During lockdown, the TV anchor and his artist daughter Liza expressed their fears by sending each other drawings rather than letters. As the exhibition this inspired opens, he talks about his favourite themes – war, torture, death – and why the BBC needs a full resetIt is difficult to separate events of great national significance from the voice of...

He splices together old images and electrifies them into disturbing new life. The artist invites us to his studio to discuss drag shows, depression and David HockneyIf you want to see the very best work of John Stezaker, there’s a problem. Despite exhibiting all around the world, the artist saves his very best works for the walls of his studio in St...

Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who played Juliet alongside Tom Holland’s Romeo, says racist abuse went on for monthsThe actor Francesca Amewudah-Rivers, who received a barrage of online racial abuse after being cast in a production of Romeo & Juliet this year, has called for industry-wide action to protect black and brown actors.The abuse aimed at Amewudah-Rivers...

Trafalgar Square, London The former forensic pathologist from Mexico has created a stirring artwork that mixes the mystery of an excavation with a call for compassion and empathyLook up at the latest fourth plinth sculpture and you’ll see ranks of human faces floating in the sky. They are concave receptacles of shadows – and they look so fragile. These...

He was courted by Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, toured with Tina Turner and the Rolling Stones and was idolised by everyone from Aretha Franklin to Dr Dre. British pop’s nearly man tells his astonishing story‘There are only three things happening in England,” Aretha Franklin announced to the world’s media during a visit to Britain in 1968. “The Rolling...

Relations between Morrissey and Johnny Marr seem at their lowest ebb following disagreements over trademarks and reissues. But fans will hold out hope nonethelessOne of pop’s longest, coldest wars flickered with heat again this month, as Morrissey fired off a series of messages on his personal blog.First, he claimed that concert promoters AEG offered...