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I WISH I HAD MET KURT TUCHOLSKY

Irving Wardle learned German just to read him, and then tried to invoke him on stage ...  read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArtsbooksIrving Wardle

A MIX OF FEAR AND PLEASURE

A Willem de Kooning retrospective at MoMA in New York follows his art from virtuoso charcoals to monstrous oils ... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArtArts

STARS IN CONSTELLATION

The big draw at the cinema used to be the big-name actor. These days, Nicholas Barber argues, famous faces work best as an ensemble ...  read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArtsfilmNicholas Barber

BOOK CHOICE: AUTUMN READING

Maggie Fergusson's pick of the season, including a story of survival, a biography of Orpheus and a masterpiece from Michael Ondaatje ... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT Artsbooks

FROM ROM-COM TO ROMP-COM

For ten years, romantic comedies have struggled to live up to their billing. But Nicholas Barber thinks they are becoming bawdier and better ...  read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT Artsfilm

THE RETROFIT REVOLUTION

Giovanna Dunmall meets the architects who are saving money and reducing waste by breathing new life into old buildings ... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT ArchitectureArtsDesign

THE KING AND I

More than 30 years after his death, Elvis Presley has been reduced to the shorthand of iconography. Ray Connolly remembers meeting the man ... read more » COMMENTS: Comments | ADD NEW COMMENT Arts