Culture (Page 365)

I s your playlist in need of some refreshment? We have some suggestions. We loved what we heard when Isle of Wight band Wet Leg’s first single, Chaise Longue, arrived out of nowhere a couple of months ago, and we weren’t the only ones — Iggy Pop and Paramore’s HayleyContinue Reading

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has said she would not be in favour of a female Bond as she attended the premiere of the latest film in the series No Time to Die. The acclaimed creator of Fleabag was drafted in to work the script walked the red carpet at the film’s glitteringContinue Reading

The niece of its creator is able to see after 120 years her Uncles most famous creation still working. Date Friday 15th October Time 10.00- 12.00 Place Inn for All Seasons, off the old Redruth Bypass Please note that Mrs Hambly is a little reluctant to have too many interviewsContinue Reading

Review at a glance T he centrepiece of this show is a beautifully shot video, made this year. It ends with archive footage of a young Theaster Gates telling an interviewer that he is “dying to do a short film about clay”. It took the 48 year old a whileContinue Reading

Speaking to the Evening Standard’s Natasha Mwansa, Brathwaite said: “My white counterparts, both male and female, can fart onto a book and publishers will slap a sticker on it. “Whereas I was always told to get a bigger platform and then maybe my writing would be given a look. IContinue Reading

Discussing his autobiography “To Be a Gay Man” released earlier this month, he described his battle with internalised homophobia, mental health and being a gay man in the public eye. Young talked candidly to former BBC journalist Julia Wheeler at the three-day Stories Festival, launched with Netflix, about growing upContinue Reading

D uran Duran’s anticipated 15th studio album is slated for release next month and it features a new star – Blur guitarist, Graham Coxon. The Wild Boys, who headlined the Isle of Wight festival last week to screams of joy from loyal fans, told the Standard the band may haveContinue Reading

The first solo exhibition by up-and-coming artist Carolyn Wixon will be at the Castle Gallery in Bude, 22nd October – 11th November, 2021. Carolyn’s exhibition is in the Blanchminster Room, which is named after the family that donated this stunning building a stone’s-throw from the beach, to the community. ThereContinue Reading