Culture

'Murakami saw his book come alive!': the Japanese company bringing the author’s science fiction masterpiece to the stage

A play based on the writer’s dreamlike novel Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is touring the world, riding a wave of interest in Japanese culture. Its creators talk about how they adapted the famously cryptic tale

I Give You My Silence by Mario Vargas Llosa review

This fascinating, eccentric book becomes a quirky primer on Peruvian music and culture

A Culture War in the Bedroom

A new film pokes fun at Gen Z’s inhibitions—erotic and otherwise.

Samba Queens to Sound Systems: The Riotous Streets of Notting Hill Carnival

Wayne Campbell and Wayne Crichlow have been photographing carnival for 15 years, capturing a blur of dancers, style icons, and singalongs on the tube home.

Acrobatic, goofy and super-fast: the biama battles redefining Ivorian dance culture

Fuelled by TikTok and street dance battles, the coupé-décalé offshoot is latest expression of Côte d’Ivoire’s pop culture

A Rodeo That Reminds Me of Home

Culture and entertainment recommendations including barrel racing in Phoenix, Willie Nelson songs, and more

The Romance of the Neon Sign Restaurant

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'I’ve only been addicted to two things

The actor dances his insecurities away and wells up at a particular Eric Clapton song. But which double act brings out his inner cockney?

The Guide #249: As Glastonbury has a fallow year, here’s why more much-loved culture should down tools

In this week’s newsletter: The festival always comes back fresher after allowing Worthy Farm to recover from its yearly musical extravaganza. Star Wars and Charli xcx could learn a thing or two

Utah's Eternal Orchard

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Essential American songs of the last 250 years

For the United States' 250th birthday, Sunday Morning asked dozens of notable Americans, from Jason Alexander and Ken Burns to Misty Copeland, what they considered to be our country's essential songs. This is the Essential American Songbook: 90 contributors and 250 songs. Here's a sample.

Glastonbury the Movie review

Coinciding with a fallow year for the festival, these scenes filmed in 1993 record a youth culture innocent of camera phones and low on corporate hype