Art
Life in a Cup: Coffee Culture in the Islamic World at the British Museum
The British Museum is currently holding a free exhibition retracing the rise and spread of coffee in the…
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Movie
The Duke
Roger Michell, best known for directing romantic comedy classic Notting Hill, sadly passed away weeks after his last…
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Musical
The Ballad of Maria Marten at Wilton’s Music Hall
Based on the 1827 real-life murder mystery that intrigued the whole nation and inspired countless fictional retellings over…
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Movie
Marry Me
It is perhaps safe to say that nobody expects Marry Me, the pop music-infused romcom starring Jennifer Lopez,…
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Movie
Death on the Nile
Following 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express, director Kenneth Branagh revisits Agatha Christie’s repertoire with Death on the…
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Art
Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s–now at Tate Britain
Tate Britain celebrates the unique and rich contribution of British Caribbean artists in a multimedia exhibition, bringing together…
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Movie
Lingui, the Sacred Bonds
Award-winning Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, who most notably received Venice’s Grand Special Jury Prize in 2006 for his…
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Movie
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
The Eyes of Tammy Faye is the dramatised story of the rise and fall of TV preachers-cum-entertainers Tammy…
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Play
The 4th Country at Park Theatre
First performed in 2020 at the Vault Festival, The 4th Country is a drama set in Derry-Londonderry that…
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Movie
Belfast
Kenneth Branagh’s new feature, Belfast, is inspired by the director’s own childhood in Northern Ireland, of which he…
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