Jump start for jazz-Latino fiesta

Grooves: Legendary line-up at Ska fest

Michael White’s classical news: Salome; The Gondoliers; Julian Lloyd Webber; PIGSPIGSPIGS

From rags to rags: our enduring fascination with Billy Waters

‘I was worried about cultural appropriation, but people have the right to write about whatever they want’

Are The Rolling Stones coming to Camden for a ‘secret’ show?

Review: Teeth ’n’ Smiles, at Duke of York’s Theatre

Review: John Proctor is the Villain, at Royal Court Theatre

Michael White’s classical news: Messiah; Polyphony; The Crucifixion; Roderick Williams; The Resurrection Story

The Stranger: clever homage to mid-20th-century crisis of meaning

Man of letters: on a mission to protect the art of hand-set typography

‘We have kept day-to-day diaries since the day we met’

High hopes: when Constable moved to Hampstead

‘People were looking at the world in a more intelligent way, asking how things worked and why’

How ‘playful and poetic’ Mendini reimagined everyday objects

Seeing Joseph Wright in a whole new light

Review: Summerfolk, at Olivier, National Theatre

Review: ROI (Return on Investment), at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs

Underland: cinematic work of art that digs beneath Earth’s skin has depth in spades

Michael White’s classical news: John Dowland; Manchester Collective; Bach Passions; Yevgeny Kissin