Live music
Hudson Taylor at Scala
Alfie Hudson-Taylor scans the audience of London’s Scala, grinning excitedly at rows of familiar faces. Following the release…
By Bev LungCulture
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Live music
Cults at the Garage
The Manhattan duo outfit, Cults, had no problems filling the spacious and open Garage, both with fans and their…
By Ed Edwards
Art
The Enchanted Room: Modern Works from the Pinacoteca di Brera at Estorick Collection
Small exhibitions are almost invariably the most charming, and the Estorick Collection in north London is a master…
By Anna Souter
Opera
Tosca at the Royal Opera House
Puccini’s warhorse opera is inveterately popular. The convoluted and melodramatic plot is nonetheless tempered by exquisite orchestration and…
By Juliet Evans
Play
Monster
The Vault Festival 2018 opens its first night with a very interesting line up of original productions, among…
By Cristiana Ferrauti
Live music
Pretty Vicious launch NME Awards Shows tour at the Shacklewell Arms
"Are you ready for me?" screams vocalist Brad Griffiths as Pretty Vicious hurtle into their opening song of…
By Ed Barnes
Play
John at the National Theatre
Annie Baker treats her audience like lobsters in the pot, gradually raising the temperature so that we're being…
By Connor Campbell
Art
Hayward Gallery re-opens with Andreas Gursky retrospective
Andreas Gursky at Hayward Gallery is an exhibition of two firsts: the first major UK retrospective of the…
By Ed Barnes
Literature
13 must-read books for 2018
2018 is already lining up to be a year of rich pickings for bookworms. We’ve trawled through the…
By Alexandra Newson
Art
Charles I: King and Collector at the Royal Academy of Arts
There’s something endlessly satisfying about a beautifully presented exhibition, especially one on the scale of Charles I: King…
By Anna Souter