Live music
Ben Howard at the Hammersmith Apollo
Quietly humble Devon-born singer-songwriter Ben Howard returns with double shows at the Hammersmith Apollo. Winner of two Brit Awards and nominated…
By Selina Begumreview
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Live music
YOTA at Xoyo
Getting the almost mythical rapper MF Doom to gift a new band with a verse is a pretty…
By Mark Mukasa
Play
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at the Donmar Warehouse
"Give me a girl at an impressionable age and she is mine for life." With that ominous mantra…
By Connor Campbell
Live music
Travis play The Man Who at Royal Festival Hall: A much-needed celebration of British rock
Tonight at the Royal Festival Hall Travis played a great, much-needed show. At some point Fran Healy told…
By Filippo L'Astorina
Play
The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives at Arcola Theatre
Adapted from Lola Shoneyin’s acclaimed novel and written for theatre by Caine Award-winning playwright Rotimi Babatunde, The Secret Lives of Baba…
By Catherine Sedgwick
Movie
Studio 54
Nightclubs are best appreciated from a distance, and look great in the movies. Who doesn’t watch the opening…
By Euan Franklin
Album
Real Teeth – Dregs | EP review
After beginning 2018 by attracting the attention of BBC Introducing and earning radio airtime in their native East…
By Stuart Boyland
Movie
Stanley, A Man of Variety
It's always been an attractive spectacle watching an actor perform several roles in one show. Audiences, both niche…
By Euan Franklin
Art
Thomas Cole: Eden to Empire at the National Gallery
Thomas Cole (1805-1848), the father of American painting, was actually born in England. Growing up in Lancashire until the age…
By Anna Souter
Movie
Hereditary
Every generation has what we’ll call its "horror moment". The moment it realises that you can extract something…
By Joseph Irwin