Each track on Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is packed with hints and references to people and moments from her life.

The National’s latest production of Hamlet opens with a bang: a sureness of style, atmosphere and refreshing comedic effect, accompanied by a performer, Hiran Abeyeskera (The Father and the Assassin, ...

Hamlet's sat there on a white plastic chair, a scruffy small-framed urchin in a beanie, trainers and puffa holding that infamous skull. And that's fine. Across centuries, Shakespeare's tortured hero ...