Tastemaker

Eight things to make you more cultured this week – including the renowned director who has extraordinary praise for the former Twilight star.

When the candidates face each other in the first presidential debate, it’s not just what they say, but how they present themselves that will be scrutinised, argues Libby Banks.

The history of ‘the laugh track’ says much about what the makers of television thought of their audiences, writes Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.

Your cultural cheat sheet presents the eight things you need to know this week to be cultured – from the surprising to the sublime.

Adele Bloch-Bauer was an avid art patron at the centre of Vienna’s cultural life. And when she sat for a portrait by Gustav Klimt, she became an icon, writes Kimberly Bradley.

Most of Singapore’s population speak the unofficial language or dialect known as Singlish. But why would the government rather it went away? James Harbeck takes a look.

There was a movie that caused fainting spells and ‘Donald Trump’ as a film critic – plus, other things that emerged at Tiff, from the shocking to the sublime.