Steve Dinneen

The Misanthrope is a play that flatters to deceive, filled to bursting with ideas it’s never quite able to unpack

Archduke is a comedy of errors whose influences run the gamut from Withnail and I to Chris Morris’s Four Lions

The Avington Estate grounds have been transformed into an outdoor activity haven, complete with rowing and coldwater swimming.

Coq d’Argent is set to move to a new home in the Square Mile, swapping No.1 Poultry for a riverside location at One Millennium Bridge

Tim Pitt goes for a wild ride in his R5’s mutant cousin: the very fast and extremely sideways Renault 5 Turbo 3E

Sarah Kane’s Cleansed returns at the Almeida in a bold, brutal staging that finds beauty amid horror – read the review.

Uzbek businessman Ovik Mkrtchyan won £105,000 in a UK defamation case over a Russian propaganda-linked “pink slime” site.

Explore Newport’s Celtic Manor, a vast nostalgic resort with golf, pools, six restaurants and major event spaces; book rooms from £115.

Barts North Wing houses the restored Hogarth Stair and Great Hall, a free City landmark up for Toast the City Awards.

Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss lead a visually striking but plodding Sophocles-Bergman mash-up at the National Theatre; read the review.