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26 December 2023

  • Serving up the unexpected … Ian McKellen in Player Kings and comedian Julia Masli

    2024 culture preview
    The best theatre, dance and comedy tickets to book in 2024

    The new year’s hottest shows include stage versions of Minority Report, Spirited Away and La Strada, performances by Keeley Hawes and Ian McKellen – plus laughs from Julia Masli, Rhod Gilbert and Ania Magliano
  • Marius Neset, Lionel Loueke, Gretchen Parlato and John Scofield

    Best music of 2023
    The 10 best jazz albums of 2023

    Nikki Iles affirmed her flawless ear, Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke finished each other’s sentences and Tyshawn Sorey rewrote standard-song interpretation
  • TOPSHOT-INDONESIA-MYANMAR-ROHINGYA-REFUGEE-AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023<br>TOPSHOT - -- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023 -- A Newly arrived Rohingya refugee walks to the beach after the local community decided to temporarily allow them to land for water and food in Ulee Madon, Aceh province, Indonesia, on November 16, 2023.. About 250 Rohingya refugees reached western Indonesia on a overcrowded wooden boat on November 16, 2023, bringing the total number of refugees reported by local officials to have arrived this week to nearly 600. (Photo by amanda jufrian / AFP) / AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023 (Photo by AMANDA JUFRIAN/AFP via Getty Images)

    Pictures of the year
    The photographs that defined 2023 – and the stories behind them

    The year has been dominated by the Israel-Gaza and Ukraine wars, and protests around the world. But there have been moments of joy, too – from Elton John’s Glastonbury show to Vanilla the chimp’s first taste of freedom. Photographers reflect on the moments behind the pictures

25 December 2023

  • Naoko Sakata, Matthew Halsall and Anna Meredith.

    Best music of 2023
    The 10 best contemporary albums of 2023

  • ‘Scrappy but opulent’ … Nourished by Time, Jane Remover and Pupil Slicer

    2023 in Culture
    The five-star albums we missed in 2023 – from Jane Remover to Jalen Ngonda

24 December 2023

  • Monumental sounds … Deena Abdelwahed, Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer and Shahzad Ismaily, and Ali Sethi

    Best music of 2023
    The 10 best global albums of 2023

  • Close up of woman applying red lipstick

    The beauty spot
    Red lipsticks: 10 of the best

23 December 2023

  • Intertwining again … Past Lives.

    Best movies US 2023
    The 50 best movies of 2023 in the US

  • Past Lives

    Best films of 2023
    The 50 best films of 2023 in the UK

22 December 2023

  • Young Fathers and Lankum.

    Best music of 2023
    The 50 best albums of 2023

  • Defies genre … Lankum (L-R) Ian Lynch, Daragh Lynch, Radie Peat and Cormac Dermody.

    Best music of 2023
    The 50 best albums of 2023, No 1 – Lankum: False Lankum

  • IMDb Exclusive Portrait Studio At The 2023 Critics Choice Celebration Honoring Black, Latino &amp; AAPI Achievements<br>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 04: Greta Lee poses in the IMDb Exclusive Portrait Studio at the 2023 Critics Choice Celebration Honoring Black, Latino &amp; AAPI Achievements at Fairmont Century Plaza on December 04, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Rowe/Getty Images for IMDb)

    Best films UK 2023
    Greta Lee on Past Lives: ‘Seeing an Asian woman 15ft high felt so radical and really dangerous’

  • Composite: Alexis' Year in Pop 2023. Blur, Taylor Swift, Mitski

    Best music of 2023
    Blank space: how Taylor Swift – and an aching sense of loss – dominated music in 2023

21 December 2023

  • Composite image for best theatre of 2024 featuring (L-R) Nadia ‘Nadeeya’ Gabrieli Kalati performs Bikutsi 3000, Nikki Shiels in Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Sunday, Mary Poppins the Musical and Taylor Mac's show Bark of Millions

    Australia year in review 2023
    Australia on stage: the best theatre, musicals, dance and opera of 2023

  • In fine feather … Headbangers: Rhythm Royale

    2023 in Culture
    The video games you may have missed in 2023

  • Mixing it up … The Bear.

    2023 in TV
    The 50 best TV shows of 2023

  • Edinburgh success stories … Eloina, Ahir Shah and Ashley Kaylynn Green of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

    2023 in Culture
    The best theatre, comedy and dance of 2023

  • 2023 in Culture
    The 20 best podcasts of 2023

  • Best films UK 2023
    Cate Blanchett: ‘Tár would have been jealous of Maestro. Fo’ shizz’

  • ‘Hypnotically terrible’: readers on 15 so-bad-they’re-brilliant Christmas movies

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