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Dominic Raab's opera snobbery is proof of Britain's problem with 'highbrow' art

In mocking Angela Rayner's Glyndebourne visit, the Deputy PM showed his ignorance of British cultural history – and the beauty of opera
Black Bird, review: Ray Liotta burns up the screen in final TV appearance

Taron Egerton brings cockiness and confidence to this adaptation of the true story of Jimmy Keene
Nitram, review: a haunting portrait of Australia's worst modern massacre

Justin Kurzel's film traces the psychological descent of Port Arthur gunman Martin Bryant, played by a superb Caleb Landry Jones
The Undeclared War, review: a gripping cyber thriller with one glaring problem

Peter Kosminsky's intelligent, chilling drama about a Russian cyber attack on the UK is hampered by some implausible Hollywood plotting

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Dominic Raab's opera snobbery is proof of Britain's problem with 'highbrow' art

In mocking Angela Rayner's Glyndebourne visit, the Deputy PM showed his ignorance of British cultural history – and the beauty of opera
The RSC must make Shakespeare great again

The company's successor to Gregory Doran has a tough job – to save Shakespeare from identity politics and fads
Prudish culture is a bore – give us sex and violence, not moral lectures

In our pallid climate, challenging art is being set adrift in a sea of mediocrity. Why can't we take transgression seriously?
James Naughtie's excellent interview with Henry Kissinger had one glaring omission

Radio 4 aired conversations with Kissinger, Martin Lewis and Bono last week. Each provided very different insights into very different men

The Princess: a damsel entertainingly dishing out heaps of distress

Joey King is terrific as the princess who ploughs her way through an entire castle full of baddies to avoid marrying a sociopathic prince
Eric Ravilious: Drawn to War: fascinating new light on a singularly English master

Neglected until just a few years ago, the landscape and war artist comes marvellously alive in this thoughtful, star-studded documentary
Nitram, review: a haunting portrait of Australia's worst modern massacre

Justin Kurzel's film traces the psychological descent of Port Arthur gunman Martin Bryant, played by a superb Caleb Landry Jones
The Princess, review: a reminder that Diana's life and death were no soap opera

This new documentary uses archive footage to make sense of Diana's story – though it tells us little that we don't already know
Minions: The Rise of Gru, review: a brilliant, breakneck throwback to Looney Tunes

Who'd have thought it? The 'origin story' for criminal mastermind Gru (and his yellow helpers) is by far the series's punchiest entry yet

Rock's untold stories, from band-splitting feuds to the greatest performances of all time

What's on TV tonight: The Undeclared War, The Hotel Inspector, and more

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'Normal' doesn't exist – and the search for it has ruined medicine

Eureka! Sarah Chaney's excellent Am I Normal? is one of those rare pop-science books that make you look at the whole world differently
Qatar's pre-World Cup PR woes are proof that money can't buy everything

The Gulf state is hoping to 'sports wash' its image but John McManus's stunning exposé Inside Qatar reveals what life is really like there
Prudish culture is a bore – give us sex and violence, not moral lectures

In our pallid climate, challenging art is being set adrift in a sea of mediocrity. Why can't we take transgression seriously?
How on earth did this preachy, whimsical mess win the 2022 Women's Prize?

The Book of Form and Emptiness – in which a boy who talks to scissors meets a hobo poet and a non-binary ferret – is a tiresome slog

Prudish culture is a bore – give us sex and violence, not moral lectures

In our pallid climate, challenging art is being set adrift in a sea of mediocrity. Why can't we take transgression seriously?
The 'uncool' British graduate wowing the art world

Louise Giovanelli's work is rooted in religion, Sixties films and 'Ab Fab'
The House of Fortune by Jessie Burton review: a stifled sequel to The Miniaturist

Her 2014 bestseller about 17th-century Amsterdam was alive with spooky mystery but in this beautifully written sequel the people feel fake