From Amsterdam to the West End: the avant-garde hit factory behind The Years and Oedipus | Olivier awards

The Royal Court and Regent’s Park Open Air theatre were among the victorious venues at Sunday’s Olivier awards, which recognise the cream of London’s Theatreland. But there was reason to celebrate in the Netherlands, too. The bold West End productions Oedipus and The Years, which picked up four awards between them, have their origins at … Read more

First trailer for Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme launches | Film

An even more than usually stacked ensemble cast are on show in the first footage from Wes Anderson’s new comedy, The Phoenician Scheme. The film, billed as an espionage thriller, is Anderson’s 13th as director, and the latest in a series he’s co-written with Roman Coppola, including The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom, The French Dispatch … Read more

‘I wrote it while bored on a health farm’: how Mike and the Mechanics made All I Need Is a Miracle | Culture

Christopher Neil, producer/writer I was a pop producer working with the likes of Sheena Easton and Dollar. Mike Rutherford was a prog rock musician with Genesis. But the band’s publishing company thought the two of us – the yin and yang – would do well together. And they were right. We hit it off immediately. … Read more

Curtains, wellies, nuclear subs and a tsar’s palace: how William Morris mania swept the world | Design

He has papered our walls and carpeted our floors, enlivened our curtains, coats and cups, and even infiltrated Britain’s nuclear submarine fleet. Almost 130 years after his death, the Victorian arts and crafts designer William Morris has blanketed the world with his unmistakable brand of busy floral patterns, wrapping our lives with tasteful swathes of … Read more