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From Charli XCX and Van Gogh to Gladiator 2: the best culture to go out and see this autumn
Film If you only catch one, catch: Gladiator II 15 November Has Paul Mescal got what Russell Crowe had? Director Ridley Scott thinks so, picking the young Irish heart-throb to topline a new swords-and-sandals adventure set in ancient Rome and based on the …