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• The BBC's Macca mystery: what went wrong at Glastonbury?

  Paul McCartney's Saturday night headlining set was a triumph in all but one respect – the ludicrous wait to watch it at home. What happened?

  

• Glastonbury 2022: The best moments as the festival comes to a close

  Glastonbury returned after a two-year hiatus. Our team reported live from Worthy Farm as Kendrick Lamar took to the Pyramid Stage

• Physically tough, boring in person and dangerous when cornered: lessons from a new Putin biography

  Philip Short's Putin, the result of hundreds of interviews, is illuminating – but with a subject this volatile, it already feels out of date

• My Life as a Rolling Stone, review: come on BBC, we've heard this all before

  While satisfying die-hard fans who will do anything to hear the Stones go down memory lane, this BBC four-parter contains few revelations

• Aids: The Unheard Tapes, review: voices from beyond the grave bring the devastation to life

  BBC Two's excellent, heartbreaking documentary series vividly recreates both the era and the tragedy that came with it

Comment and analysis

• How long before Mozart's Così Fan Tutte is cancelled?

  Garsington's production of the composer's Carry On-like opera is top-class – but feminists may struggle with its fickle women

  

• Can TV game shows point the way out of our post-pandemic malaise?

  This week, Victoria has been watching Taskmaster: Champion of Champions and One Question on Channel 4

  

• Prince William and Kate have never looked so conventional

  Jamie Coreth's portrait offers a pair of good likenesses in dutiful style – but shouldn't our future king aspire to more energetic things?

  

• Elvis is a pack of lies – not that it matters

  Baz Luhrmann's new biopic takes huge liberties with the facts, but if it introduces a new generation to the King's music then it's worth it

  

Reviews

• 'Almost everything to do with George Michael pointed back to his father'

  James Gavin's new biography of the troubled star shifts blame away from the tabloids and onto the strict father whose approval he craved

  

• Africa Fashion, review: an exhibition that thrillingly opens your eyes to something new

  The 250 objects in the V&A's new show add up to a sparkling picture of the continent's multifarious fashion scene

  

• Physically tough, boring in person and dangerous when cornered: lessons from a new Putin biography

  Philip Short's Putin, the result of hundreds of interviews, is illuminating – but with a subject this volatile, it already feels out of date

  

• Elvis, review: you can't help falling in love with Baz Luhrmann's jukebox epic

  Austin Butler makes a seductive Elvis in this bright and splashy biopic, while Tom Hanks is hugely entertaining as his questionable manager

  

• The Eagles: songs that soared majestically over Hyde Park

  Joe Walsh, Don Henley and co are now well into their seventies, but close your eyes at their BST gig, and they sounded immortal

  

• The Yeomen of the Guard: a touching tribute to G&S's marvellous marriage of words and music

  The Grange Festival's new staging updates the plot from the 16th century to just after the First World War, and it works a treat

  

Behind the music

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Tonight's TV

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Screen Secrets

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• 'The success of The Miniaturist overwhelmed me but I couldn't let go of the characters'

  Jessie Burton reveals what it's like to become an overnight success – and the conversation that finally persuaded her to write a sequel

  

• 'Almost everything to do with George Michael pointed back to his father'

  James Gavin's new biography of the troubled star shifts blame away from the tabloids and onto the strict father whose approval he craved

  

• Physically tough, boring in person and dangerous when cornered: lessons from a new Putin biography

  Philip Short's Putin, the result of hundreds of interviews, is illuminating – but with a subject this volatile, it already feels out of date

  

• The first English-language biography of Zelensky reveals what Ukrainians really think of him

  Serhii Rudenko's new biography Zelensky reminds us that, before the war, very few Ukrainians regarded their leader as St Volodomyr of Kiev

  

• Africa Fashion, review: an exhibition that thrillingly opens your eyes to something new

  The 250 objects in the V&A's new show add up to a sparkling picture of the continent's multifarious fashion scene

  

• Why modern culture is dying

  McCartney is playing Glastonbury, Kate Bush is number one and Top Gun 2 is the year's big film. Have original ideas fallen out of fashion?

  

• Prince William and Kate have never looked so conventional

  Jamie Coreth's portrait offers a pair of good likenesses in dutiful style – but shouldn't our future king aspire to more energetic things?

  

• 'People are still besotted with European art. It is the main story'

  Not everything in the past needs to be corrected, says National Gallery director Gabriele Finaldi

  

In depth

More stories

• 'The success of The Miniaturist overwhelmed me but I couldn't let go of the characters'

  Jessie Burton reveals what it's like to become an overnight success – and the conversation that finally persuaded her to write a sequel

  

• 'Almost everything to do with George Michael pointed back to his father'

  James Gavin's new biography of the troubled star shifts blame away from the tabloids and onto the strict father whose approval he craved

  

• Only Murders in the Building, season 2 review: a fond and fun homage to screwball comedies

  Steve Martin and Martin Short's acclaimed comedy-drama is back – but this time the sleuths have become the suspects

  

• Africa Fashion, review: an exhibition that thrillingly opens your eyes to something new

  The 250 objects in the V&A's new show add up to a sparkling picture of the continent's multifarious fashion scene

  

• Physically tough, boring in person and dangerous when cornered: lessons from a new Putin biography

  Philip Short's Putin, the result of hundreds of interviews, is illuminating – but with a subject this volatile, it already feels out of date

  

• My Life as a Rolling Stone, review: come on BBC, we've heard this all before

  While satisfying die-hard fans who will do anything to hear the Stones go down memory lane, this BBC four-parter contains few revelations

  

• Aids: The Unheard Tapes, review: voices from beyond the grave bring the devastation to life

  BBC Two's excellent, heartbreaking documentary series vividly recreates both the era and the tragedy that came with it

  

• Westworld, series 4 review: a meditative ride that keeps the synapses firing

  The mind-blowing science-fiction drama continues to test the brain and leaves you wanting more

  

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Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/

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