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“Storytelling in person is a medium we have always used”: Michael Buffong on TALAWA 86:26

Michael Buffong is the Artistic Director at Talawa Theatre Company, the UK’s leading Black British Theatre Company. Talawa is entering its 40th anniversary year...

1864 Rooftop Bar & Kitchen reopens atop John Lewis Oxford Street for summer dining and drinks

Food & Travel Desk

The HBO Max Experience at The Venue

Holly Humberstone at Shepherd’s Bush Empire

You, Me & Tuscany

Antonia Georgiou

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Movie
Undertone
★★★★★

Undertone, the new A24 chiller, marks an authoritative directorial debut from writer-director Ian...

Thomas Messner
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Movie
You, Me & Tuscany
★★★★★

After its ubiquity in the 2000s, the traditional romcom died a death. In addition to...

Antonia Georgiou
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Movie
Father Mother Sister Brother
★★★★★

Jim Jarmusch returns to estrangement and deadpan tension in Father Mother Sister...

Christina Yang
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Movie
California Schemin’
★★★★★

Having celebrated its world premiere at the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film...

Selina Sondermann

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Live music
Holly Humberstone at Shepherd’s Bush Empire
★★★★★

A few weeks out from the release of her third album, Cruel...

Megan Merino 3rd April 2026
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Live music
Maisie Peters at Koko
★★★★★

“Before the bloom, you have to get your hands dirty,” says Maisie Peters, her voice...

Hattie Birchinall 26th March 2026
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Live music
Elbow at the Royal Albert Hall
★★★★★

It’s now almost two decades since The Seldom Seen Kid catapulted Elbow from being...

Mark Worgan 24th March 2026
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Live music
Kate Nash at Roundhouse
★★★★★

Irish-English musician Kate Nash regularly says her thanks during her headline show...

Gem Hurley 20th March 2026

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Theatre
“Storytelling in person is a medium we have always used”: Michael Buffong on TALAWA 86:26

Michael Buffong is the...

Madison Sotos 9th April 2026
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Theatre
Inter Alia at Wyndham’s Theatre
★★★★★

Rosamund Pike is stellar in this gut-wrenching play about a mother’s...

Jim Compton-Hall 7th April 2026
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Theatre
The Authenticator at the National Theatre
★★★★★

A show about authenticating historical documents that, at the same...

Jim Compton-Hall 3rd April 2026
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Theatre
Waitress at New Wimbledon Theatre
★★★★★

Pie-lovers unite! The hit musical Waitress is back after a decade with a new...

Sunny Morgan 1st April 2026

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Show
The Boys season five
★★★★★

After four seasons, an excellent spin-off show, and tonnes of gore, The Boys is back...

Andrew Murray 8th April 2026
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Show
Babies
★★★★★

Stephen (Paapa Essiedu) and his wife Lisa (Siobhán Cullen) have been trying to have a...

Andrew Murray 30th March 2026
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Show
The Pitt
★★★★★

Decades after playing the fresh-faced Dr Carter in ER, Noah Wyle dons the latex gloves...

Antonia Georgiou 26th March 2026
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Show
Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen
★★★★★

Rachel (Camila Morrone) is days away from marrying the love of her life,...

Andrew Murray 26th March 2026

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Album
Arlo Parks – Ambiguous Desire
★★★★★

Arlo Parks’s third studio album, Ambiguous Desire, feels like the cinematic...

Dionysia Afolabi 2nd April 2026
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Album
Robyn – Sexistential
★★★★★

It’s been eight years since Swedish alt-pop icon Robyn released a full-length...

Taryn Crowley 27th March 2026
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Album
Melanie Martinez – Hades
★★★★★

Melanie Martinez’s first album in three years, Hades, marks a new era following...

Sofia Hamandi 27th March 2026
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Album
Raye – This Music May Contain Hope
★★★★★

Raye’s inarguable entrance into the contemporary cultural canon...

Tallulah Allen 27th March 2026

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Why couples are treating their reception like a West End production

Something has changed about the way couples plan their...

The editorial unit 30th March 2026
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Ninth season of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing expected in 2026

Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing has become one...

The editorial unit 28th March 2026
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How custom graphic overlays enhance industrial design

Walk past a control panel in a workshop, and the first thing you notice is...

The editorial unit 26th March 2026
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Is London safe for tourists in different areas?

London is generally safe for tourists, with low levels of serious violent crime....

The editorial unit 22nd March 2026

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Lunovil limited on AI conversion rate optimisation

Lunovil Limited states: most teams don’t actually have a traffic problem....

The editorial unit 31st March 2026
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Mostbet: Norway’s preferred platform for sports and gaming enthusiasts

Mostbet is a user-friendly gaming platform for players...

The editorial unit 27th March 2026
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Why online gaming creates moments of pure excitement

Online gaming has long captured the imagination of players around the...

The editorial unit 19th March 2026
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When free content isn’t really free: Understanding modern monetisation models

We live in an age of endless free content. With...

The editorial unit 7th March 2026