Charles Saatchi's latest survey of contemporary art reveals sculpture in bad shape, all blobby bodies and random assemblies - monumentally meaningless... more
Latest: Tory backbencher ordered by David Cameron to retract 'ludicrous' claims that MPs' treatment in the expenses scandal compares to the plight of Jews in Nazi Germany... more
Written from inside Nazi Germany, Ödön von Horváth’s still underrated plays raise the big questions about guilt and conscience, says his translator Christopher Hampton.... more
With three pieces by Ottorino Respighi, the Italian dictator’s favourite composer, receiving their Proms premieres, William Ward examines the cultural legacy of fascism.... more
This week the Government publishes its proposals for the giant computer bank to monitor our lives. But could this be the moment the public finally
says ‘no’ to the surveillance state?... more
TIMES are tough at Merton council. It’s ordered council employees who weren’t able to make it into work because of the snow, to account for the time from their annual leave.... more
The Wave, telling the story of a school class that is transformed into a mini-dictatorship, is a strong film but in the end a rather obvious one.... more
Under conductor Xian Zhang, the London Symphony Orchestra enjoyed upstaging Sergei Eisenstein's film, in their presentation of Alexander Nevsky.... more
The second double-bill of the Young Vic's Big Brecht Fest is an uneven match. Orla O'Loughlin's How Much Is Your Iron? provides all the value, while Senora Carrar's Rifles is rather dull.... more
Rory Bremner seems to have relished his move from politics, translating to the stage with breezy farce and a generous dollop of cynical social satire in this Brecht double bill.... more
A story brimming with mad ideas and ridiculous coincidences, Improbable Frequency melds song and dance seamlessly with absurdist theatre in a production that fizzes with energy.... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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