Goodbye Barcelona is a critically acclaimed new play at the Arcola Theatre in Dalston, London.
For the millions who hate Sarah Palin and her reactionary politics, the rise and fall of the former governor of Alaska makes a gripping spectacle.
Stewart Lee has become one of the few alternative comics from the early 1990s to keep his clout.
The West African state of Ghana held a presidential election in 2008. This documentary follows the campaign, interviewing candidates and filming rallies and electoral officials.
This series of twisted comedy dramas from Guardian journalist Charlie Brooker offers some disturbing food for thought.
Mikhail Bulgakov, the Russian dramatist, routinely had his plays banned by the Stalinist authorities in Russia.
From Philip K Dick’s classic novel The Man in the High Castle through to a recent episode of Channel 4’s Misfits, alternative histories of the Second World War have long fascinated audiences.
The Riots, by Gillian Slovo, is well worth an outing to the Tricycle theatre.
This collection of portraits, altar pieces and exquisite draftsmanship tells the story of Leonardo da Vinci’s evolving vision under the patronage of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan, in the late 15th century.
Andrea Arnold’s new film Wuthering Heights breathes ferocious life into Emily Brontë’s novel of the intense, but doomed, love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff.
