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Sarah Moss: ‘I never liked Wuthering Heights as much as Jane Eyre’ | books

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✨ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Books,Culture 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: My first memory is reading“Swallowdale” by Arthur Ransom, seven years old. I did not learn to read in the early years of school, and was deeply illiterate until my grandmother, a retired primary school teacher, intervened. I loved the Swallows and Amazons series, especially Swallowdale in which a shipwreck is salvaged and the adults provide just the right support when the kids mess up.My favorite book growing upThe Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the politics of which…

Artificial Intelligence, Salman Rushdie and Elon Musk: The Most Anticipated Documentaries of 2026 | Culture 2026 Preview

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💥 Read this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: 2026 culture preview,Documentary films,Salman Rushdie,Film,Elon Musk,Alex Gibney,Culture,Billie Jean King,Billie Eilish,James Cameron ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: TThe landscape of realistic cinema is fast, fragile and ever-changing in these absurd times; The movies we're discussing now may never be released, and the movies we're discussing a year from now may not even have the germ of an idea yet. But between the usual lineup of celebrity retrospectives, music documentaries, and the ongoing work of chronicling the atrocities in Gaza, the 2026 documentary slate already looks full and promising. From…

High Noon Review – Billy Crudup brings back the classic Hollywood Western with a bang | stage

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💥 Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Theatre,Westerns,Denise Gough,West End,Culture,Stage,Film 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: HHow do you turn classic Hollywood Westerns into West End musical fare? Add the songs, several Bruce Springsteen songs in this case, plus a few rounds of line dancing and a breakout star in Billy Crudup. However, it's an initially strange experience as Thea Sharrock's production shifts from one brief cinematic scene to the next, and the endeavor feels as wooden as the saloon bar slides that make up the beautiful set.As a piece of theater, it finds its flow.…

From Hamnet to Bridget Christie: your complete entertainment guide for the week ahead | culture

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✨ Explore this insightful post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Culture,Music,Stage,Dance,Theatre,Film,Television,Television & radio,Art,Art and design,Games 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: Checkout: cinemaHamnetOut nowBring the tissues for this emotional Oscar nominee that sees Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley play William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes, whose son Hamnet dies at the age of 11. It is based on the book by Maggie O'Farrell, and directed by Chloe Zhao (Nomadland).David Lynch: The DreamerBFI Southbank and BFI Imax, London, until 31 JanuaryMarking what would have been the director's 80th birthday, this new season includes screenings of major films like The Elephant…

Industry to Blue Velvet: Week of Rave Reviews | culture

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🚀 Discover this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Culture,Television,Film,Books,Music 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: televisionIf you only watch one, do it...industryBBC iPlayer from MondaySummarize in a sentence The banking drama returns with its best series ever, one that's noticeably darker and more debauched.What our reviewer said “Truly first-class television and certainly destined for year-end lists, which is a serious achievement when we're only a week into January.” Hannah J. DavisRead the full reviewChoose from the restGirl takenParamount+Tallulah Evans and Delphi Evans in Girl Taken. Photo: Clapperboard TV/Paramount+Summarize in a sentence A psychologically complex thriller about a…

‘Beethoven in the Present Day’: Fans talk about what David Bowie meant to them 10 years after his death | David Bowie

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✨ Read this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: David Bowie,Pop and rock,Music,London,Culture,UK news 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: For Debbie Hilton, David Bowie meant "everything." "My house is a shrine to him. He is still alive in my house. My Christmas tree was David Bowie's, and even my bed is Bowie's," she said.She traveled from Liverpool to join fellow Bowie fans at the Starman Memorial in Brixton, south London, where the singer was born, to pay their respects on the anniversary of his death.The gathering has become a site of annual pilgrimage for some, but this…

BBCNOW/Bancroft/Gerhardt Review – Intriguing connections, magical and bleak beauty | classical music

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💥 Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Classical music,BBC National Orchestra of Wales,Culture,Music,Wales 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: CAdavre Exquis was the game - akin to a game of consequences - in which Surrealist artists like Yves Tanguy and Joan Miro made separate contributions to a single work without seeing what anyone else did, to see how the image might develop, or just for the hell of it. Anders Hellborg took the principle as inspiration for his composition Magnificent Corpse, but where the Surrealists had hoped for signs of an unconscious collective sensibility, the emerging…

What does your car say about you? A global portrait of people and their journeys, from Shanghai to Santa Monica | Photography

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🚀 Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Photography,Books,Motoring,Art and design,Culture 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: II find in my novels that I rarely write "car," "van," or "truck"—I tend to always specify the make and model, often with some pedantic precision. Why should this be so? After all, I'm not driving, someone who claims to be able to drive (I actually learned that), but has never passed a driving test. However, ironically, I am a car fan - I admit, I adore petrol - perhaps as a result of spending long hours, or perhaps years,…

My Cultural Awakening: Losing My REM Religion Helped Me Escape Doomsday Cult | culture

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✨ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Culture,REM,Music 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: IIn 1991, I was living in a commune with 200 other people in Japan, as a member of a sect called the Children of God, which preached that the world would end in 1993. Everything I did—from where I slept each night, to who I was allowed to sleep with—was decided by my mayor. I was encouraged to keep a daily diary, then hand it to the leaders every night, so they could examine it for signs of dissent. I was…

The 15 best games to play on Nintendo Switch in 2026 | games

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🔥 Explore this must-read post from Culture | The Guardian 📖 📂 **Category**: Games,Culture,Nintendo,Nintendo Switch ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: AAlthough the Nintendo Switch 2 has been out for several months, not everyone has jumped on the new device and there is still plenty to enjoy on the original console in 2026 (and beyond). From timeless Mario adventures to sweet shooters to deep RPG missions, here are 15 games no Switch owner should live without.Animal Crossing: New HorizonsA virtual paradise... Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Image: NintendoThe cozy life simulator is back with new characters, relaxing activities and countless talents to decorate…