Jacqueline de Jong, influential avant garde artist, dies at 85
Born in 1939, De Jong had a six-decade career devoted to asking questions, and her art ranged from abstract to figurative and back again
Television
‘I was attacked by a bloody rabbit’: how we made Xena: Warrior Princess
‘The studio was hesitant about suggesting Xena and Gabrielle were in a romantic relationship. But as time went on, they decided to look the other way and just let us get on with it’
Film
Despicable Me 4 – Gru goes into witness protection to keep Minion magic alive
Film
Steve McQueen’s Blitz to open the London film festival
Music
‘Should not be played indoors’: writers on their all-time favourite summertime songs
Film
Shakespeare goes pop: the best of the Bard’s work updated on screen
‘A death sentence for music’: the battle for America’s last Live Nation-free city
Music
Why Bronski Beat’s anthem of gay culture resonates 40 years on
Stage
Capitalism, optimism and diversity: how 80s musical Starlight Express changed my life
Art and design
Thai artist gives voice to Myanmar’s Shan refugees at Venice and Bangkok biennales
People
Film
French directors Benoît Jacquot and Jacques Doillon detained over sex assault allegations
Film
‘You have to get over the me thing’: Kevin Bacon on money, marriage – and learning to live with himself
Books
Maggie Nelson: ‘I was overwhelmed with grief when Prince died’
Music
One to watch: Cruza
Books
Anita Desai: ‘After I left India, I had to train myself to express my opinions’
The big picture
Giddyup! LensCulture critics’ choice awards – in pictures
From Mexican horse-riding gangs and sparkling fireflies to canaries in the coal mine, this year’s winning photographs offered up plenty of animal magic
Reviews
Books
On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud – the shrink’s shrink engagingly examined by Siri Hustvedt, Susie Boyt and others
Books
Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner – an old-fashioned maximalist rush of storytelling
Books
The Lasting Harm: Witnessing the Trial of Ghislaine Maxwell by Lucia Osborne-Crowley – a voice for the powerless
Music
Megan Thee Stallion: Megan – rap skill showcase is a sour sermon on superiority
Music
Johnny Cash: Songwriter – posthumous patchwork is a pleasant surprise
Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.
Pictures & video
Photo essay
Families behind the two-child limit to benefits
Photographer Dan Dennison has documented three families around the UK from Manchester, Wiltshire and London and their struggles due to the two-child limit to benefits
Photography
Giddy up! LensCulture critics’ choice awards
Photography
‘Some people refused to leave their flats’: Britain through the Thatcher years
Photography
Bogart, Dietrich, Keaton: Faces from Hollywood’s golden years
The big picture
A nudist paradise in 1930s France by Pierre Audebert
Gallery
Bear witness: the white bears of Zakopane – in pictures
Photography
Joel Meyerowitz’s vintage European road trip
Wild flings
Chasing the Highland Games
Paris Olympic Games 2024
the history and architecture – in eye-catching images
Loads more stories and moves focus to first new story.
