Any spare change? observer.co.uk/culture/art/ar…

Anna Netrebko’s Putin problem looms over Royal Opera return….or see the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra tomorrow night at Cadogan Hall. A choice…. observer.co.uk/news/national/…

Anna Netrebko’s Putin problem looms over Royal Opera return The Russian soprano says she doesn’t support the war in Ukraine but her Tosca this week faces a chorus of critics. bit.ly/45VwylA

The roots of Blondie Martyn Goddard’s photographs capture the New York new wave band on the cusp of fame in 1978. Vanessa Thorpe bit.ly/4fWyPBG

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Thanks for all the nice messages about Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping. I’m delighted to say that episode 2 features one of our favourite, and most Oscar winning, former cast members.

How Raymond Briggs found his style | The Observer observer.co.uk/culture/books/…

Listening to ⁦The Archers⁩ omnibus? Take trip back to early Ambridge……Haywire: an entertainingly meta take on The Archers observer.co.uk/culture/theatr…

The 2025 exhibition, which comes amidst global crisis, has an urgency greater than the sum of its parts, writes Vanessa Thorpe. Read more: bit.ly/3W9Ku7a

Diane Keaton, whose long, versatile career was indelibly highlighted by her Academy Award-winning performance as Woody Allen’s titular love interest in the actor-writer-director’s 1977 romantic comedy “Annie Hall,” has died. She was 79. variety.com/2025/more/news…

Who was the girl with the pearl earring? As Vanessa Thorpe reveals, one of art's greatest mysteries may finally be solved. bit.ly/498QpRD

A Golden Age of Architecture: Rare Elizabethan and Early Jacobean Drawings by Thorpe and the Smythsons | Sir John Soane's Museum soane.org/exhibitions/go…

Solved? The key to Vermeer’s work is the key to a gentler way of life, I learn in Delft observer.co.uk/culture/art/ar…

This is strangely Assane Diop #Lupin…..Louvre museum in Paris closed after robbery, French minister says - live updates - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/live/c62l…

No subject too big for Sunil…The prizewinning author who almost lost his nerve observer.co.uk/news/national/…

Steps on to the stage…Writer Hanif Kureishi mourns his loss of mobility by chor... observer.co.uk/news/national/…

Michael Billington This wonderful The Washington Post obituary celebrates my mother’s study in New York with Uta Hagan, and her “bringing to even the wispiest of comedic parts an intensive study of a character’s intentions and motivations — and then holding on for the ride.”washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

Jane Bown: portraits of artists by the Observer's legendary photographer Plus: Patti Smith in love Jack Shenker on the Princess of the Tees Matthew Cobb on the poetic science of Francis Crick Pick up a copy with the paper tomorrow - available nationwide bit.ly/4qCozUb

Last night Paddington Bear took his first paw steps onto a West End set for the premiere of the musical based on his extraordinary story. In the paper today are the first images of the way the famous bear will appear on stage. ✍️ Vanessa Thorpe

“Hans is distressed, angry. But then he sings. He smiles. A first moment of calm.” Read more as paul webster shares what he learned singing with prisoners every week. bit.ly/3JDjnPg