Doctor Who quiz: can you tell your Sontarans from your Skithra?
Test your knowledge of Jodie Whittaker’s era as the Time Lord with our interstellar quiz
July 2020
Theatres that made us
'It's my second home': UK arts figures pick the theatres that inspired them
Arts venues have been hit hard by the pandemic and are still unable to stage live performances. In a new series, we celebrate their essential role
May 2020
Lockdown culture
Sacha Dhawan to star as a standup in Nikesh Shukla's lockdown drama
Yash Gill’s Power Half Hour, directed by Milli Bhatia, is among a new batch of Virtual Collaborators films released this week
April 2020
Lockdown culture
'It felt like shutdown took my future': 50 creatives launch online dramas
From the anxiety of remote workers to the strain of isolated couples, a series of virtual collaborations masterminded by Danusia Samal looks at how our lives have changed
July 2018
Allelujah! review – Alan Bennett's hospital drama is full of quiet anger
Patients’ singalongs, Arlene Phillips’s choreography and Bennett’s stinging wit light up a state-of-the-nation play set on a geriatric ward
November 2017
TV review
The Boy With the Topknot – top notch with a dash of schmaltz
This adaptation of Sathnam Sanghera’s memoir of growing up Sikh in the 60s is brave and funny ... but romantic additions detract from the love letter to a family
TV tonight
Monday’s best TV: The Boy with the Topknot; The Harbour
Sacha Dhawan stars in an adaptation of journalist Sathnam Sanghera’s witty and heartfelt memoirs; and high season in lovely Tenby
Sacha Dhawan, star of The Boy With the Topknot: ‘Why didn’t I do this sooner?’
Sound and vision
The best TV this week: Cillian Murphy is back in Brum for Peaky Blinders
Sathnam Sanghera on The Boy with the Topknot: ‘Mum cried while she told our story. I cried as I wrote it’
September 2017
Autumn arts preview 2017
The must-watch TV of autumn 2017, from Blue Planet to Stranger Things
Strictly sparkles, David Simon goes hardcore, Jodie Foster bags a Black Mirror, Spike Lee has to have it – and it’s welcome back Winona Ryder, Larry David and the League of Gentlemen
December 2016
Alan Bennett: ‘I don’t fret about posterity. But some things will last’
The beloved writer, now 82, talks about trying not to be an old git and waging war on squirrels
Leading actors perform key Shakespeare speeches in videos that capture the tragedy, comedy, romance and magic of his plays
Shakespeare solos
Sacha Dhawan as Shakespeare's Parolles: 'Are you meditating on virginity?' – video
In a speech taken from the first scene of All’s Well That Ends Well, Sacha Dhawan’s Parolles stresses the importance of losing one’s virginity
Shakespeare solos
The Guardian's Shakespeare Solos series continues with six new films
Joanna Lumley plays Viola, David Threlfall is Prospero and Daniel Mays sees a dagger before him in our latest set of videos to mark the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death
January 2016
The most unmissable culture of 2016
Tarantino goes bounty-hunting, Botticelli takes you to hell, Bowie goes dark, and Jericho fills that Downton-shaped hole … in our bumper guide to the best 150 arts events to look forward to this year
August 2015
TV & radio catch up guide
Catch-up TV guide: from 19-2 to The Beer O’Clock Show
Yonderland is back for another gloriously unhinged season, while every craft-beer bore will be in real-ale heaven with The Beer O’Clock Show on iTunes
July 2015
TV review
Child Genius review – more about the parents than the kids
I’m picking up parenting tips – such as standing behind my kids as they do their homework – and I’m learning that no one must have any fun
June 2015
TV and radio blog
Not Safe for Work: is it This Life for a new generation?
Sacha Dhawan: 'My generation don't care who plays a part'
