Guitar hero: Coriolanus goes rock
China’s most controversial director is bringing Shakespeare’s Coriolanus to Edinburgh – with two heavy-metal bands in tow. Andrew Dickson went to Beijing to hear the Bard turned up to 11
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The Great Beauty: playboy of the Italian world
Toni Servillo has become known as Paolo Sorrentino’s muse. He talks about his latest role as an indolent playboy in a grand, swooning epic
Grub’s up: can insects feed the world?
Two billion people already eat insects as part of their regular diet – bugs may not sound appealing, but once upon a time neither did sushi. Is it time to put ants, beetles and locusts on the menu?
Meat Loaf’s farewell tour: ‘This time, they’re not going to rope me back in’
Life on the road has taken its toll on Meat Loaf, who’s now on his second new knee. But will this coming tour really be his last? He talks about high Cs, being signed for $6 and outwellying Wagner