How I learned to perform parenie at Banya No.1 October 9, 2025 For a decade I have attended London’s Banya No.1, a spa like no other, where you’re steamed in a sauna, whipped by leaves, dunked in freezing water and then served ice cold beer and dumplings. If you think that sounds like a form of torture (the beer and dumplings notwithstanding), you’re not alone. The apostle [...]
This Kate Moss movie at London Film Festival 2025 will be a massive talking point October 7, 2025 When you think of Kate Moss and men, the mind goes to Pete Doherty, or perhaps the Dazed Media editor Jefferson Hack, but there was another creative mind before them: Lucian Freud. The two shared an intense personal relationship in the early noughties when Freud, then in his eighties, painted Moss, then in her late [...]
The Weir review: Unmissable play returns after three decades October 6, 2025 The Weir | ★★★★★ | Harold Pinter Theatre Conor McPherson’s 1997 play The Weir has taken on an almost mythical status in the years since it was first staged. It’s now spoken of alongside Jez Butterworth’s Jerusalem and Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman, a seminal moment in modern British and Irish theatre and a formative work [...]
AI made this London Film Festival movie about love and loss October 6, 2025 Amid waves of criticism against AI, one film at London Film Festival 2025 has been proudly harnessing artificial intelligence. Memory of Princess Mumbi is set in a retro-futuristic Africa in 2093, and much of the landscapes and scenic shots have been developed using AI. Although the filmmaker Damien Hauser’s intentions were to “make a movie [...]
Inside Hundred Nights of Hero, the Charli xcx London Film Festival must-see film October 6, 2025 Charli xcx is taking a break from playing festival main stages and feuding with Taylor Swift to make her acting debut this month at the London Film Festival 2025. The musician has a remarkable seven films in production, including Hundred Nights of Hero, a historical fantasy film based on the book of the same name [...]
Is This Thing On? at London Film Festival 2025 is inspired by comedian John Bishop October 6, 2025 One of the most surprising films at the London Film Festival 2025 is surely Is This Thing On?, a comedy-drama loosely based on the rise of the British comedian John Bishop. The Liverpudlian is now one of Britain’s most famous acts, but he was fairly late to find fame, breaking through in his late-thirties and [...]
London Film Festival 2025: Londoners should just turn up, say organisers October 6, 2025 Organisers for this year’s London Film Festival 2025 are urging Londoners to just show up and see what’s available on the day. Many of the most popular films at the London Film Festival sell out immediately, so it can feel as if the festival is hard to attend, especially for the bigger screenings – but [...]
Rohtko at Barbican: Savage and gripping satire of the art world October 3, 2025 Rohtko at the Barbican | ★★★★★ Rohtko is one of the most astonishing pieces of work I’ve seen on a London stage. Created by Polish director Łukasz Twarkowski, it’s a genre-defying mash up of theatre, live cinema, installation art, dance and techno. The Barbican stage is filled with an ever-shifting series of sets built inside [...]
London Film Festival 2025: 9 amazing movies to book right now October 3, 2025 The return of the London Film Festival: 2025’s programme is predictably packed with intrigue. Here are some of the films not to miss One year shy of its 70th anniversary, the London Film Festival returns this October, bringing hundreds of new films to the capital. Some have never played anywhere before, while others have been [...]
Tee Box golf is where thousands of City workers play – in the heart of the Square Mile October 3, 2025 Ahead of the Toast the City awards taking place this October, celebrating the best culture in the Square Mile, we meet some of the nominees: this week it’s Tee Box golf experiences. Why does Tee Box golf deserve to win a coveted Slice of Toast at the inaugural Toast the City Awards? We launched our first location near [...]