Culture

The legendary Chic guitarist’s recent Daft Punk-sparked moment in the spotlight is a fine reminder of just how soulful and human his music can be—even when he’s playing with robots.

The National have gone from artists’ artists to stadium headliners, just as their borough has gone from artists’ enclave to centre of the creative universe. Both have come to represent a certain kind of ambition. Where does it end?

Joss Whedon's fast and loose production of Much Ado About Nothing reflects William Shakespeare more as a writer of lowbrow human interest plays rather than the overwrought soliloquies his work has come to be associated with.