Horror fans ‘can’t sleep’ as horrific new Bird Box trailer is released June 8, 2023 Warning: this article contains descriptions of some Bird Box scenes some viewers may find upsetting 2018 horror film Bird Box became the most-watched ever Netflix film just 28 days after it was released. It has gained a cult following for its gruesome scenes, which involve a man being hacked in the neck with a machete, [...]
Patriots review, Noel Coward Theatre: An uncomfortably prescient examination of Putin June 8, 2023 Patriots review and star rating: ★★★ There’s an uncomfortable contemporaneity about Peter Morgan’s Patriots, whichfirst opened at the Almeida last July. It takes Putin as its subject and in the nearly twelve months since its premiere, the dictator has been responsible for the deaths of around 9,000 unarmed Ukrainian civilians; many thousands remain in asylum [...]
We Will Rock You, musical review: I’m Ga Ga for more! June 7, 2023 We Will Rock You review and star rating: ★★★★ Wait, isn’t We Will Rock You still on at the Dominion Theatre by Tottenham Court Road? The Queen musical has become such a ubiquitous part of London’s theatrical furniture that most people aren’t aware it had gone anywhere in the first place. But after eight years [...]
Jimmy Choo: The shoes I still haven’t designed, and my fight to save London’s creative industry June 7, 2023 The name Jimmy Choo might remind you of Carrie Bradshaw’s shoe infatuation on Sex and the City – “No!” she cried in one episode, dropping her stilettos off the edge of the Staten Island Ferry. “My Choos!” What it’s unlikely to remind you of is the City of London. But Jimmy Choo has always lived [...]
Exclusive: Tao Group to open its first UK venture at new Marylebone hotel June 6, 2023 Hakkasan owner Tao Group Hospitality will launch its first new UK restaurant at the new The BoTree hotel in Marylebone, which is set to open its doors this summer. The hospitality offering will include flagship restaurant Lavo, which will serve “coastal Italian fare” as well as a more casual dining option and bars. New York-based [...]
James May: Top Gear’s future and my real relationship with Jeremy Clarkson June 6, 2023 He’s one third of the controversial team behind The Grand Tour and Top Gear. Adam Bloodworth speaks to James May about being woke, Freddie Flintoff’s accident and working with Jeremy Clarkson “I’ve put my foot down about that,” declares James May, a handful of M&Ms in hand. “I’ve had a stern word. Stop dressing me [...]
Mighty Hoopla 2023: 7 iconic moments we’ll remember forever June 5, 2023 Drag, cabaret, live performance… Britain’s most colourful music and arts festival, Mighty Hoopla, has wrapped for another year. The festival welcomed over 60,000 people to London’s Brockwell Park over the weekend, and has become famous for uniting Britain’s pop music fans and LGBTQ people over two days of the most vibrant staging the festival circuit [...]
Three years after Covid began, Japan is welcoming tourists June 5, 2023 Just hours after arriving in Japan from London, a geisha girl is teaching me a drinking game. She sings a lilting, nursery rhyme-style tune as we take turns tapping the small wooden box between us, trying to catch each other out by whipping the box away so the other person must lay a closed fist on the [...]
Mad About The Boy charts 73 years of Noël Coward’s amazing life June 2, 2023 This new, bite-sized biography of the late playwright, actor, and raconteur Noël Coward squeezes a lot into just over ninety minutes, but while it rarely stops for breath, it paints an interesting portrait of a life of contradictions. Barnaby Thompson, director of the St Trinian’s reboot and likeable 2020 comedy Pixie, drags us through Coward’s [...]
Across The Spider-verse review: another hit animated romp June 2, 2023 It’s difficult to express just how impactful 2018’s Into The Spider-verse has been on Hollywood. Critically adored and a box office hit, it was a soft launch for the ‘multiverse’ concept in superhero movies. It played with possibilities safe in the knowledge that it didn’t need to be a part of any larger network of [...]