Best of 202124 Dec 2021The 20 best films of 2021BBC Culture film critics Nicholas Barber and Caryn James pick their highlights of the year, including Nomadland, Another Round and West Side Story.24 Dec 202123 Dec 2021The best books of the year 2021From award-winning fiction to moving memoir, here are BBC Culture's top reading picks of 2021.23 Dec 202117 Dec 2021The best TV shows of 2021From Squid Game to Succession, Ted Lasso, Mare of Easttown and Maid, Hugh Montgomery, Amy Charles and Eddie Mullan pick the year’s greatest programmes to binge right now.17 Dec 202114 Dec 2021The 10 best tracks and albums of 2021Arwa Haider and Nick Levine highlight BBC Culture's musical picks of the year.14 Dec 20213 Dec 2021The most striking images of 2021Kelly Grovier picks 15 of the most startling photos from this year – including images of the riots at the US Capitol and an airplane in Kabul – and compares them with iconic artworks.3 Dec 2021