Live music
The Kooks at Brixton Academy
Kicking off Thursday night at Brixton Academy in the first of a three-night residency there, Brighton-based indie rock…
By Kirst HubbardCulture
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Cinema & TV
“He lived his life through cinema”: Co-directors Peter Middleton and James Spinney on The Real Charlie Chaplin
Is there anyone on this planet who wouldn't recognise the silhouette of Charlie Chaplin? Arguably to this day…
By Sarah Bradbury
Live music
Melanie C at Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Debuting her self-titled album for the first time since its release in 2020, Melanie C returned to London…
By Natallia Pearmain
Album
Metronomy – Small World
Warning; for anyone looking for trademark Metronomy kookiness, Small World might not be the thing. This is their…
By Charlie Peters
Food & Drink
Oxeye in Nine Elms: “A dinner waltz conducted with elegance and flavour”
The epitome of an “intimate space” is swathed in tastefully dim light in the dining room of Oxeye.…
By Cristiana Ferrauti
Art
Kehinde Wiley: The Prelude at the National Gallery
African American artist Kehinde Wiley is arguably best known for his 2018 portrait of Barack Obama. The first…
By James White
Play
The Forest at Hampstead Theatre
With stage hits such as The Height of the Storm, The Son and The Father (which was adapted…
By Jonathan Marshall
Cinema & TV
“It’s more a story of working-class struggle than anything else”: Kempton Bunton’s grandson Christopher Bunton on The Duke
From the director of iconic romcom Notting Hill, comes this offbeat retelling of a true story of an…
By Sarah Bradbury
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…
By Mersa Auda
Berlinale
“I was always trying to find this equilibrium between improvising and following the script”: Carla Simón on Golden Bear-winning Alcarràs
Alcarràs is the second feature film from Spanish writer-director Carla Simón. It follows the story of a peach-farming…
By Sarah Bradbury