Pedro Almodovar is already probably the single most hyped director in world cinema.
Translated, Volver means "To Return" - and this film is, in many ways, a return for director Pedro Almodóvar.
Keith Coventry: PaintingsTramway Gallery, Glasgow. FreeUntil 17 Septwww.tramway.org This exhibition brings together several of Keith Coventry’s paintings series’ including The Albany, Estate and White Abstracts.
The Chartist movement of the mid-19th century was the first attempt to build a political party representing the working class. Central to the movement was the radical newspaper the Northern Star. In 1839, the paper sold 50,000 copies a week, rivalling the circulation of the Times.
Despite - or perhaps because of - Brazil’s massive levels of poverty, the country has produced some of the most passionate and inspiring music the world has ever heard.
The Caucasian Chalk Circleby Bertolt BrechtThe Scoop, London Bridge, SE1Until 17 September. Freewww.suzannarosenthal.com/scoop This is an adaptation of a play written while Brecht was in exile from Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
Pepijn Brandon looks back at the German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s life and work
Being radical is one thing - being radical and Muslim is quite another, as Aki Nawaz discovered last month.
The Edinburgh Festival presents so many shows that choosing what to see can be like trying to find a a in a haystack. Nevertheless, some shows come with such a strong track record, or are just so intriguing, that they jump out of the programme.
This independent film festival and competition is a chance to see new filmmakers work and a host of other events, with showings taking place in at least two venues each night - Westbourne Studios and Inn On The Green.
John Hegley’s poetry is comic, with a quirky mixture of nostalgia, melancholy and hope. His new collection, Uncut Confetti, returns to some of his regular themes - including growing up in Luton and his relationship with his father.
An early poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley has unexpectedly come to light after an absence of nearly 200 years.
