Northern Irish museum celebrates car-dealing, trouser-wearing, jiu-jitsu fighting aviation pioneerIn an era that stifled women, Lilian Bland blazed with a life force that defied all convention, including gravity.She worked as a press photographer, smok…
Delights of an Undirected Mind review – a hypersexualised hypnotic acid trip
Lisson Gallery, LondonCarnal claymation characters share exhibition space with lush silk paintings, shocking sculpture and a vast tapestry in which you are an exploding goatDelights of an Undirected Mind is a group show promisingly centring around drea…
Lamda boss to leave job amid ‘conduct and management style’ complaints
Sarah Frankcom to depart as director of UK’s leading drama school after less than two years in the roleThe head of one of the UK’s leading drama schools is leaving her job at the same time as an investigation into complaints about aspects of her “condu…
How ‘The Karate Kid’ Ruined The Modern World
“We have a vague idea in our head of the “price” of certain accomplishments, how difficult it should be to get a degree, or succeed at a job, or stay in shape, or raise a kid, or build a house. And that vague idea is almost always catastrophically wron…
The Meaning of Hitler: exploring our cultural fascination with Nazism
In a wide-ranging new documentary, the lasting and insidious influence of the Nazi dictator is put under the microscope Start a conversation about Donald Trump these days and it’s only a matter of time before someone mentions Adolf Hitler.But if your s…
No Man’s Sky: five years of metaphysical adventures
As it celebrates with a teaser of a new update, the strange, metaphysical space exploration has survived a tricky take-off and retained its vital spirit As soon as I set foot on my first planet in No Man’s Sky five years ago, dying almost immediately i…
‘This story isn’t over’: TV drama explores the legacy of Stephen Lawrence’s murder
Steve Coogan, Sharlene Whyte and Frank Cottrell-Boyce on their depiction of how Doreen and Neville Lawrence pursued justice for their son’s racist killing with veteran detective Clive DriscollSharlene Whyte doesn’t just remember the racist murder of St…
How India’s armed forces have become Bollywood’s new poster boys
A series of big films this year will focus on Indian military conflicts with Pakistan, reflecting an escalation of political belligerenceIndia’s military will take a starring role this summer. On 12 August, in time for Independence day on the 15th, Ama…
Phil Wang review – standup’s Netflix special skewers PC panic, Covid racism and himself
NetflixWang studs his special with memorable one-liners that dissect his feminist pretensions, the fear of ageing and UK perceptions of east AsiaFrom the other side of a global pandemic, here comes Phil Wang’s maiden Netflix special. Due for a spring 2…
Beasts Clawing at Straws review – jet-black comedy in arch Korean thriller
A long-suffering sauna worker finds a bag stuffed full of cash in a crime caper with perfectly pitched performancesWhen Korean director Bong Joon-ho won the best picture Oscar in 2020 for his near-universally acclaimed Parasite, he suggested that maybe…