Guardian US critics: our cultural new year's resolutions
Never mind getting fit or giving up smoking, will this be the year you finally read In Search of Lost Time? Our critics share the arts-related things they’re determined to do in 2015
Middle East, 2015: further standoffs, tripwires and catastrophes
Simon Tisdall: the jihadist threat of Isis and ongoing Syria catastrophe will pile pressure on western leaders. Then there’s Iran, Turkey, Israel-Palestine and north Africa …
YouTube apocalypse: old media still struggle to understand web superstars such as Zoella
Mourn the death of the wallet – it holds memories as well as money
Highlights of the 2015 calendar (including some you might have missed if we hadn’t warned you)
On the eve of the BBC Music Sound of 2015 poll, Kitty Empire, Killian Fox, Michael Cragg and Kate Mossman pick out pop’s young contenders set to grab next year by the horns