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Friday, 14 November 2025
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S/HE IS STILL HER/E - The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary review - a shapeshifting open window onto a counter-cultural radical
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
“I like guns. At school we had to fight with guns in the army cadets. I’m actually a first-class sniper. I could shoot people from half a mile away.”
Billie Eilish, O2 review - power, authenticity...
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
Billie Eilish may be one of the biggest names in new music, but here at the O2 Arena, she’s just Billie – the one who stares deep into your soul,...
Falstaff, Glyndebourne review - knockabout and...
Tuesday, 15 July 2025
From the animatronic cat on the bar of the Garter Inn to the rowers’ crew who haul their craft across the stage and the military ranks of “Dig for...
Superman review - America's ultimate...
Monday, 14 July 2025
A three-century-spanning countdown rapidly ticks to a version of now, and a beaten Superman (David Corenswet) ploughing into Arctic snow. His super-...
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Salome, LSO, Pappano, Barbican review - a partnership in a million
Asmik Grigorian is vocal perfection in league with a great conductor and orchestra |
Till the Stars Come Down, Theatre Royal Haymarket review - a family hilariously and tragically at war
Beth Steel makes a stirring West End debut with her poignant play for today |
Too Much, Netflix - a romcom that's oversexed, and over here
Lena Dunham's new series presents an England it's often hard to recognise |
Music Reissues Weekly: Beggars Arkive - Gary Numan's 1979 John Peel session
Saying goodbye to Tubeway Army |
The Other Way Around review - teasing Spanish study of a breakup with unexpected depth
Jonás Trueba's film holds the romcom up to the light for playful scrutiny |
Nye, National Theatre review - Michael Sheen's full-blooded Bevan returns to the Olivier
Revisiting Tim Price's dream-set account of the founder of the health service |
Emily Kam Kngwarray, Tate Modern review - glimpses of another world
Pictures that are an affirmation of belonging |
theartsdesk at the Ravenna Festival 2025 - Cervantes, Beethoven and Byron transfigured
Muti revitalised by young musicians, and a three-year theatre project reaches completion |
Girl From The North Country, Old Vic review - Dylan's songs fail to lift the mood
Fragmented, cliched story rescued by tremendous acting, singing and music |
The Estonian Song and Dance Celebration 2025 review - the mass expression of freedom
Communion, ecstasy, rain and traditional clothing |
Insomnia, Channel 5 review - a chronicle of deaths foretold
Sarah Pinborough's psychological thriller is cluttered but compelling |
The Merry Wives of Windsor, Shakespeare's Globe review - hedonistic fizz for a summer's evening
Emma Pallant and Katherine Pearce are formidable opponents to Falstaff's buffoonery |
Run Sister Run, Arcola Theatre review - emphatic emotions, overwrought production
Chloë Moss’s latest play about the different lives of two sisters is deeply felt |
Album: Gwenno - Utopia
The Welsh musical explorer surveys her life |
Live Aid at 40: When Rock'n'Roll Took on the World, BBC Two review - how Bob Geldof led pop's battle against Ethiopian famine
When wackily-dressed pop stars banded together to give a little help to the helpless |
Sabrina Carpenter, Hyde Park BST review - a sexy, sparkly, summer phenomenon
The Summer of Sabrina continues to shine bright |
Music Reissues Weekly: Motörhead - The Manticore Tapes
Snapshot of Lemmy and co in August 1976 proves fascinating |
Kiefer / Van Gogh, Royal Academy review - a pairing of opposites
Small scale intensity meets large scale melodrama |
Siglo de Oro, Wigmore Hall review - electronic Lamentations and Trojan tragedy
Committed and intense performance of a newly-commissioned oratorio |
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting, National Portrait Gallery review - a protégé losing her way
A brilliant painter in search of a worthwhile subject |
Hot Milk review - a mother of a problem
Emma Mackey shines as a daughter drawn to the deep end of a family trauma |
Glastonbury Festival 2025: Five Somerset summer days of music, controversy and beautiful mayhem
The full, brain-frazzling, immersive deep dive into Worthy Farm's music and arts spectacular |
Tom Raworth: Cancer review - truthfulness
A 'lost' book reconfirms Raworth’s legacy as one of the great lyric poets |
Hill, Sky Documentaries review - how Damon Hill battled his demons
Alex Holmes's film is both documentary and psychological portrait |
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