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Critics' picks of 2012

G2 critics pick their top moments – and reflect on the quirkiest and most telling events of the cultural year
  • The Olympic opening ceremony

    Readers' cultural picks of 2012

    Last week our critics chose their highlights from a vintage year for culture. What did they miss? You went for Bruce Springsteen, Dallas, Stockhausen in helicopters ... oh, and a certain knees-up in July
  • Mo Yan … Nobel prize winner.

    The best international cultural events of 2012

  • Daniel Barenboim conducts the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

    The best classical music of 2012

  • Life changing… Stephen Emmott at the Royal Court

    The best theatre event of 2012

  • Leanne Benjamin and Carlos Acosta in Machina from Metamorphosis: Titian 2012.

    The best dance event of 2012

  • The best TV event of 2012

  • The best pop event of 2012

  • The best architecture of 2012

  • The Olympics opening ceremony: my cultural highlight of 2012

  • The best films of 2012

  • The best visual art event of 2012

  • What are your 2012 cultural highlights?

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