Hallé/Elder (Hallé) These performances are as fine as any currently available on disc, and a testament to the deep musical relationship that Mark Elder’s has built over 24 years as director of the Hallé Elgar’s music in general and his two symphonies in particular have played a significant part in Mark Elder’s 24 years as music director of the Hallé....

Two people arrested over theft of José Capelo portraits in Madrid in 2015 – one of which is still missingPolice in Madrid have recovered a portrait by Francis Bacon, valued at €5m (£4.3m), which was one of five works by the famously thirsty and hell-raising artist that were stolen from the home of the painting’s subject almost a decade ago.The pictures,...

(Polydor) In this elegiac 17th solo album made with guests including Noel Gallagher, Weller contemplates mortality with sun-dappled ballads – but there’s still an experimental edgeAmong the tracks on Paul Weller’s 17th solo album, A Glimpse of You isn’t really a standout. It’s melodically pretty, but a bit slight; pleasant enough, but unlikely to elbow...

This account of Lilian and her four young children undertaking a dangerous journey from Guatemala to the US brings a human face to the migration crisisHeading for the US-Mexico border from Guatemala, single mum Lilian and her four children endure an arduous 3,000-mile journey, the perils of which are intimately captured in Danilo do Carmo and Jakob...

Xbox Series, PC; Ninja Theory/ Microsoft Stunning Icelandic landscapes merge with nightmarish hallucinations in this big-budget battle sequelAs the stench of rotting corpses fills the air, I hear the screams of my butchered kinsmen, and my lips begin to tremble. “You let them die,” a voice in my head accuses, as I crawl hopelessly towards the lifeless...

The actor on night terrors, Brideshead Revisited, nearly becoming a doctor and Starbucks in CobhamIf you were going to bake a Jane Asher cake that best summed you up, what would you bake and how would you decorate it? TopTramp Summing somebody up is a tall order. I do love ginger cake, particularly the dark, Jamaican ginger type. I would make it nice...