As Drake, Kendrick Lamar and more continue their high-profile beef, we run down the most inspired – and vicious – attacks in rap’s history ‘A lot of rich guys arguing’: inside the rap beef of the decadeWhether you view the beef that has consumed hip-hop’s upper echelons as a spicy addition to the genre or a dispiriting Trumpian exercise by grandstanding...

Arcola theatre, London Andrée Bernard’s solo show is a bizarre representation of one woman’s love life, minus depth and character development This solo musical opens with a sex scene. A woman (Andrée Bernard) is pushed up against a closet by her lover. There is talk of taut flesh, unblemished skin and wrought muscle. And we return to this peak of passion...

Among 70 lots donated by film and music stars are up for grabs, including Neil Tennant’s coat and Stanley Tucci’s hotpotAn original shooting script of much-loved Christmas romcom Love Actually is among the lots up for grabs in an auction to support charity War Child.The script from the 2003 film contains three unseen storylines “which we eventually...

High court judge orders actor turned politician to pay £90,000 damages to each individual for social media libelThe actor turned politician Laurence Fox has been ordered to pay £90,000 each in damages to two people he libelled by referring to them as “paedophiles” on social media.A high court judge made the order in London on Thursday. Continue reading...

Suspects alleged to have posed as academics to access books and replace them with copies, says EuropolEurope live – latest updatesPolice have arrested nine Georgians suspected of running a sophisticated criminal operation stealing valuable antique books – including an original Alexander Pushkin manuscript – from national libraries across Europe.Shelves...

St George’s Bristol The German chanteuse enters her seventh decade with her velvet voice and characteristic wit intactTime Traveler is the title of the indefatigable Ute Lemper’s current short UK tour and also that of the new album of songs she herself has written. Lemper is mostly labelled a chanteuse, but she has always been multifaceted: singer,...