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Joanne Harris on the return of Chocolat
Joanne Harris on the return of Chocolat, Cannes Film Festival, and art from ancient India.

Review: Sondheim's final musical Here We Are, The Marching Band, Daniel Kehlmann's The Director
Stephen Sondheim's final musical, Here We Are, is one of the week's highlights reviewed.

Ocean with Attenborough, Garden Design, Turning Contemporary Politics into Opera
Ocean with Attenborough, the history and future of gardens, new opera inspired by politics

Morcheeba perform, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway 100th anniversary
Writer Elif Åžhafak on Mrs Dalloway at 100, Morcheeba's acoustic version of Call For Love.

Suzanne Vega sings in the studio, P Diddy trial, Mother Courage in County Durham
Suzanne Vega performs a track from her new album, in the Front Row studio.

Review, The Wedding Banquet, Isabel Allende, The Brightening Air
Reviews of a new remake of The Wedding Banquet, and a new Isabel Allende novel.

Leni Riefenstahl, Queen Elizabeth Memorial, Keli
Leni Riefenstahl documentary, digital designs for Queen Elizabeth's memorial and Keli.

Hamlet Radiohead mashup, Stoke-on-Trent pottery in crisis
A new production of Hamlet created in collaboration with Thom Yorke from Radiohead

A snapshot of culture on VE Day 1945
The music, books, films and theatre that defined VE Day 1945.

Review: John Lennon docs, Tina Fey's The Four Seasons and The Great Gatsby musical
John Lennon's life after The Beatles explored in two documentaries, plus The Great Gatsby.