The founders of Britain’s best collection of cinema memorabilia are urgently casting around for donations in order to secure their home

Film director, artist, model, maker – Julian Cole’s career to date is nothing if not varied. But his magnum opus now is an 18th-century former pub on Cable Street in the East End of London

The majestic queen of craft, HM Queen Margrethe of Denmark, slices up copies of WoI in her home studio, also known as Fredensborg Palace

The new film’s production design sees a niche internet phenomenon – uncanny architectural hinterlands designed on game-graphics software – made hair-raisingly real. Kristofer Thomas gets lost in the labyrinth

Antonia Lowe’s production design for The Christophers, Steven Soderbergh’s latest film, is inspired by Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and real-life stories from the art world, turning one chaotic London town house into a study of creative mythology and decline

The towering reputation of British sculptor Henry Moore might well cast him in a rather dour mould. We’ve got the perfect pick-me-up: it’s time to put the spotlight on the artist's unexpected designs for Modernist drama

Any performer will tell you that the real excitement and drama sometimes unfolds backstage. Here, then, is everything you need to know about the vital role green rooms have long played, from the opulent one at the Oscars to the ‘tiring houses’ of old

Shaker design is nowhere near as austere as one might expect. Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee, brought to vivid life by Sam Bader’s production design, captures the unexpected joy to be found in the Shakers’ simple style

Whether you’re fond of Figaro or ardent about Aida, these ten Italian opera houses are il meglio del meglio

The extraordinary Egyptian artist, who is now artistic director of the upcoming Art Basel Qatar, has variously taken moustachioed children and Murano-glass marionettes as his puppets. Truth and fiction are his playthings, Leyla Spratley learns