Movie
“Gay characters in a movie back when I was growing up were either the villain or a joke”: Todd Stephens on Swan Song
Writer-director Todd Stephens returns to his home territory of Ohio for the third time for new feature Swan…
By Sarah BradburyCulture
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Music
TLC: Ten of the iconic group’s biggest hits ahead of their UK Tour
TLC are America’s biggest selling female group of all time, with around 85 million album sales to date,…
By Jonathan Marshall
Cinema & TV
“That constant evolution of where our characters are at is a really unique aspect of our show”: Writers Ben Nedivi and Matt Wolpert on season three of For All Mankind
Apple TV+ original sci-fi series For All Mankindis back again for another season. It first launched with the…
By Mae Trumata
Food & Drink
Hotly anticipated Pan-African restaurant Tatale to open on 14 July
Akwasi Brenya-Mensa’s debut London restaurant Tatale will open its doors on Thursday 14th July 2022 at the Africa…
By Food & Travel Desk
Movie
Lightyear
“In 1995, Andy got a toy from his favourite movie. This is that movie”. These are the words,…
By Matthew McMillan
Cinema & TV
“We’re now making sure we represent in film the faces that have always been a part of the story – that includes LGBTQ+ people, women, Black women – that includes all people”: Chris Evans, Taika Waititi, Keke Palmer and Angus MacLane on Lightyear at the London premiere
Lightyear is the hotly-anticipated new film from Disney and Pixar, and the first to hit the big screen…
By Sarah Bradbury
Cannes
“I think I’m kind of a drug addict for image and sound coming together! I’m always putting images to sound and getting high”: An interview with Hlynur Pálmason, director of Godland
Cannes’s Un Certain Regard section is always full of insider tips and festival highlights. It presents unconventional forms…
By Selina Sondermann
Live music
Rag’n’Bone Man at Kenwood House
Saturday was a remarkable night out in Hampstead in the company of Rag’n’Bone Man at the start of…
By Martina Liberini
Live music
Grace Jones opens her own Meltdown Festival 2022
The unrivalled queen of new wave and edgy art-pop opens Meltdown Festival, which she curates this year, with…
By Selina Begum
Live music
Elbow at Hampton Court Palace
Elbow have been at the forefront of the British indie scene for over two decades, with 2022 marking…
By Christopher Connor