The big picture: a gaggle of visitors gather beneath London’s Shard
Photographer Andy Hall’s atmospheric new series captures the capital’s eerie financial heart
On my radar: Alison Goldfrapp’s cultural highlights
The electropop star on her favourite quirky bookshop, Marmite and cheese pastries and the second series of Severance
Jules Feiffer obituary
American cartoonist and writer who portrayed angst-ridden New Yorkers and exposed the hypocrisy of government
Jules Feiffer, award-winning political cartoonist and writer, dies at 95
The provocative Pulitzer prize-winner was known for his edgy comic strip and his screenplay for Carnal Knowledge
Orgies, vampires and jewel-laden tortoises: it’s time we buried the myths of decadence in art
Is western civilisation being destroyed by its own decadence? Was the Roman empire? And does a preference for Lord of the Rings over The Matrix indicate that we are all doomed? Our critic tries to sift fact from fiction …
‘It will be jolly nice’: illustrator Helen Oxenbury, 86, on preparing for her first solo show – and a new book with Michael Rosen
Acclaimed for her work on children’s books, the artist is teaming up again with her collaborator on Bear Hunt
Medieval Women: In Their Own Words review – a bracing cold shower with Joan of Arc and co
A letter from the French saint and a lethal shopping list are among the stars of a mind-bending show of the words, mystical visions and everyday lives of women from 1100 to 1500
On my radar: Siobhan Finneran’s cultural highlights
The actor on the band she can’t wait to see, the best place to meet friends for food in Manchester, and performance poetry that made her laugh and cry
Islamesque by Diana Darke review – the diverse roots of medieval architecture
A beautifully-illustrated account of the Middle Eastern influence on Europe’s great buildings
Marilyn Monroe by Eve Arnold review – intimate, tender and witty photographs
In front of the camera Monroe was luminous, but in this reissued and sumptuous collection of pictures Arnold also captured the insecurity and pain
The big picture: every chocoholic’s dream?
Irene Poon’s alarming 1965 image of a sweet shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown exemplifies her knack for intimacy and surprise
The big picture: Colleen Kenyon’s new year portrait of her twin sister, 1977
The late feminist artists explored ideas of doubling and twinship, as well as helping to redefine notions of craft skills
On my radar: Jasleen Kaur’s cultural highlights
The Turner prizewinner on the art of the Gaza Biennale, the joys of a queer community choir, and a poet who speaks to today’s injustices
From Moo Deng to Me Espresso: it’s the 2024 bumper pop culture quiz of the year
Do you know your hot rodent boyfriends, which celebrity is selling feet pics on OnlyFans and who fell off a stage this year? Then this is the quiz for you
The big picture: another Christmas rolls around…
The most wonderful time of the year couldn’t be more manufactured in Al Barry’s amusing shot of Santa heads on a conveyer belt in 1955