Thomasina Miers’ recipe for stuffed cabbage in white wine and escabeche, with buttered dill and pea rice... www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ma...

Remembering Ken Adam February 5, 1921 – March 10, 2016 "The Berlin of the 1920s formed the foundation of my future education...the Berlin of the UFA studios, of Fritz Lang, of Ernst Lubitsch. The Berlin of Mies van der Rohe, of the painters Max Libermann and Otto Dix..."

"I want to love first, and live incidentally..." Zelda Fitzgerald July 24, 1900 – March 10, 1948

Best known for his novel The Master & Margarita, written during the darkest days of Stalin's reign. It quickly achieved the status of a masterpiece when published posthumously in the 1960s... Mikhail Bulgakov May 15, 1891 – March 10, 1940

The historic centre of Antibes, on the French Riviera.

"I always wanted to do theatre because my parents were from the theatre. I remember when my mother first took me. It gave me such joy to experience a play that, at the end, made everyone stand up and applaud...” Juliette Binoche #botd

Raúl Juliá #botd distinguished himself in classics on and off Broadway, frequently taking time away from his stage career to work in films, among them Kiss of the Spider Woman, The Morning After, Havana...

“When you talk about someone speaking through their instrument, that’s Ornette. He changed everything...” — Lou Reed Ornette Coleman #botd

The Chevrolet Corvette C1 that features in Robert Aldrich’s 1955 film noir masterpiece Kiss Me Deadly, based on the crime novel by Mickey Spillane #botd, a film much admired by François Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard...

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown — the 1988 film that established Pedro Almodóvar, is a classic about everything that can happen when things start to fall apart and, simultaneously, a hilarious, tragic, colourful, unbelievable yet true survival guide for every era...

Bob Dylan recording his album Highway 61 Revisited in Columbia Studios, New York, in 1965

"Most important in my career was my time with Ingmar Bergman, with whom I worked in many films and stage productions — it was a continuous working relationship, and a friendship, that lasted for so many years..." Max von Sydow April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020

"I like Revolver and Rubber Soul very much, but I’m very fond of Abbey Road. Probably because it’s the last album we made, and we kind of knew that..." George Martin January 3, 1926 – March 8, 2016

Photoshoot for Queen magazine, October 1962 — Adam Faith, with Anne Larson, Primrose Austen, Mary O’Flaherty, Jill Kennington, Celia Hammond, celebrating the dance craze of the moment, The Madison. Adam Faith June 23, 1940 – March 8, 2003

"Even by the standards of her own family's profile and professional achievements, Lynn Redgrave #botd was an exceptional personality..." — Michael Coveney

It was in Singin' in the Rain that the long-limbed, dynamic dancer Cyd Charisse #botd first made an impact. She was then given co-star billing in The Band Wagon...

Raymonde de Laroche was a French pilot, and became the world's first licensed female pilot on March 8, 1910.

"He accomplished nothing short of reinventing the visual language of the entire genre, constantly disorienting the audience through a labyrinth of camera effects and tricks of design while jabbing them with shocks..." — Scott Tobias Stanley Kubrick July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999

"I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer..." Rachel Weisz #botd has received many awards, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Laurence Olivier Award.

Anna Magnani #botd was the first Italian and first non-native English speaking actress to win an Academy Award.

"I said to myself, I have things in my head that are not like what anyone has taught me, ideas so natural to my way of being and thinking that it hasn’t occurred to me to put them down. I decided to start anew..." Georgia O’Keeffe November 15, 1887 – March 6, 1986

"It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old. They grow old because they stop pursuing dreams..." Gabriel García Márquez #botd

"When a film is created, it is created in a language which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it." Andrzej Wajda #botd

The American jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery #botd was known for his unusual technique of plucking the strings with the side of his thumb and for his extensive use of octaves, which gave him a distinctive sound...

Lewis Gilbert #botd — A versatile, modest director who never sought the limelight. He always said he wanted his films to speak for him, and several have become part of British cinema history. Carve Her Name with Pride, 1958 Educating Rita, 1983

"I never enjoyed my films more than when I worked with William Powell. He was a brilliant actor, a delightful companion, a great friend..." — Myrna Loy William Powell July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984

Elaine Paige #botd first won critical acclaim playing Eva Perón in Evita, the musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, which opened at the Prince Edward Theatre in London in June 1978.

Born in Palermo #otd in 1935, winner of numerous awards and known throughout the world for her photos of the mafia, Letizia Battaglia provided one of the most acute visual testimonies to Italian life and society, in particular that of Sicily.

Ennio Flaiano #botd is best known for his work with Federico Fellini, for whom he co-wrote ten screenplays, including La Strada, Nights of Cabiria, La Dolce Vita, and 8½. For Michelangelo Antonioni, he co-wrote La Notte with Tonino Guerra.

Heitor Villa-Lobos #botd — The Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, and classical guitarist is frequently described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music..."

"History is the only true teacher..." Rosa Luxemburg #botd

Formula One 2026 Team-by-team guide to the cars and drivers... www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist has been announced. The shortlist will be revealed on April 22, and the winner on June 11 at the charity’s annual summer party in Bedford Square Gardens, London.

"Rock n' roll was my art school. For many people from working-class backgrounds, rock wasn't a chosen thing, it was the only thing, the only avenue of creativity available for them..." Chris Rea #botd

Miles Davis, René Urtreger and Barney Wilen #botd, during the soundtrack recording for Louis Malle's Ascenseur pour l'échafaud at Le Poste Parisien Studio, December 4-5, 1957.

"A journey neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our doorstep once again. It starts much earlier and is really never over..." Ryszard Kapuściński #botd

TOWN February 1966 (photo by Brian Duffy) • TIME April 15, 1966 • Newsweek April 25, 1966 • 4th New York Film Festival poster by Roy Lichtenstein, September 1966

The Rijksmuseum has revealed this painting to be an early work by Rembrandt. The 17th-century Dutch master’s Vision of Zacharias in the Temple is to go on display this week...

The prominent guitarist Carlos Montoya is credited with helping transform flamenco into a separate music style, beyond being a traditional dance accompaniment... Carlos Montoya December 13, 1903 – March 3, 1993

Hergé (Georges Remi) May 22, 1907 – March 3, 1983

“There are two basic types of films; the mise-en-scene film, which is the camera recording performance or incidents, but making little editorial comment, and the montage film, which is all done with the camera. Mad Max is montage..." George Miller #botd

Jean Harlow #botd — Her popularity rivalled and then surpassed that of MGM's top leading ladies Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo and Norma Shearer. She died at the age of 26 of kidney failure while filming Saratoga with Clark Gable, which was completed using body doubles.

The Scottish-born Canadian-American inventor, scientist, and engineer, who is credited with patenting the first practical telephone... Alexander Graham Bell #botd

After months of wet weather and dark nights here in England, spring is finally upon us, officially bringing the winter season to a close...

France's celebrated singer-songwriter, lover of Jane Birkin and Brigitte Bardot, and friend to countless taxi drivers and policemen... Serge Gainsbourg April 2, 1928 – March 2, 1991

“I can never decide whether my dreams are the result of my thoughts, or my thoughts the result of my dreams...” D. H. Lawrence September 11, 1885 – March 2, 1930

"Titles are important; I have them before I have books that belong to them. I have last chapters in my mind before I see first chapters, too..." John Irving #botd

“The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test is still the best account, fictional or non-fictional, in print or on film, of the genesis of the 1960's hipster subculture...” — Jack Shafer Tom Wolfe #botd

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold dir. Martin Ritt #botd "He understood le Carré’s vision and was the right director to bring it to the screen. He proved himself able to tackle contemporary themes without melodrama, or preaching..." — Michael Sragow

Kurt Weill #botd — One of the most versatile and influential composers of the musical theatre in the twentieth century. "I have never acknowledged the difference between serious music and light music. There is only good music and bad music."