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Greek tragedies like Medea are an ethical nightmare. That’s why we need them

Ancient classics can reinforce patriarchal lies about women, but they also take us back to the origins of pernicious narratives, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

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Opera isn’t just for toffs. It must be opened up to everyone

Letters: In response to an article by Charlotte Higgins, readers discuss public funding for opera and the need to increase its reach, both geographically and demographically

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If we defund opera saying it is for toffs, then only the toffs will go. Where’s the sense in that?

It is painful to see our top companies starved of funds and strangled by politics, while our best artists head abroad, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

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The Fabelmans will never be fought over like Tár, but it has far more to say about the joy of art

Dark obsession dominates in films about music. By contrast Spielberg captures the playfulness of cinema and storytelling, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

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Britain treasures the Parthenon marbles, but consider this: returned to Greece, could they be more valuable?

Politicians fear that handing back disputed items would asset-strip the British soul. The truth is, it might enrich us, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

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Spare review roundup: Critics remark on ‘chaotic’ yet emotional outpour from Prince Harry

‘If Harry is going to set fire to his family, he has at least done it with some style,’ writes Lucy Pavia

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For Ukrainians, poetry isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity during war

Poetry is fulfilling a very human need – to make sense of the senseless and tell their stories, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

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Wednesday briefing: Inside Arts Council England’s devastating cuts

In today’s newsletter: As enraged arts workers protest, we explore what the new world might look like for our cultural institutions – and why even opera haters should care about the fate of English National Opera

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England no longer values the profound, weird art of opera – and that leaves us all poorer

Cutting funding to ENO will do nothing for ‘levelling up’, but it will do deep, unnecessary damage to our shared cultural life, says Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

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In Kyiv, I saw Ukrainians on the frontlines of a very real culture war

For many in Ukraine, this is a war of ‘decolonisation’ – and that includes Russia’s celebrated artistic heritage, says Charlotte Higgins

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Fighter jet crashes in Russian city near Ukraine; Kyiv says 108 women freed in prisoner swap – as it happened

Fighter plane hits residential building in southern Russian city of Yeysk; Ukraine says it is first all-female exchange with Moscow

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The great British sell-off: why are we allowing our arts to be privatised by stealth?

Gallery by gallery, museum by museum, the public stake in our cultural institutions is shrinking, says Guardian chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins

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Hilary Mantel revealed the magic and metaphor of life. I will miss her deeply

An encounter with the writer heightened the senses; her shimmering perceptiveness always left its mark, says Guardian columnist Charlotte Higgins

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Queen’s stirring funeral shows the power of pageantry

Letters: Readers respond to the spectacle and splendour of Britain saying goodbye to its longest-reigning monarch

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It was a gilded royal funeral, an event that will only heighten our self-delusion

The pomp is part of the immersive drama known as the monarchy, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

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Arts funding in England is a thin gruel that organisations are forced to beg for

There’s no new money in the government’s arts levelling up wheeze: just a shifting of neglect from one place to another, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

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Under Another Sky review – an amiable road-trip two-hander around Roman Britain

This playful adaptation of Charlotte Higgins’s book is charming, if a little lacking in narrative drive

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Soaring MDF prices, extortionate interval drinks, cash-strapped audiences: the arts are staring inflation in the face

Just putting the lights on is staggeringly expensive. How many of our venues can survive this, asks Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

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First Thing: FBI seizes documents at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home

Sources say the Monday morning search was part of an inquiry into missing White House records after Trump’s presidency. Plus, tributes pour in for Olivia Newton-John

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My life was turned into a romcom! How our arts writer became the lead character in a new play

Charlotte Higgins was thrilled that her history book about Roman Britain was being adapted for the stage – until she realised it was being reimagined – and she and her partner were the romantic leads

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Imagine the culture war the 2012 Olympic opening ceremony would spark now

Danny Boyle’s extravaganza burnished what was best about the UK, but the myth it forged has been crumbling ever since, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

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Go to Derby: see how a museum can help shape a better future

The Museum of Making boldly sets out its vision – and has no time for national myths of lost greatness, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

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A classicist at Glastonbury: ‘Headbanging in raincoats? It’s as English as Gardeners’ Question Time’

Our chief culture writer is a Glyndebourne veteran, but has never been to the world’s biggest music festival – so what did she make of the spectacle, the songs and the hedonism?

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Culture matters around the world. What a shame it has been toxically weaponised in the UK

There are so many examples of the arts being used to unite and galvanise people. Here it is being deployed as a tool of division, says Charlotte Higgins, the Guardian’s chief culture writer

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Understanding Greek mythology, with the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins

Charlotte Higgins invites you to discover the fascinating story of Greek mythology, in a masterclass that gets to the very root of what myths are, where their purpose lies, and what we can do with themOnline workshopDate: Tuesday 2 August 2022Time: 6.30pm-8.30pm (BST)

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