Alexander Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday Read Aloud

• Rock Till We Drop, review: pensioners' battle of the bands is the feelgood hit of the year

  Martin Kemp and Lady Leshurr put together two bands of musicians anile 65 and older, and the results were inspiring and wonderful

  

• Mood, review: Nicôle Lecky's supercharged millennial polemic is gripping and grimy

  The BBC adaptation of Lecky's 2022 monologue Superhoe is a clever cultural commentary with a killer soundtrack to boot

• Life Through a Royal Lens, review: an engrossing expect at the regal family's rapport with the camera

  This terrific show at Kensington Palace traces the ways in which British sovereigns have engaged with photography

• Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain, 1945-1965, review: aren't we all feeling quite glum enough already?

  The Barbican's attempt to reassess post-state of war art is substantial – but it'south too patchy, fails at its central task, and proves heavy-going

• Scorpions interview: 'We wanted to break away from ugly German history'

  Lead singer Klaus Meine on how the Hanover 5-slice ensnared an international audition and gave peace a run a risk

Comment and assay

• At a fourth dimension of crunch, nosotros still huddle circular the wireless

  The spirit and bravery of ordinary Ukrainians has been brought to life on the airwaves

  

• Valery Gergiev – a great career derailed by a friendship with Putin

  The conductor'due south abrupt fall has been breathtaking – and is surely irreversible

  

• When I was 12, Roald Dahl'southward twisted tale went off in my caput like a flop

  A typically nighttime Dahl story – about the grisly fate of a immature vegetarian – taught me that fiction has a duty to shake up the reader

  

• Margaret Atwood: Why we need science fiction

  Literature's most maligned genre is not just for geeks. In shedding light on our darkest desires, sci-fi tells us what it means to be human

  

Reviews

• Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain, 1945-1965, review: aren't we all feeling quite glum enough already?

  The Barbican'southward endeavour to reassess post-war art is substantial – only information technology's as well patchy, fails at its central task, and proves heavy-going

  

• Life Through a Majestic Lens, review: an engrossing await at the purple family's rapport with the camera

  This terrific show at Kensington Palace traces the ways in which British sovereigns accept engaged with photography

  

• Dave rises to the 'voice of a generation' claiming at a patched-up O2 Arena

  The south London rapper is enjoying a triumphant homecoming with a set that moves tidily forth and reprises some of his Brits operation

  

• András Schiff and friends 'scrape together' some Haydn (brilliantly)

  With half of the planned performers at the great pianist'south Wigmore Hall Haydn Festival absent through Covid, drastic steps were required...

  

• Mimma was a waste of David Suchet'south talents – and our anti-war sympathies

  This one-off performance of a new Second World War musical, starring our greatest Poirot, was timely but poorly written and produced

  

• Does the globe have too many people – or not enough?

  Paul Morland'south fascinating new book, Tomorrow's People, explores the global residue of human being births, deaths and migrations

  

Behind the music

Rock'due south untold stories, from band-splitting feuds to the greatest performances of all fourth dimension

This evening's Tv set

• What'due south on Telly tonight: The Holiday, Murder in Provence, and more than

  Your complete guide to the week's television, films and sport, beyond terrestrial and digital platforms

Screen Secrets

A regular series telling the stories behind motion-picture show and TV'due south greatest hits – and most fascinating flops

• What Vladimir Putin's taste in literature tells us well-nigh the homo

  Hitler's library proved revelatory. Has Putin'south interest in Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway shaped his view of himself equally a lone hero?

  

• Marlon James interview: I'd be happy to write a white character

  The Booker Prize winner on race, creativity and growing upward gay in Jamaica

  

• Does the world have too many people – or not enough?

  Paul Morland'southward fascinating new book, Tomorrow's People, explores the global balance of human births, deaths and migrations

  

• You Thing review: Delia Smith's unlikely recipe for saving the world

  First she taught us how to boil an egg. Now the Idiot box chef is back to solve the remainder of our problems, from climate change to the future of tech

  

• Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain, 1945-1965, review: aren't nosotros all feeling quite glum enough already?

  The Barbican's effort to reassess postal service-state of war art is substantial – just it's also patchy, fails at its primal task, and proves heavy-going

  

• Life Through a Royal Lens, review: an engrossing look at the royal family unit's rapport with the camera

  This terrific show at Kensington Palace traces the means in which British sovereigns take engaged with photography

  

• How will the war in Ukraine touch on the big sale houses?

  A number of the most high-profile lots coming upwards are by artists pop among Russians

  

• Etonian's 'indestructible' art will be kickoff to be placed on the Moon

  Work by Sacha Jafri volition exist fix 'eternally' on the lunar surface as part of Nasa'southward £70bn Artemis I mission

  

In depth

More than stories

• The Ipcress File, first-look review: Caine is a hard act to follow for TV's new Harry Palmer

  Gorgeous period stylings and atmospheric production bated, ITV's adaptation fails to live up to the 1965 pic

  

• At a time of crisis, nosotros withal huddle round the wireless

  The spirit and bravery of ordinary Ukrainians has been brought to life on the airwaves

  

• Valery Gergiev – a great career batty by a friendship with Putin

  The conductor's abrupt fall has been breathtaking – and is surely irreversible

  

• Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain, 1945-1965, review: aren't we all feeling quite glum enough already?

  The Barbican's effort to reassess post-state of war fine art is substantial – but it'southward as well patchy, fails at its primal task, and proves heavy-going

  

• Life Through a Regal Lens, review: an engrossing expect at the imperial family's rapport with the camera

  This terrific show at Kensington Palace traces the ways in which British sovereigns have engaged with photography

  

• Mood, review: Nicôle Lecky'due south supercharged millennial polemic is gripping and grimy

  The BBC adaptation of Lecky'due south 2022 monologue Superhoe is a clever cultural commentary with a killer soundtrack to boot

  

• Rock Till Nosotros Drop, review: pensioners' battle of the bands is the feelgood hitting of the year

  Martin Kemp and Lady Leshurr put together two bands of musicians aged 65 and older, and the results were inspiring and wonderful

  

• Scorpions interview: 'Nosotros wanted to break away from ugly German history'

  Pb vocaliser Klaus Meine on how the Hanover five-slice ensnared an international audience and gave peace a adventure

  

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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/

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