SIX OF THE BEST
FILM Ponyo
Japanese auteur Hayao Miyazaki’s latest flight of imagination is his uniquely surreal take on The Little Mermaid.
ART Richard Hamilton
Tate Modern’s fascinating retrospective of the political works of the painter, sculptor and father of British Pop Art.
THEATRE Off the Endz
Former So Solid Crew member Ashley Walters stars in Bola Agbajes’s play about young people escaping the poverty of London’s sink estates.
FILM Kingdoms of Ife
The British Museum’s exhibition of ancient sculpture from the West African Kingdom of Ife shows the extraordinary range and sophistication of this early culture.
THEATRE Ghost Stories
Horror fun at the Lyric Hammersmith from the writer of The League of Gentlemen.
FILM The Princess and the Frog
Disney’s charming return to hand-drawn animation.