arts
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Steve Austin wants a word with you about wrestlingEmbedded goes global and John Oliver leaves the Bugle – but the comings and goings offer plenty of options from history to heartwarming tales -
Pacific Rim 2: Star Wars actor cast as lead in sequel to monster epicThe British star will play the son of Idris Elba’s character from the first film in the sequel, which will not see Guillermo del Toro return as writer or director
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Bob Odenkirk to play New York Times journalist David Carr in new miniseriesCarr, whose memoir The Night Of The Gun provides the basis of the new AMC show, will be played by the Better Call Saul actor in a six-part drama -
'The patriarchy is often shocked when a black film does well'During a LA film festival panel the director gets candid about the challenges minority film-makers face and why she turned down the Black Panther project
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How The Americans changed the concept of the spy showPeople might be raving about the Night Manager and the return of 24, but it’s the Americans with its mix of family drama and espionage that still wins out
the citadel
people
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Optimism doesn’t always show in my workRobert Kirkman on the enduring attraction of zombies, why exorcism fascinates - and how he doesn’t let social media chatter drive him crazy
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Richard III? He's a rock star, a standup comedianIn the German director’s Schaubühne production, there’s a drum kit on stage, the princes are puppets and the battle scene features Richard alone in his pants
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the big picture
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19th-century photography awakensFrom majestic Alpine scenes to expressive portraits, a new exhibition shows off the wide-eyed wonder of 19th-century photographers
reviews
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The Broken ManRevenge is in the air in an episode full of warnings, axe-clutching and grizzled British character actors. Come on down, Ian McShane
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Season one, episode two – SeeCassidy has stolen the church’s wine, Jesse deals with temptation and The Saint of Killers might have made his first appearance. Preacher is heating up.
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pictures & video
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Ivory Coast’s mannequin makersPhotographer Joana Choumali’s latest project explores body image and beauty by documenting the men building Abidjan’s clothing models
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Maps of the UK across timeFrom Peter Pan’s movements in Kensington back to images of imperial vanity and plans of Saxon kingdoms, maps provide fascinating routes through British history
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Nazi architecture, then and nowSeventy years after the fall of Nazi Germany, a surprising number of its buildings and public spaces remain. A new book examines these unsettling survivals. Here are some of them
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Watch her video for The Orange MonkeyShot by Seamus Murphy as the pair travelled through Afghanistan, here's the latest and last in the Hope Six Demolition Project series
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An artist painting amid the Kiev uprising‘The protesters would go over to him and chat – as if he was just painting a river’
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Celebrating American national parks in artThe National Museum of Wildlife Art features exhibits focused on national parks, including Georgia O’Keeffe camping and views of Yellowstone
Shakespeare Solos
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All the world’s a stageJaques’s speech about the seven ages of man from As You Like It is performed by Zawe Ashton
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To be or not to beAdrian Lester performs Hamlet’s soliloquy in which the prince considers taking his own life
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Blow, winds, and crack your cheeksRoger Allam performs a speech from the tragedy in which the ageing king curses the weather and his daughters
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The mask of night is on my faceJoanna Vanderham performs Juliet’s speech from the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet
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Upon the kingSamuel West speaks Henry V’s soliloquy on the night before battle, in which he reflects upon the public’s expectations of the king
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Is this a dagger which I see before me?Daniel Mays speaks Macbeth’s lines from Act II, Scene 1, in which he sees a murder weapon in a hallucination
'Women are realistic, men idealistic' Studio Ghibli on why a director's gender matters