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Interview
We talk to director Asif Kapadia (Senna) about revisiting the tragedy, the girl behind the tabloids, and the family's reaction to new Amy Winehouse documentary.
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Everyone's talking about Nell Zink, whose debut novels have set publishing alight. Ella Cory-Wright asks the author about long-tailed tits, her agent Jonathan Franzen and living in Nell-land.
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Much loved actor Sir Ian McKellen fills us in on debunking the myth and portraying dementia in the new Sherlock Holmes movie from director Bill Condon.
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We talk to Lucian Freud's model Sue Tilley about the artist's colourful private life, nudity and that £35 million price tag...
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As National Theatre musical London Road hits the cinemas in a hotly-anticipated film adaptation, we caught up with playwright turned screenwriter Alecky Blythe.
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The man behind the adverts: BBH founder Sir John Hegarty chats about the art of persuasion, his love of Mad Men and his secret London hideouts.
Features
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SERIES: We ask the best curators in the world what it takes to make it in the cutthroat contemporary art scene
Features
We chat to the Royal Court Artistic Director Vicky Featherstone about sexism in theatre, cowardly directors and why London is not the centre of the universe...
Essential
Cinema
New Juliette Binoche film Clouds of Sils Maria is a meta-theatrical tale of fading celebrity from Paris je t'aime director Olivier Assayas.
Interview
Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction finalist Laline Paull talks about stunning debut novel The Bees and shares her literary loves with Culture Whisper.
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The founder of Opera Holland Park, Michael Volpe, talks memoir-writing, unmissable opera highlights and the importance of cultural engagement with Lucy Brooks
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As Golem transfers to the West End, lead performer and 1927's associate artistic director Esme Appleton discusses collaboration, animation and the paradox of technology with Lucy Brooks
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Creative Director and leader of Punchdrunk Enrichment explains immersive theatre for children, and gives us the inside scoop on their new nautical adventure.
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The talented young choreographer George Williamson tells CW he wants to bring the excitement of ballet to new audiences.
In the Know
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the Danish actor who plays Jaime Lannister (Game of Thrones) stars in director Susanne Bier's new Danish thriller A Second Chance. India Halstead catches up with him.
Interview
INTERVIEW: We chat with Hadley Freeman, Guardian writer and author, about her new book, the National Theatre and heading to the Oscars.
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INTERVIEW: Wayne McGregor, Royal Ballet resident choreographer and one of modern-day dance’s most way-out innovators, talks technology and new ballets while walking his whippets.
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On the eve of his new collaboration with Gandini Juggling, we caught up with acclaimed London-based composer Nimrod Borenstein to discuss the composition.
Interview
Kinks musical: London welcomes Sunny Afternoon to the West End and the show's star shares his insider secrets with CW's Laura Tennant