Glasgow 1955: Through the LensPeople's Palace & Winter Gardens, GlasgowUntil 30 July The next few weeks will be your last chance to see this exhibition of photos taken by camera clubs of everyday scenes of people and places.
The handsome face with the far away gaze stares down from posters on streets and bedroom walls all over the world, more recognisable perhaps than fellow beardie Jesus Christ.
This week of events aims to explore architecture and the built environment via the arts and culture.
Brothers & Sisters Pete SeegerOut now After Bruce Springsteen’s recent album of Pete Seeger covers this release is a timely chance to get to know Seeger’s music better.
Iran will continue to feature in newspaper headlines this month – for two reasons. The first is the stance taken by the US and Britain over Iran’s nuclear programme. The other is that Iran is taking part in the football world cup, which starts this week in Germany.
John Constable: The Great Landscapes Tate Britain, London SW1, to 28 August John Constable (1776-1837) sold just 20 paintings in his lifetime – but then he became too popular. Constant reproduction reduced works such as The Hay Wain to chocolate box cliches and saddled Constable with an undeserved reputation as a pastoral sentimentalist.
Chill Brazil, Favela Chic, Brazilian Flavas… From Bebel Gilberto’s chart topping "new" bossa nova to corporate adverts for Nissan, Citroen, Orange and Ikea, Brazilian music seems to be back – and in a big way.
Cheltenham Science Festival7-11 Junewww.cheltenhamfestivals.co.uk This five-day festival across a variety of venues in Cheltenham is now in its fifth year, attracting thousands of people to a mixture of debates, talks and workshops, designed to explain and explore scientific issues to a general audience.
In 1907 when Maxim Gorky’s play Enemies was sent to the Russian censor it was banned. The censor said that it was "nothing but a diatribe against the possessing classes".
Whatever your feelings about Maxim Gorky, Enemies is a play that seems to capture the possibilities when society is on the edge of change.
Living With Warby Neil YoungCD out now Neil Young returns to form with this angry, polemical attack on George Bush’s regime. The man who wrote "Ohio", a protest against the murder of four anti-war students at Kent State University in 1970, seemed lost to the movement after his pro-war songs in the aftermath of 9/11.
Daniel Barenboim is recognised as one of the greatest pianists and conductors alive today. He started off as a child prodigy, playing his first concert at the age of seven in his hometown of Buenos Aires. At the age of ten, in 1952, his family emigrated to the new state of Israel.
