Culture (Page 377)

Review at a glance W hen Adele stepped on stage to the opening bars of ‘Hello’ at Hyde Park on Friday night, it was a hugely emotive moment. Her first public UK gig in over five years, the musician was visibly teary as the 65,000 strong crowd sang her hitContinue Reading

B ST Hyde Park is upon us, and this year, it’s back with a bang with none other than the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Adele, and more superstars taking to the stage over the coming weeks. Now, the entire line-up has been confirmed, with an array of blockbuster shows comingContinue Reading

Review at a glance W hen you’re a solo artist rather than a band, you miss out on one of the finest traditions in music: splitting up, waiting a few years and lucratively reforming. The returning original line-up of the Sugababes received an ecstatic reception at Glastonbury last weekend, butContinue Reading

T he latest series of Love Island is off to a gripping start, with the contestants vying with one another for the attention of the latest bombshell to cause a stir. This week, two new bombshells hit the villa, with Jay Younger and Remi joining the throng. Here’s everything youContinue Reading

B ST Hyde Park is upon us, and this year, it’s back with a bang with none other than the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Adele, and more superstars taking to the stage over the coming weeks. Now, the entire line-up has been confirmed, with an array of blockbuster shows comingContinue Reading

A fter almost eight years as the host of The Late Late Show, and with a fortune estimated around the £50 million mark, James Corden is some way beyond simply successful. In town for a four-night London run of his LA-based chat show, on last night’s evidence Corden retains theContinue Reading

F our controversial statues will stay on a university building in south London after locals voted for them to stay. The consultation, carried out in Lewisham by Goldsmiths, University of London, asked people what should happen to the statues of Elizabethan explorer Sir Francis Drake, Cromwellian admiral Robert Blake, LordContinue Reading

T his afternoon huge crowds flocked to see George Ezra after the English singer announced that he would be performing a surprise show at Glastonbury. “SURPRISE! glastonbury see you 2pm on the John Peel Stage for a big old party,” Tweeted Ezra at 11 o’clock. Just three days earlier, EzraContinue Reading

Review at a glance “ Are you ready to have some fun?” asked Billie Eilish, in an endearingly creaky, fake British accent, before flashing a huge grin. It was early on during her Friday night set in front of a sprawled Pyramid Stage crowd at Glastonbury’s big, heavily refreshed 50th-anniversaryContinue Reading