Claims: culture

• 20 Best Sword-and-Sandal Films, From ‘The Odyssey’ to ‘Gladiator’
• ‘A gasp-inducing thrill ride’: why The Polygamist should be your next TV obsession
• A Living Memorial to Palestinian Activist Alex Odeh Takes Flight
• ‘A masterpiece in every way’: The Odyssey earns near universal acclaim as full reviews published
• A View From the Easel
• Adam Lambert looks back: ‘I couldn’t pass up on joining Queen – even if the fans were protective of Freddie’
• Add to playlist: the nervy breakbeats and acid delirium of Silverwingkiller and the week’s best new tracks
• Alice Roberts: ‘By the time I’d finished Richard Dawkins I’d left faith behind’
• ‘An act of resistance’: holdout homes in the US – in pictures
• Andrew Motion: ‘Wilfred Owen became a kind of sacred text for me’
• Andrew Tate and Brother Tristan Arrested in Miami
• Anita Brookner by Hermione Lee review – an enigmatic literary great given her due
• Ariana Grande Surprises Fans as Ty Dolla $ign Joins Eternal Sunshine Tour to Duet ‘Safety Net’
• Art Spiegelman: ‘The US needs a counter-revolution’
• Artist’s Planned Monument to Charlie Kirk Gets Trolled Online
• ‘At times I felt I’d bitten off more than I could chew’: Christopher Nolan on sweeping the Oscars, making The Odyssey – and getting a puppy
• BAFTA Student Award Winners Include Young Filmmakers From Spain, France, China and America
• ‘Being a billionaire is so tacky!’ Musical firebrand Lido Pimienta on exploitation, class struggle – and going ‘Enya mode’
• Betrayal by Luke Harding review – could Donald Trump be a Russian asset?
• Between ‘Summer House’ and ‘In the City,’ Lindsay Hubbard Doesn’t Have Time to Slow Down
• Brandon Flowers Sings One for the Croupiers on New Song ‘Paradise’
• Brazil’s Gramado Fest Set to Honor ‘I’m Still Here’ Star Selton Mello and ‘The Secret Agent’ Standout Maria Fernanda Cândido
• Brenda Fricker obituary
• Brenda Fricker, Oscar winner for My Left Foot, dies aged 81
• ‘Call of Duty’ Movie From Taylor Sheridan and Peter Berg Will Be Set in ‘Modern Warfare’ Universe
• Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse - Konami classic rises again from Paris sewers and Joan of Arc is a boss
• Chastity, nodding and enormous pores: will women also love Nolan’s Odyssey?
• Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
• Christopher Nolan Says It Will Be ‘At Least’ Three Years Until He Makes Another Movie After ‘The Odyssey’ Pushed the ‘Limits of My Own Stamina’
• Christopher Nolan Says ‘The Odyssey’ Made Him “Hit The Limits Of My Own Stamina” & It’ll Be “At Least” 3 Years Until His Next Film
• Could AI be conscious?
• Could this policy fix the care system and slash student debt at the same time?
• ‘Disorderly’ intruder removed from NBC’s Today show after security breach
• Edward Church, Peter Hujar, Looted Art
• Emily Wilson to retranslate the Odyssey from scratch
• Espionage, true crime and war: Baillie Gifford longlist revealed
• Every year 6 student to be given Katherine Rundell book for Christmas
• Fall 2: Deadpoint review – silly seat-edge sequel can’t reach heights of the original
• Fanatics Debuts “We’re Still Wearing It” Campaign Honoring Lionel Messi Ahead of World Cup Final
• Feminism for a World on Fire by Natasha Walter review – hope amid the hopelessness
• Five arrested in Hong Kong bookstore raids in ‘seditious’ materials crackdown
• Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon Dies: ‘Palisades Park’ & ‘Tallahassee Lassie’ Rock & Roller Was 89
• Freddy Cannon, Rock and Roller Behind Hits “Palisades Park” and “Tallahassee Lassie,” Dies at 89
• Freddy Cannon, Rocker Whose Late ’50s and Early ’60s Hits Included ‘Palisades Park’ and ‘Tallahassee Lassie,’ Dies at 89
• From petrol pump attendant to Dylan-feted rocker and Judd Apatow muse: the delightfully unlikely life of Graham Parker
• ‘From the father of the guy who made Obsession’: is the nepo dad the new nepo baby?
• Gracie Abrams: Daughter from Hell review – bloodless anthems hit like a faceful of icing sugar
• Hagitude author Sharon Blackie: ‘At 60 I wasn’t ready to give up, I was just starting’
• ‘He’s a good man’: George Clooney defends Mark Ruffalo in Paramount-Warner Bros merger row
• ‘He was always a bit of a groundbreaker’: David Bowie enters a new dimension in ‘extended reality’ documentary
• ‘Heartstopper Forever’ Director, Writer and Stars Joe Locke and Kit Connor on the Finale: “It Connects the Whole Heartstopper Gang”
• Heartstopper Forever review – sanitized sex scenes won’t let the Netflix lovebirds grow up
• Hidden Creatures by Dino Martins review – the revolting world of parasites
• How I’ve Tried to Change the World by Alexei Sayle review – does protest make a difference?
• How Metallica’s Lars Ulrich Was Inspired by U2’s Sphere Residency: ‘F-cking Awestruck’
• How to Watch the World Cup Final Halftime Show Live Online
• ‘I am so tired’: Jillian Edelstein’s devastating portraits of apartheid and more – in pictures
• ‘I used to do acid on a Wednesday. I don’t have time for that now’: alt-pop star Steve Lacy on his struggles after huge hit Bad Habit
• Ink review – Danny Boyle turns the birth of the Sun into a lurid tabloid frenzy
• ‘Intoxicating mix of humour, high camp and danger’: Tim Curry remembered
• ‘It always comes around’: fans react to conviction in Tupac Shakur’s murder 30 years later
• ‘It’s a spiritual experience’: docuseries goes behind the spectacular chaos of Burning Man
• ‘It would be weird not to show the sex’: Kit Connor and Joe Locke on Heartstopper’s queer teen curtain call
• Jack White: Frozen Charlotte review – brutal, squalid blues-rock that just about sells its own ridiculousness
• Jackass: Best and Last review – kings of gross-out comedy’s final, funny farewell
• James Gunn Says ‘Big Brother 28’s Rick Devens Was Set For ‘Man Of Tomorrow’ Cameo But “Had To Cancel” Due To CBS Competition
• Jelly Roll and Bunnie Xo Finalize Divorce: Report
• Jelly Roll Goes to San Quentin for New Video ‘Hands Up’
• Jennifer Finch, L7 Bassist, Dead at 59
• Jill Scott review – joyous phones-free show is a taste of how all concerts should be
• Jim Parsons Opens Up About Being “Stressed” And “Miserable” Through Much Of ‘The Big Bang Theory’
• John Oliver on redistricting: ‘putting a thumb on the scale of who gets elected’
• Larry David Jabs Anti-Vaccine Activism Of Cheryl Hines’ Husband In Latest ‘Life, Larry And The Pursuit Of Unhappiness’
• Lawsuit against Lizzo brought by former wardrobe stylist dismissed
• Lena Headey Calls Out Hollywood For “Weird Protection” Of “Predatory Men” & The Backlash Over Not Going Nude For ‘Game Of Thrones’ Scene
• Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness review – a total TV shambles from Larry David
• Life of M by Rachel Cusk review – is this story of a film star based on Natalie Portman?
• Little Brother review – Netflix comedy is neither weird or funny enough for star Eric André
• Luke Wilson On ‘The Family Stone’ Sequel: “I Can’t Believe It’s Happening”
• Maggie Gyllenhaal says film industry has a ‘systemic problem’ with sexism
• Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Fatally Stabbing NYC Vogue Dancer
• Manhattan DA’s Office Returns Three Antiquities to Mexico
• ‘Manhunter: The Final Cut’ Shows Why Director’s Cuts Are Almost Never an Improvement. But It’s Still the Greatest Thriller of Our Time
• Manosphere Influencers Andrew Tate & Brother Tristan Arrested In Miami In Connection To Sexual Offense Charges In The UK, Report
• Mariah Carey Honors ‘Daydream’ With Unreleased Songs, ‘Private Writing Sessions’
• Mariska Hargitay to host 78th Emmy awards in September
• ‘Maybe the best pumped-up sequel ever made’: James Cameron’s Aliens hits 40
• Mayday review – Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh set cold war bromance alight
• Messy, clever and can barely conceal its rage: is Furious the most outstanding TV show of the year?
• ‘Mexodus’ Review: The Underground Railroad Runs South to Mexico in a Pasadena Playhouse Musical That Feels as Spirited as a Two-Man ‘Hamilton’
• MIFFest Opens Ninth Edition in Kuala Lumpur, Earns ASEAN Records Recognition
• Natalie Imbruglia: ‘I forget the words to my own songs on stage. You’d be surprised how few people notice’
• National Year of Reading should extend to a decade, inquiry says
• ‘No stuffy vibes … just good books’: Matt Haig to open bookshop in Brighton
• Oasis, auteurs and seven hours of Bertolucci: 12 unmissable movies at the Venice film festival
• Ozzy Osbourne’s Hometown of Birmingham to Honor Singer on Anniversary of Death
• Pat Oleszko Wins $100K Whitney Biennial Prize
• ‘People say they’ve conceived to my music’: Tricky’s honest playlist
• Planned Charlie Kirk Statue Gets Trolled
• Porn star turned late-night TV icon Robin Byrd: ‘Sex is a form of magic’
• Post your questions for Kristin Hersh, of Throwing Muses and more
• Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings by Jared Diamond review – how to change the course of history
• Quidditch, Muggles, magic: new Harry Potter trailer gives full look at TV show
• ‘Ramones had leather jackets when they got spat on. We didn’t!’ David Byrne on touring with Talking Heads and taking advice from Lou Reed
• Required Reading
• ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Star Valentina To Make Broadway Debut In ‘The Rocky Horror Show’
• Rupert Murdoch ‘very happy’ that Guy Pearce plays him in Fleet Street biopic Ink
• Samantha Morton on Her Electrifying Performance as Circe in Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’: ‘It Felt Like a Rebirth’
• Saturday Night Live: Will Ferrell plays Jeffrey Epstein in strong season finale
• Scaring monkeys? Detecting bedbugs? Meet the elite working dogs – in pictures
• See Martin Garrix Debut New U2 Collaboration ‘Fireflies’ With the Edge at Tomorrowland
• Seth Meyers on the second Trump presidency: ‘No one feels better, everyone’s miserable’
• Seth Meyers on Trump 2.0: ‘Every day is a constant stream of humiliation’
• ‘She made Mondays something to look forward to’: readers pay tribute to Carol Rumens, Guardian’s Poem of the week columnist
• Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US
• ‘Some fantastic mischief lurking just around the grin’: Sam Neill by Tara Fitzgerald – a poem
• Star Wars Zero Company review – joyfully absurd heroics with a tight-knit team of misfits
• Supergirl review – sprightly and sparkling superhero yarn without the usual baffling DC backstory
• The 100 best novels of all time
• The American Experiment review – Tom Hanks’ history of the US is absolutely packed with big names
• The Artists Working in Velvet, Amethyst, and Relics
• The Bear review - this kitchen nightmare of a show dials it up to 11 for its last ever series
• The best books to read in August: new paperbacks from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Salman Rushdie and Werner Herzog
• The best books to read in July: new paperbacks from Andrew O’Hagan, Miriam Toews and Oyinkan Braithwaite
• The best recent crime and thrillers – review roundup
• The best recent translated fiction – review roundup
• The Bridge by Colm Tóibín review – betrayal and survival in the High Pyrenees
• The Cure’s Robert Smith Slams FIFA’s World Cup Final Halftime Show: ‘Just F— Off’
• The Disappearers by Marlon James review – a scorching exposé of homophobia in Jamaica
• The Hunt for Gollum is being criticised for its all-white cast. Blaming Tolkien is the wrong answer
• The Invite review – A-list ensemble electrify hilarious couples night gone wrong comedy
• ‘The Odyssey’ Galloping to $120M in Muscular Box Office Opening
• ‘The Odyssey’ Opening To $257M+ Around The World, Best Ever For Christopher Nolan Ahead Of ‘Dark Knight Rises’ – Global Box Office Update
• ‘The Odyssey’s Tom Holland On Why He “Could Relax” After Robert Pattinson Casting: “You’re So Good At Being A Dickhead”
• ‘The Odyssey’ Slaying With $120M+ U.S. Opening: ‘A’ CinemaScore, Best Live-Action Haul Of 2026 & Record For Matt Damon As Lead – Box Office Saturday AM Update
• The opposite of ‘damsels in distress’: how TV fell in love with female gangsters
• The Red Mouth by Sheila Armstrong review – profound exploration of Ireland’s deep time
• The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State by Jill Lepore review – an ominous warning of tech takeover
• The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout audiobook review – brilliant portrait of an existential crisis
• The True Story Behind the First Foreign Feature to Break Out In Hollywood
• The year of Domhnall Gleeson: ‘No one talks about actors’ dedication. But I had a perm for five months!’
• Todd Haynes and Wallace Shawn among signatories of letter backing Mark Ruffalo amid antisemitism charge
• Toy Story 5 review – Pixar franchise needs new batteries
• Tradwives and ‘anti-woke’ backlash: can Netflix reboot Little House on The Prairie for a new generation?
• Transforming toxic: a new vision for urban waterways takes shape in Brooklyn – in photos
• Travis Scott Teams With James Blake, Ludwig Goransson for ‘The Odyssey’ Closer ‘When I’m Home’
• Trevor Winkfield’s Cheerfully Sinister Worlds
• Triage by Claudia Rankine review – how should we respond to the world’s atrocities?
• Trump Shrinks Utah National Monuments by 90%
• Turning Point: Generation 9/11 review – nothing about that day has lost its power to shock or harrow the soul
• Under Story by Chloe Benjamin review – this time-reversal melodrama is quantum hokum
• Up All Night by Imogen Willetts review – a seductive history of going out
• Was Paul Mescal being ‘not masculine enough’ the reason Gladiator II flopped?
• ‘We’ve always been wary of working together’: Val McDermid and Jo Sharp on writing a novel as a couple
• ‘We’ve had moments of devastating pain’: jazz icons Ezra Collective on their new album – and why we can’t rely on the government
• ‘We were in danger of running it into the ground’: Brittany Howard on fleeing fame, fighting Trump and the epic return of Alabama Shakes
• Wendell Berry, US author, farmer and environmentalist, dies aged 92
• What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in July
• What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June
• Where to Watch France vs. England World Cup Third-Place Playoff Online
• Yayoi Kusama – a life in pictures
• Zendaya’s Earrings Are Part of a Much Bigger Problem