame and calling out Bill Murray
Boredom is not a feeling with which Lucy Liu is familiar. “Sometimes I wouldn’t mind it,” she says with a smile. “But it feels nonstop. [more…]
Culture 2025: what to watch, read and listen to this year – podcast
Join us as we temporarily escape the headlines and talk about all the brilliant culture we have to look forward to this year. The Guardian’s [more…]
Chuck D pleads for people to stop using Public Enemy’s Burn Hollywood Burn on videos of LA fires
Public Enemy’s Chuck D has asked people to stop using the rap group’s song Burn Hollywood Burn as a soundtrack on videos of the California [more…]
‘I was 2cm from being paralysed’: UK stunt artists celebrated with donation to BFI
Gillian Aldam began her career as a stunt professional at the age of 22. It was the 1960s, and she had just spent a few [more…]
And the winner should be… Observer critics choose their alternative Oscars for 2025
Wendy Ide Best picture My shortlist (my winner first) Nickel Boys All We Imagine As Light Anora Conclave Nosferatu The absence of an unstoppable awards [more…]
UK festivals face ‘really tough’ year due to fewer headline acts and rising costs
Nobody in 2023 would have guessed that Sabrina Carpenter or Chappell Roan would be festival headliners in 2025, or that the Foo Fighters’ rumoured summer [more…]
Music sounds better with you? How your listening habits affect your love life
“What’s the one thing your readers should do to help them use music to find and catch the partner of their dreams?” asks Patrick Savage, [more…]
‘I like to break the rules’: Björk on comedy, darkness and the most flamboyant tour of her career
Björk is in Paris, and her laptop camera isn’t working. The laptop is eight years old, she explains, and she doesn’t want to replace it, [more…]
At home with Simon Rattle: ‘There are still things I feel are beyond me’
The instruction was straightforward: “10.30am at home. Coffee and croissants.” Since timing, at least in part, is a conductor’s priority, a visitor feels the pressure [more…]
