CultureAt its première in 1926, Bulgakov's play about the Russian intelligentsia caused members of the audience to faint in recognition of their plight. As The White Guard opens in London, Will Self considers the shadow cast over the writer's work by a phone call from StalinThe following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Friday 2 April 2010 In the article below about the background to the play The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov, Will Self omitted to credit a biography of the playwright entitled Manuscripts Don't Burn, by JAE Curtis, who also wrote the programme notes for the current production of the play at the National Theatre in London.

Exhibitionism at the exhibition: the Sydney Dance Company takes over the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Photograph: Pedro GreigExhibitionism at the exhibition: the Sydney Dance Company takes over the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Photograph: Pedro GreigSydney festival 2017Sydney Dance Company performs a world-first all-naked event to the delight of avid nudists. Just be careful where you look “Here?” I ask. “We undress here?” The man beside me already has his pants off.

LondonEight arrested after protesters clash with police in south LondonSocial media footage appears to show people wielding sticks as violence broke out after demonstration related to ‘tensions in the Eritrean community’ Protesters clashed with police in south London on Saturday after a demonstration related to “tensions in the Eritrean community”. Social media footage of the incident in Camberwell appeared to show protesters wielding sticks clashing with Metropolitan police officers, bringing traffic to a standstill.

Paul Stephenson: ‘You can’t have true racial harmony without racial justice.’ Photograph: Khali Ackford/The GuardianWhen he sat down in a pub that banned black people, Stephenson helped change Britain’s discrimination laws. He talks about organising the Bristol bus boycott, attacks from the National Front – and why Muhammad Ali composed a poem about him by Kehinde AndrewsIn 1964, Paul Stephenson walked into the Bay Horse pub in Bristol and ordered half a pint.

UK weatherStorm Isha: two dead and many without power as 107mph wind hits UKTwo people die in separate car collisions while tens of thousands suffer power cuts in wild weather Two people have died and tens of thousands were left without power after Storm Isha wreaked havoc across the UK with gusts as high as 107mph. Police Scotland said an 84-year-old man died after a car in which he was a passenger crashed into a fallen tree on the A905 at Grangemouth at about 11.