Branford Marsalis times twoPaul Wells interviews the jazz and classical saxophonist about his two musical worlds
Robin Thicke and the tyranny of the breakup albumFor too long, we’ve given breakup albums, however bad, a free pass. Robin Thicke’s ’Paula’ may help us fall out of love with the genre.
Laura Jane Grace: ’People are people. They deserve to be loved.’The lead singer of veteran punk band Against Me! talks about her transition as a transgender woman
An art show for toilets and ductworkRem Koolhaas’s vision for architecture’s biggest fair is oddly glum, and often wrong
Rap’s latest, greatest mysteryIt’s the latest rap conspiracy: Is the legend Nas is rapping under a pseudonym? What that tells us about curating mystique in the arts
The ‘fat shaming’ of Tara Erraught forces an issue in operaThe talented mezzo soprano received criticism for her body type, not her performance
Fabergé’s jewellery masterpieces, now in MontrealA diamond-encrusted ode to the splendour of imperial Russia