Dan Carrier’s movies news: The House By the Sea; Soundscreen

Remarkable odyssey of anti-apartheid activist

Venus in all shades and guises: Kings Place festival of women composers

Sebastian Taylor’s music news: St Michael’s Highgate; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; LSO Discovery Day; Rebel Yell; Elizabeth Llewellyn

Cora Pearl: ‘There’s a lot of love here’

Sham 69 among headliners at Undercover Festival

Review: Nine Night, at Trafalgar Studios

Review: Paradise, at Hampstead Theatre

Stan and Ollie: Good film? It certainly is!

Train historian’s Southern exposure

Why ‘Lord’ George Sanger was Britain’s Barnum

Róisín Gadelrab’s music news: I Am Warrior; Adrianne Lenker; Mochi Men

Leicester Square cinema ‘fit for the future of film’

The names in the frame for the coming year

Baroque at the Edge Festival showcases leading musicians from all backgrounds

‘Little happenings’ in which so much happens

WB Yeats’ love affair with London

Make a lively start to the new year

Review: Sweat, at Donmar Warehouse

Review: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake, at Sadler’s Wells Theatre