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Sam Mendes is undertaking one of the most ambitious theatre projects ever, as he forms a theatre company made up of some of Britain and America’s finest actors to perform around the globe. Read the original article on the BBC

Canadian short story author Alice Munro wins the third Man Booker International Prize and £60,000 for lifetime’s work. Read the original article on the BBC

If politicians had spent our money on good architecture and design we might have forgiven them – instead they bought wilfully ugly second homes and filled them with tat Claims for Kit Kat chocolate bars and cleaning one’s moat represent the poles of MPs’ scandalous expenses claims. Tory “grandees”, as these sponges on society are [...]

Modern art has become too focused on money, says Josef Valentino – which is why his junk-turned-works of art don’t come with a price tag A dribble of white paint leaks from the bottom corner of a shop sign in London’s Covent Garden. The lettering looks similar to that of the late-lamented Woolworths; the font [...]

Gentle spots, clashing stripes, and an electric chair bleeding magenta … Liverpool Tate’s new show roars with colour. It’s all a bit too much for Adrian Searle The Liverpool streets are shrill with colour. The backdrops to the window displays in John Lewis look like Damien Hirst’s spot paintings; the sign above the shop selling [...]

‘If their tools had caused a single spark, the surging oil would have ignited’ I was in Kuwait in 1991. The first Gulf war had just finished, but the oil wells were still burning. To get into the country, I had to go to Saudi Arabia and hire a four-wheel drive the colour of the [...]

Pearl River Tower in Guangzhou is being billed as a green beacon amid the pollution of China’s construction boom阅读中文 | Read this in Chinese You can see the carbon emissions rising by the day over the skyline of Guangzhou, where armies of construction workers are busy throwing up skyscrapers that will soon surpass anything in [...]

Continuing her series on contemporary artists, Jessica Lack looks at the work of Agathe Snow, whose crucified animals and neon signs celebrate the spirit of downtown New York Agathe Snow‘s name has been synonymous with New York’s Lower East Side underground art scene for several years, but it’s only recently that she has begun calling [...]

Canadian short story author Alice Munro wins the third Man Booker International Prize and £60,000 for lifetime’s work. Read the original article on the BBC

An artist is picked to spend 40 days and 40 nights as a hermit in Manchester’s Gothic tower. Read the original article on the BBC