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Sunday 21 October 2007

The face of Tut?

A new exhibition in London is set to reignite our fascination with the boy pharaoh. Prepare for Tutankhamun fever, says Christopher Howse.

Tutankhamun at the British Museum in 1972

Pharaonic timeline

Egyptian antiquities in Cairo

MUSIC Swedish attitude Scandinavian star Robyn has made 2007's freshest pop album. Katherine Jenkins	VISUAL ARTS Study in sleaze Walter Sickert was a product of his grimly fascinating times. Shepard Fairey

FILM Dark and wild Jake Gyllenhaall talks about his life growing up in Hollywood. DVD Reviews	BOOKS My life in fiction Sophie Dahl reveals the ten novels that have shaped her life. Joe Hill

ONLINE EXCLUSIVES

Sicko exclusive

Preview a clip from Michael Moore's cutting documentary about the US health service.

Ghost writers

Enter the My Telegraph competition for the best spooky story this Halloween.

Man Booker Prize

Indra Sinha on his shortlisted novel Animal's People.

Interview | Reading

THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS

Into the abyss

The latest installation in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall is a fissure zigzagging the length of the concrete floor. It's a cracking idea, says Richard Dorment.

Doris Salcedo

Money Rolled In

Fats Domino's relentless left hand invented rock and roll. Andrew Perry met him in New Orleans.

Ain't That a Shame

Horse power

The writer of 'War Horse', Michael Morpurgo, explains the extraordinary stories that inspired his new play.

Time for politics

Tony Benn's diaries reveal a kind-hearted, family-centred socialist, says Andrew Gimson.

Mr Congeniality

Sean Penn cares about Iraq, about disaster victims, about freedom. But he doesn't care what people think of him.

REGULARS

The arts column

Rupert Christiansen laments haphazard scheduling in
the arts.

On music

Neil McCormick on Dylan, Costello and the potent power of protest.

On radio

Gillian Reynolds: Hurrah for a place where listeners can ask questions.

On film

Julie Taymor talks to Marc Lee about Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon.

ARTS BLOGS

"Dame Beryl Bainbridge's house is something else: though a life-size stuffed bison (or was it a buffalo?) in the hallway made carrying the photographic equipment inside a bit of a challenge."

Lucy Davies

Tarantino's box-office death: David Gritten, Books or penis enlargement: Ceri Radford,
Offending Catholics: Rebecca Davies, Your powers are weak, old man: Iain Gray