Arts
Lime bike jousts? Why youth culture is embracing the medieval era
From chainmail-wearing pop stars to high-fashion catwalks, the spirit of the middle ages is erupting into the zeitgeistMedieval knights used...
A theatrical dancer on a pristine limestone mountain in East Java: Mohammad Nur Nasikin’s best phone picture
The photographer hopes his image of a father and son practising a traditional Indonesian artform will go some way towards preserving itEarly...
‘Unlike anything we’ve experienced’: fans swarm San Francisco for BTS star’s art exhibition
K-pop star RM gave a boost to the previously struggling SFMOMA with an exhibition of over 100 pieces from his collectionTwo years ago, RM of...
From Wildwood to John Legend: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
Anination studio Laika takes flight with a grownup stop-motion tale, while the Grammy-, Oscar- and everything-winner returns with a Pharell-...
Terry Denton obituary
Witty and inventive illustrator of children’s books, notably the multimillion-selling Treehouse series by Andy GriffithsThe author and ill...
A thousand thanks for the country diary | Brief letters
Country milestones | Cinema ads | Edith Pritchett | ‘Quick and easy’ fritters | A new ingredients record?Many thanks to Mark Cocker, who...
Photos fill the frame at the Epson Pano awards 2026 – in pictures
The Epson Pano awards celebrate panoramic photography from first-time entrants and established professionals alike. This year, the 17th iter...
Hammersmith Bridge is a symbol of our dysfunctional times. The money is there, the joined-up thinking isn’t | Simon Jenkins
London’s roads are horrendous, with constant roadworks and creaking infrastructure. And the emblem of all that spans the River ThamesLondo...
Lowry kicks off, pop goes kinky and the wild man of Florence is tamed – the week in art
The painter of the industrial north heads south, the Hockney of Soho displays all and debauched artist Filippo Lippi lays his sins at the al...
Proms, parties and gender politics: amazing photos from American dancefloors – and what they tell us about a changing nation
From George Balanchine to the Rockettes, the US magazine regularly ran lavish photo spreads dedicated to dance, with the myriad ways people ...