Live music
Pete Doherty and Carl Barât at Hackney Empire
The historic Hackney Empire, with its lush crimson velour and ornate wooden finishings, is sold out for the…
By Daniel McLeodfeatured
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Dance
Figure a Sea at the Southbank Centre
Dance as meditation, poetry, abstraction, self-revelation, experimentation, improvisation? Figure a Sea, choreographed by Cullberg Ballet's Deborah Hay, is primarily about…
By Catherine Sedgwick
Live music
Natasha Bedingfield at Islington Assembly Hall
Forming part of the fabric of early 2000’s pop, Natasha Bedingfield stands out for creating catchy and melodic…
By Jonathan Marshall
Dance
Alvin Ailey Programme B: EN, The Call, Juba and Revelations at Sadler’s Wells
Combining the timeless classic Revelations with newer pieces EN, The Call and Juba, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre…
By Catherine Sedgwick
Dance
Alvin Ailey Programme A: Lazarus and Revelations at Sadler’s Wells
Founded in 1958 by influential director, choreographer and activist Alvin Ailey – who sought to uphold the uniqueness…
By Selina Begum
Live music
The Teskey Brothers at The Jazz Cafe
Before embarking on a US tour with female singer-songwriter Tash Sultana, the soulful Melbourne quartet Teskey Brothers made…
By Francis Nash
Movie
It: Chapter Two
Tackling the next half of Steven King’s iconic novel, It: Chapter Two flings us 27 years into the…
By Mary-Catherine Harvey
Food & Drink
Bala Baya in Southwark: Dazzling dishes deliver a gleeful Mediterranean grand-slam
Despite Bala Baya being tucked under a railway arch at the back of an alley already stocked with…
By Peter Ford
Food & Drink
The Mekan in Mayfair: Exquisite cocktails for an indulgent Anatolian experience
There's a treasure trove of Anatolian delights to be found in Mayfair: excitingly spiced cocktails await at the…
By Cristiana Ferrauti
Movie
The Shiny Shrimps
Cedric Le Gallo was a self-confessed loather of sport, a distaste that began from an early age due…
By Guy Lambert