Vanessa Thorpe

The British Board of Film Classification has rated all of HBO’s UK catalogues, from Game of Thrones to Succession, in only six months. It would have taken an officer six years

Eddie Redmayne latest to be penalised as more drivers avoid points on their licence by taking one-to-one class

Three women and one man will vie for Britain’s top art award with an exhibition in Middlesbrough

Theatregoers will be invited to ‘hurl abuse’ in immersive performance that puts women’s voices centre stage

A roadshow celebrating 100 years of Spotlight won’t be complete unless the first 1927 editions can be found

Our critic picks five cultural highlights, whether you have a few minutes, an hour or a night out to spare

The acclaimed Bashkir mezzo-soprano on what young people want from opera, the toll of performing Carmen, and why she’ll never call herself a diva

The opera star reveals she learnt of her illness just weeks after arranging a charity auction of her gowns – which will now raise money for hospices

Animals featured large in the naturalist’s 100th birthday video message from the king and queen at Balmoral, but one was more equal than the others

In her debut at the Edinburgh Fringe, the woman wrongfully convicted of Meredith Kercher’s murder defiantly reclaims her story