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July 2022
We Are Lady Parts leads South Bank Sky Arts award winners
Sitcom about Muslim female punk band wins best comedy as Opera North, Little Simz and Monica Ali also triumph
June 2022
Perfect team-players: why orchestras reflect the best of us, and how they should reflect us back
An orchestra represents the ultimate virtuous circle, but why is this great institution stuck in the 19th century? Conductor Charles Hazlewood on how its players, performances and even instruments can be reinvigorated
April 2022
‘It’s like putting your soul on a dinner plate’: can anyone sing if they try?
Sky Arts’ current series proudly announces Anyone Can Sing. Its coach, tenor Nicky Spence, explains that however vocally challenged you might think you are, you can find your inner diva
March 2022
Crisis management for when there is too much bad news
Letters: Coffee and a copy of the Guardian help Geoff Reid keep a sense of perspective
January 2022
It’s a World Cup opera … starring 100 fans who already know the score
Gods of the Game celebrates the stars and the drama of international football – and will feature a chorus of real fans
December 2021
Julian Fellowes turns Half a Sixpence rewrite Kipps into winning fun
In a surprisingly class-conscious stage adaptation of the HG Wells-inspired musical from the Downton Abbey creator on Sky, Charlie Stemp radiates kindly innocence
June 2021
‘It’s better than sex’: why singing is second nature to us all
ENO calls on world’s worst warblers to prove anyone can sing
March 2021
Poly Styrene's inspiring sensitivity should be the true legacy of punk
Rachel Aggs
Mixed race, with braces on her teeth, Poly broke the mould of UK punk. A new documentary explores her struggle to find meaning in the Day-Glo chaos of modern life
February 2021
Observer New Review Q&A
Charles Hazlewood: 'I’ve had the most tormented, feverish relationship with Beethoven'
The conductor on his deep connection with the composer, his love of krautrock, and why the music industry is in the dark ages when it comes to disability
November 2020
Gospel choir celebrate everyday heroes in a gritty nativity remake
Alternative story of Bethlehem’s lowly key workers was made in a day on a shoestring budget. Now it’s getting a TV showcase
September 2020
Nude art installation in London marks Sky Arts becoming free
Spencer Tunick’s art installation took place in Alexandra Palace
July 2020
Lockdown culture
With the BBC at bay, Sky embraces the possibilities of the arts on TV
Mark Lawson
Sky Arts to become free to watch from September
April 2020
Celebrities strike a pose from home for Sky Arts portrait painting show
Programme invites audiences to submit work to take part in the show’s new weekly format
December 2018
Dinner for One: the British comedy Germans have been laughing at for years
Beloved Freddie Frinton skit to air on UK TV for first time
May 2018
Noel Fielding: 'Everything Salvador Dalí did was funny'
The comedian stars as one of his heroes, goth-rocker Alice Cooper, in Sky’s latest Urban Myths romp – so why did he pitch to play its other lead character, the clown prince of surrealism?
April 2018
Frank Skinner: 'Johnny Cash started me on the rocky road to alcoholism'
In 1971, a boy named Frank saw Johnny Cash live. It changed his life. The comedian reveals why he has written – and starred in – a drama about the hellraising singer’s infamous fight with an ostrich
October 2017
Frank Skinner: People doubt my art credentials because of my class
Midlands-born host of Landscape Artist of the Year says he is ‘opera buddies’ with co-host and Labour peer Joan Bakewell
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