Live music
Sam Smith presents new album The Thrill of It All at Tate Modern for Apple Music
Sam Smith’s much awaited return to the limelight, taking to the intimate stage of The Tanks at The…
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Ugly Chief at Battersea Arts Centre
Performance artist and comedienne Victoria Melody’s Ugly Chief – translation of the surname “Melody” in Gaelic – is a raucous,…
By Catherine Sedgwick
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The Busy World Is Hushed at Finborough Theatre
In its European debut, The Busy World Is Hushed brings the intensity of a deep, inconsolable sadness to…
By Kari Megeed
Live music
Foy Vance at Union Chapel
“Don’t think of tonight as a show,” Foy Vance sang unaccompanied to the audience before launching into a…
By Bev Lung
Movie
Kaze ni Nureta Onna (Wet Woman in the Wind)
Viewing Akihiko Shiota’s Roman Porno Kaze ni Nureta Onna (Wet Woman in the Wind) is like watching two…
By Catherine Sedgwick
Movie
The Stolen
When an infant is robbed from a wealthy couple in their elegant farmhouse in New Zealand, grieving mother…
By Andrew Murray
Movie
L’École buissonnière (The School of Life)
Wildlife and the pristine forests of Sologne are at the forefront of French Senegal-born writer/director/adventurer Nicolas Vanier’s ambitious…
By Lindsay Bellinger
Movie
Rise of the Footsoldier 3
Gruff voices, sex, violence and drugs are the order of the day in Rise of the Footsoldier 3,…
By Mark Mukasa
Movie
Murder on the Orient Express: A faithful and hugely intriguing enactment of the classic mystery novel
In 1974, a star-studded cinematic rendition of Murder on the Orient Express won most people’s approval even before…
By Mersa Auda
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Heather at the Bush Theatre
Thomas Eccleshare’s Heather is a sod of a play to write about. The narrative hinges on a twist…
By Connor Campbell