We shouldn’t tame “The Taming of the Shrew”
Yet another adaptation has airbrushed the play’s domestic violence. It’s time for directors to confront it
Yet another adaptation has airbrushed the play’s domestic violence. It’s time for directors to confront it
People have been ready to criticise J.K. Rowling’s latest venture, but “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” has the magic of great theatre
What a terrible design featuring the Brandenburg Gate tells us about Berlin’s charming – and very un-German – carelessness
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s story of a pilot who befriends an otherworldly child has bewitched seven decades of readers. A new adaptation reinvents it for the Netflix generation
Every Olympics has unlikely stars and unexpectedly gripping events. Where will we find them in this year’s games?
Ahead of the Rio Olympics, a mathematician looks at what the statistics tell us about how fast humans can run and predicts when the world record will fall
A psychoanalyst explains why for people feeling “burnt out”, simply trying to relax doesn’t always work
Thirty years ago, Martina Navratilova played in the final of the Federation Cup. It was much more than a tennis match
The sport once known as “basketball for women” is rising in popularity at amateur level – even among people who weren’t keen on it at school
Suffering withdrawal symptoms after season six? Time to brush up on your Mandarin
