Books, arts and culture

Prospero

An enchanting mix of literary insight and cultural commentary, in the spirit of the hero of “The Tempest”

Writers’ lives
Ernest Hemingway: the man, the myth, the legend

A new documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explores the writer’s own image-making

Dying species
Inside HYMAG, the world’s largest collection of magazines

Its founder hopes to digitise the 150,000 volumes for the benefit of future generations

Artistic posterity
Reinstating Florence Price’s place in Western music history

The work of the celebrated composer was ignored after her death. That oversight is being corrected

Techno-babble
Silicon Valley lingo separates the insiders from the outsiders

Do you know your chaos pilots from your french fries?

Representation on screen
Indigenous film-makers are gaining prominence

Industry initiatives, as well as social-justice movements, have drawn attention to their stories

Ways of seeing
For Claude Monet, familiarity bred respect

His paintings of the same scenes capture something of the lockdown experience

Rock’n’roll star
They don’t make music titans like Alan McGee any more

Even “Creation Stories”, a new biographical film, struggles to capture the importance of his record label to Britain’s indie scene

Salvage operation
The long, expensive gestation of “Zack Snyder’s Justice League”

Why did Warner Bros give the director $70m to remake a box-office flop?

Classical music
Missy Mazzoli’s operas defy pigeonholing

She is one of the first women to receive a major commission from the Metropolitan Opera in its 137-year history

Qat and conflict
“Faya Dayi” evokes what it means to be young in Ethiopia

Jessica Beshir’s mesmerising documentary captures the frustration and disillusionment of a generation

Mother knows best
“Hi, Mom” is China’s latest mega-hit

Compared with Hollywood, China’s film industry is in rude health