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Cultural Olympiad

November 2016

  • David Mitchell

    Why do we expect the Olympics to keep on giving?

    David Mitchell
    The much vaunted ‘legacy’ from the 2012 games has not come to pass – maybe we should be happy just to have enjoyed them

March 2016

  • Rick Smith (left) and Karl Hyde of Underworld.

    Underworld: ‘It doesn’t matter where music comes from – it’s how it connects’

    Karl Hyde and Rick Smith talk about creativity, longevity – and why their new album could be their most satisfying yet

November 2015

  • Italian novelist and theorist Umberto Eco.

    Books blog
    Umberto Eco: ‘Real literature is about losers’

    In his only UK public appearance to mark publication of his new novel, Numero Zero, the Italian novelist explored the nature of conspiracies and why great characters are never successful

October 2015

  • ‘A huge step backward’ … Lionel Shriver, Teju Cole and Colin Thubron joined the protest.

    Indonesia's 1965 genocide: writers rebel as authorities cancel festival events

    As Ubud festival is forced to drop discussions and film screenings, sixty authors join PEN International campaign against ‘deeply shocking’ move on 50th anniversary of tragedy

July 2015

  • Paul Mason

    Paul Mason webchat – as it happened

    Have we really reached the end of capitalism? Why is Conchita Wurst a symbol of human revolution? And how can we teach out kids to change the world for the better? The Channel 4 economics editor behind new book Postcapitalism was here to answer your questions – read his answers in full here

June 2015

  • Jason Schwartzman

    Jason Schwartzman talks about The Overnight - video

    Jason Schwartzman on fatherhood, meeting new friends and the inevitable robot revolution that will make slaves of us all

May 2015

  • Waiters work in a bar designed by US film director Wes Anderson recreating the old Milan cafes' atmosphere in the new venue of Prada's Foundation on May 2, 2015 in Milan.

    Got any Mendl's? Inside Wes Anderson's Bar Luce - in pictures

    Take a look around Wes Anderson’s bar, which The Grand Budapest Hotel director has kitted out with Steve Zissou pinball tables and Anderson-grade green Formica

March 2015

  • Alex Graham (second left) at the relaunch of The Space at the Tate Modern in June 2014

    Chair of £16m BBC and Arts Council project The Space resigns

    Alex Graham stands down after just a year, saying backers want to take project in a new direction

October 2014

  • Kristen Stewart at a screening of Clouds Of Sils Maria in New York on 8 October.

    Kristen Stewart will take acting break to 'make some stuff with my hands'

    One-time highest-paid female actor in the world has announced she’s swapping front of screen work for a stint pursuing other ‘creative endeavours’ such as directing and poetry

August 2014

  • Edinburgh reader

    Tips, links and suggestions
    Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week?

    Your space to discuss the books you are reading and what you think of them

July 2014

  • Game of Thrones

    Game of Thrones leads the pack with 19 Emmy nominations

    Breaking Bad receives 16 nods, including best actor for Bryan Cranston, with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson also nominated for True Detective

May 2014

  • girls sizzy rocket

    Music blog
    Beastie Boys' classic track Girls gets feminist makeover – video

    The Las Vegas artist reworks the hip-hop group's 1987 track, switching its dubious lyrics with a statement of female empowerment

April 2014

  • Modern Toss
    Get out the homemade trapeze, it’s World Circus Day

    Modern Toss

  • Infomania
    Spider-Man: everything you need to know

  • Maria Miller

    What impact did Maria Miller have on UK arts and culture?

    Simon Tait
  • Lucy Bennett

    Arts head
    Arts head: Lucy Bennett, artistic director, Stopgap Dance Company

February 2014

  • Marnie … can't catch a break.

    Girls: episode by episode
    Girls recap: season three, episode eight – Incidentals

    Rebecca Nicholson's episode blog: Another very funny episode – thanks in large part to Patti LuPone's scene-stealing appearance

November 2013

  • London: Brixton Slavery' case linked to 1970s communist activists

    Slave case charity warns media speculation could harm rescued women

    Relatives come forward naming one suspected victim as Aishah Abdul Wahab, 69, a missing Malaysian student

September 2013

  • Extraordinary Bodies circus company

    This is what Olympic legacy looks like

    You can't parachute projects in, says Claire Hodgson, but the Cultural Olympiad has raised artistic aspiration and risk-taking

August 2013

  • Pictures from the past
    Life photographer Carl Mydans - a picture from the past

    In 1935, Carl Mydans joined the Farm Security Administration, a government funded organization created to document and publicise the plight of the American rural poor during the Depression.

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