A young woman lies in the dark, her face illuminated by the smartphone held inches from her face. The glow of her LED alarm clock tells us it’s two am – the perfect time to embark on a journey through other people’s digital highlights reels. She keeps returning to oneContinue Reading
Review at a glance T hose trying to keep the multiplexes alive must view Tom Holland, aka Spider-Man, as a god. There are surely projector-room shrines across the globe, in which candles flicker beneath posters of Holland’s ruefully perky little face. Is his new Sony blockbuster as glorious as NoContinue Reading
It was always going to send the internet into meltdown. News that former Love Islander Molly-Mae Hague is releasing a memoir entitled ‘Becoming’ at the tender age of 22 is unlikely to sit too comfortably with those who attacked the star’s recent controversial comments on poverty and wealth. The influencerContinue Reading
T he Museum of London will close its doors in December ahead of its move to a new multi-million pound home in Smithfield after bowing out with a look back at some of its landmark exhibitions. The new building, which will be renamed The London Museum, is due to openContinue Reading
Review at a glance Y ou don’t have to be a Kate Bush devotee to enjoy Sarah-Louise Young’s polished, slender show… oh, wait, actually you do. Part tribute act, part standup skit, part fangirl monologue, it sees Young bend her own impressive vocals round some of the singer-songwriter’s eclectic hits,Continue Reading
Those words were recently said to me by someone who contacted us to make a donation a few years ago and is now immersed in St Sampson’s Unlocked, the half a million-pound restoration project at St Sampson’s Church, South Hill, Cornwall. The more I thought about his words the moreContinue Reading
N eighbours is set to be axed from the UK TV schedule after nearly four decades on our screens. The long-running soap, which is filmed in Australia, is a huge hit and reportedly attracts an audience of more than one million viewers in the UK. The drama follows the livesContinue Reading
Review at a glance S he didn’t get on the plane! The second series of Starstruck – the six-part BBC Three drama, co-written and starring the brilliant New Zealand comic Rose Matafeo – begins moments after the first one ended, with Jessie (Matafeo) having decided not to get on aContinue Reading
Review at a glance T he battle of the sexes is fraught at the best of times – and no one had a keener sense of its absurdities and tragedies than Pina Bausch. Her work, from the seminal Café Müller to the mesmeric The Rite of Spring, is packed withContinue Reading
Review at a glance E ight months have passed since Wet Leg released the unofficial national anthem of 2021, Chaise Longue, an irresistible punk-pop blast of saucy innuendo, deadpan humour and seaside-postcard surrealism. But judging by the rapturous reception that greeted the Isle of Wight band at this rammed LondonContinue Reading
