T he Oscars is the film industry’s biggest extravaganza of the year. Excitement has been building around the potential nominations ahead of the shortlist being released in early February. Every year the prestigious awards ceremony attracts a whole galaxy of Hollywood stars and the A-list put on a show-stopping displayContinue Reading
Review at a glance T his current run of Dane Baptiste’s latest show, The Chocolate Chip, is something of a victory lap. His tour was due to start in Spring 2020 and, well, we all know what happened next. But despite what he calls the “pancetta” he has managed toContinue Reading
T he Museum of the Home has been forced to take down an exhibit in a row over the continued presence of a statue of a slave trader on its site. The Hoxton-based museum, formerly known as the Geffrye Museum, is in former almshouses built with money from Sir RobertContinue Reading
T he Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) is just months away, and this year 40 countries are heading to Italy to take part. The ESC, often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing primarily European countries. Read onContinue Reading
T hree episodes in, and the final series of Peaky Blinders is gathering pace. In last week’s episode, we saw the head of the Shelby Company Ltd get into bed with the IRA, UK fascists and “unofficial Roosevelt envoy” American Jack Nelson, a distant Shelby relation by marriage (Tommy’s cousinContinue Reading
Review at a glance Y ou know the drill by now. A fast-rising entrepreneur or influencer unceremoniously falls from dizzy heights. First comes the long-read exposé. Next comes the podcast series. Then the book. Then the documentary. And, then, as sure as night turns into day, comes the star-studded biodramaContinue Reading
Review at a glance T his drifty, nightmarish vision of a future Russian superstate from Belarus Free Theatre has become more timely than the company could ever have feared. Adapted from a 900-page dystopian fantasy by Alhierd Bacharevic, it was first staged in Minsk in 2019, since when the bookContinue Reading
The studio’s early works were lauded for their “universal” storytelling. Its new approach champions personal stories—and audiences are the richer for it.Continue Reading
The first image of Tom Hanks as Geppetto in Disney+’s upcoming live-action remake of Pinocchio has been released. The upcoming film is directed by Robert Zemeckis, best known for cult classics Back to the Future and Death Becomes Her, as well as the Hanks-starring Forest Gump and The Polar Express.Continue Reading
W here do you turn after your last attempt at Eurovision glory ended in an unmitigated nul points catastrophe? TikTok, of course! Sam Ryder, the social-media-sensation-turned-major-record-label-signee, has today been confirmed by the BBC as the man we’ll be shipping off to Turin for the 66th Eurovision Song Contest in May,Continue Reading
