John Logan ©Marc Brenner THEATRE & DANCE 7:26pm

After Bond, Peter meets Alice

Playwright and scriptwriter John Logan talks about the contrast between film and stage

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Overtaken by the future
It rarely takes long for the newfangled to become the new normal, Leo Robson writes
The legacy of the ‘ace caff’
Today, the arts are, almost without exception, beautifully packaged, presented and promoted. But, asks Peter Aspden, is the art any good?
Edouard Manet’s portrait of Nina de Callias VISUAL ARTS 7:16pm

Costume drama

The Metropolitan Museum boldly juxtaposes couture and art in its latest show

Ballets Russes' 1913 'The Rite of Spring'; Marie Rambert is second from the left ©Bridgeman THEATRE & DANCE 7:23pm

Made of the Rite stuff

Dame Marie Rambert, a founding figure of British Ballet, witnessed the 20th century’s most celebrated theatrical brawl

Cosmina Stratan, centre, stars as a novice in ‘Beyond the Hills’, the latest film from Cristian Mungiu Nigel Andrews from FILM & TELEVISION 7:16pm

Courting controversy

Award-winning director Cristian Mungiu believes that having audiences boo his latest film is a good sign

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Sex, death and ceramics

Over a feast of raw food, Turkish collector Ömer Koç talks to Catherine Milner about his artistic passions

Film

Rooney Mara and Channing Tatum in ‘Side Effects’

Nigel Andrews on Side Effects, Robot & Frank, Oz the Great and Powerful, The Guilt Trip and more

The Art Market

Detail of Banksy’s ‘Guantanamo Bay’

London’s new Art13 fair goes global; China shows its wealth; exports come under fire

Brass astrolabe COLLECTING 7:19pm

In with the new

Gareth Harris reports on how Tefaf in Maastricht, the grande dame of art fairs, is hoping to seduce young buyers

Constance Wu, Seaming To and Enloc Wu at home in London ©Rick Pushinsky MUSIC 7:29pm

Grandmother’s footsteps

‘Unclassifiable’ composer Seaming To talks about her new song-cycle and three generations of musical inspiration

Karo Akpokiere's 'Lagos Mass Transit' (2010) COLLECTING 7:31pm

Visions of a fast-moving continent

Visitors to Art Dubai this year can enjoy a wealth of contemporary art from Africa

MUSIC 7:23pm

Mitsuko Uchida, Royal Festival Hall, London

A lonely champion of Schoenberg’s work draws a full house for a collection of musical ‘problem children’

THEATRE & DANCE 7:22pm

Paper Dolls, Tricycle Theatre, London

Philip Himberg tells a remarkable tale of strangers in a troubled land, of makeshift family and unexpected tenderness

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