Posh-house drama, Elton’s new album and art to make you weep – what to watch, see and listen to this week

By Jane Wright, Commissioning Editor, Arts & Culture, The Conversation UK

This week I’ve seen Disney’s latest bingeable series, The Stolen Girl, variously described as a “posh-house drama”, “the equivalent of an airport novel” and “enjoyably preposterous” – so what’s not to like?

One episode in, I’m lapping up the lavishly immaculate interiors and clipped tones of rich people who call everyone “darling”. And I always enjoy the hilariously shonky portrayal of journalists and the way dramatists…

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