Charlotte Higgins

Charlotte Higgins talks to Venice Biennale director Okwui Enwezor about Marxism, bigotry and how Rolls-Royce sponsorship squeezes into the mix.

Tate will reflect its new international focus through a two-year programme of activities focused on Africa, beginning on November 24.

When dramatist Arthur Miller died, his obituary was headlined "The Great Pretender: Arthur Miller wasn’t well liked — and with good reason".

Despite his many successes, Woody Allen still defers to those who inspired him

Rarely has the Cannes Film Festival been the scene of so daring a plan — the attempted resuscitation of Mel Gibson’s shattered career.

Two days before Ai Weiwei’s disappearance, the artist spoke out at his Beijing studio about police surveillance and harassment.

Mary gave birth to twins, in author Philip Pullman’s new book; Jesus was good but his brother, Christ, was a rogue. <em>Charlotte Higgins</em> reports

The creator of a subtle and unashamedly beautiful fresco in gold leaf has been named this year’s winner of Britain’s most prestigious art prize.

Charlotte Higgins reports on Jane Campion’s clarion call at the Cannes Film Festival for female directors to step up.

Salman Rushdie’s epoch-making novel <i>Midnight’s Children</i> is the best-ever winner of the Man Booker (literary) prize, according to a public vote.

Postcolonial novels dominate the judges’ selection of some of the most revered novels of the past 40 years, writes Charlotte Higgins.

Back after 19 years, the new Indiana Jones film premiered at Cannes. Charlotte Higgins reports from the festival.

Irish author Anne Enright beats competition from McEwan to win the Man Booker prize, writes Charlotte Higgins.

War. It’s so glamorous and sexy, isn’t it, asks Emine Saner in London.

The US treasury is investigating filmmaker Michael Moore for taking sick 9/11 rescuers to Cuba for part of his documentary, <i>Sicko</i>, reports Charlotte Higgins in Cannes.