Movie straplines for classic books
Alison Flood: Chaucer is getting a marketing makeover that owes a lot to Hollywood. Can you prepare some other classic books for a 21st century close-up?
David Johnson
Obituary: Prolific musicologist, composer and expert on Scottish heritage
Dido, queen of Carthage, conquers theatreland
The queen of Carthage is starring in three major new shows. Charlotte Higgins on the enduring appeal of Virgil's tragic heroine
Party animals
David McKie: In 1819 an orang-utan would have had no problem becoming an MP. How would it fare today?
Translating the senses into prose
Alastair Harper: Alex Ross, Thomas Mann and Nigel Slater have a rare, sensual talent in common
Composers’ rooms: Michael Berkeley
I love the space in this studio and the freedom it affords for pacing up and down and for trying pieces out with friends
Sex, havoc, obsession – it must be Ian McEwan
The novelist's sharp libretto is well served, and Juan Diego Flórez is upstaged
Angel of the north..
Davie Almond's award-winning children's book about transformation has been transformed into an opera. The author explains how two small boys showed him the way
You promised me poems
Derek Walcott: 'I always cite something that Pasternak said: 'Great poets have no time to be original'
Philip Glass takes on Walt Disney
Laura Barnett: Composer Philip Glass is to write an opera about the life of Walt Disney based on the novel The Perfect American by Peter Stephan Jungk
My trauma in London, by former Royal Opera chief
Michael Kaiser's new self-help book gives ten basic rules for failing arts organisations
The 50 greatest arts videos on YouTube
Among millions of clips is a treasure trove of rare and fascinating arts footage lovingly posted by fans
My first language
Novelist Eva Hoffman explores the complex relationship between music and literature - and how they have both shaped her life
Adès on Adès
A life in music, Thomas Adès: 'There was a bit of attraction and a bit of repulsion in these sour notes ... but I really wanted to find out why they hurt me so much'
‘I am not shy’
A life in music: Composer and conductor Pierre Boulez has endured poisonous rows on the new music scene and vilification in the press, yet he insists that disagreement is helpful