Unmissable culture of 2018
Beauties, beasts and a midlife crisis for Romeo and Juliet: 2018's top dance
Northern Ballet’s Jane Eyre will make your heart leap, Pina Bausch’s Roman dream returns to London and the Royal Ballet salute Macmillan and Bernstein
So what's the most expensive shot ever? The best photography shows of 2018
Andreas Gursky finds new power in our post-truth world, hyenas and Brooklyn gangs go on the prowl, and Antoine d’Agata has a close encounter of the narcotic kind
Debussy abounds, Ulysses returns and Rattle debuts: the best classical music for 2018
Monteverdi’s masterwork is given new life, two opera titans take on Verdi, and the London Sinfonietta launches a gender-fluid game show
Wet docks, giant ducks and the zero-waste city: the best architecture and design of 2018
Windermere catches a wave, the V&A unveils the city of tomorrow, and Hope to Nope harnesses the explosive power of graphic design
Sky pirates, preachers and prison breaks: the best upcoming video games of spring 2018
Here be dragons … and grog-swilling pirates, armed cultists, dino-beasts and a teenage supersleuth called Jenny LeClue. We preview spring’s biggest releases, from Ni no Kuni 2 to the return of Red Dead Redemption
Spielberg's Ready Player One – in 2045, virtual reality is everyone's saviour
Prowling panthers, paranormal spies and vengeful ice-skaters: must-see movies of 2018
Kendrick cruises, Wiley confuses and Gaga goes OTT: the essential pop for 2018
Flight of the Conchords, Chris Rock and 2018's most uproarious comedy
From Picasso at his mightiest to gods of American cool: the hottest art shows of 2018
Gangsters, girlfriends and warrior queens: the TV to watch in 2018
All-star Pinter, a Suranne Jones thriller and Carey Mulligan goes solo: 2018's essential theatre
Julian Barnes, Sebastian Faulks, Leïla Slimani … the best fiction for 2018
Books by Rupert Thomson, Aminatta Forna and a clutch of brilliant debuts are among the novels to look out for this year
