Jonathan Franzen is totally overrated!
Does Jonathan Franzen actually deserves all the hype he gets?
Imperial students make their last ‘Panto’
The director tells us about their very unusual interpretation of a seasonal favourite
Imperial does The Ugly One
Eva Rosenthal Mena discovers if beauty brings real happiness with the IC Drama Society.
Fun and fighting at the Finborough
This small 'pub theatre' puts on a great show
The Turner Prize disappoints again
It’s hard to avoid the feeling that it’s all a bit... underwhelming
Discovering Art at Imperial
Chris Self quizzes Mindy Lee, curator of Imperial’s Blyth Gallery
Interesting reflections in Hyde Park
Anish Kapoor's new exhibition turns the world upside down
If you read nothing else this week...
Gilead Amit, Deputy Editor, kicks off our new feature with his favourite work of literature: De Profundis
The Descent into Dotage
Amusing, startling, moving: Krapp's Last Tape at the Duchess Theatre
The Bluffer's Guide to being cultured
Impress, intimidate, then lose your friends (and get some better ones), by being a total git about The Arts (capitalised, don’t you know?)
The ENO's new season kicks off with a new version of Gounod's Faust
Caz Knight is lured by the legendary Faust to the opera for the first time but is disappointed.
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
Dominic MacIver reviews Howard Benton's Danton's Death at the National Theatre