David Brown obituary
Leading authority on Russian music with an enduring interest in the enigmatic character of Tchaikovsky
On my radar: Bill Skarsgård’s cultural highlights
The Hemlock Grove actor tells Sarah Hughes about his favourite museum, Louis CK, the darkest story he's ever read and dining in Stockholm
Lady Gaga’s former assistant writing tell-all book
Jennifer O'Neill is said to have signed a contract with a publisher for a book documenting her two-year stint with the pop star
T in the Park review – Calvin Harris steals show with Will Smith pop-up
Actor's surprise visit created a defining moment, with strong festival back-up from Arctic Monkeys, Rudimental, Foxes, Kiesza and John Cooper Clarke, writes Graeme Virtue
Rap Genius raises $40m for move into history, sports, literature and more
US startup rebrands as Genius: 'Any text can be as layered, as allusive and cryptic, as worthy of careful exegesis as rap lyrics...' By Stuart Dredge
On my radar: Ben Watt’s cultural highlights
The Everything But the Girl star tells Leah Harper about Joanna Hogg's existential movie, Denis Johnson's Train Dreams and the highs and lows of lower league football
The best books, films and music for your summer holiday
Bought the suncream? Got the hat? Now get in the mood for your summer holiday with the music, book and film inspired by or set in one of these eight European destinations
How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran – digested read
John Crace keeps raging hormones IN CONTROL to render a young woman's journey into music journo stardom in a fab 700 words
The Good Inn by Black Francis and Josh Frank with drawings by Steven Appleby – review
The first book by Pixies' frontman Black Francis is a gorgeous, chaotic graphic novel about the dark adventures of a discharged soldier in jazz-age Paris, writes James Smart
Rolf Harris, Pussy Drones and bad tech-tattoos – the week in art
Jonathan Jones: How the former TV presenter showed his dark side in art, plus psychedelic gifs, Google knuckles and Bitcoin crotches
Constant Lambert by Stephen Lloyd – review
Composer, conductor, great personality of the musical world: Hilary Spurling on the wit and drive of the 'English Diaghilev'
Midnight Rider film-makers charged over death of camera assistant Sarah Jones
Director Randall Miller among those charged with involuntary manslaughter in Georgia in wake of fatality on railway track during filming
Andriessen: La Commedia review – a rich, important achievement
Louis Andriessen latest large-scale theatre piece, based on Dante, is superbly performed and wonderfully varied in tone, writes Andrew Clements