Sleep in a treehouse themed room at this eccentric UK hotel January 27, 2026 WHAT’S THE VIBE?Posh hotels are far too often cloaked in beige in order to appeal to as many people as possible while offending very few. Beige is the Toyota Corolla of luxury hotel design: boring but reliable. If you’re like me and are excited by the prospect of colour and personality, head immediately to the [...]
The Apprentice 2026 star Tim Campbell reveals new task he’d add – and it involves AI January 26, 2026 As The Apprentice 2026 returns, Lord Sugar’s adviser Tim Campbell MBE speaks to City AM The Apprentice returns to the BBC this Thursday 29 January with many of the classic tasks pitting two groups of budding entrepreneurs against each other, as the teams compete to try to make a profit. Contestants have created books, newspapers, [...]
High Noon play review: New ground for the West End’s Westerns January 26, 2026 High Noon review and star rating: ★★ Westerns feel ripe for the stage, although very few have been staged as plays. The musicals are famous West End fodder: Oklahoma! was given a provocative, horny reimagining at the Young Vic in 2022, but while High Noon has some musical numbers courtesy of Bruce Springsteen’s back catalogue, [...]
This Soho pub is putting on a ‘problematic’ show about a drunkard January 23, 2026 The Coach and Horses in Soho is one of central London’s most storied boozers. It was a favourite of Peter O’Toole, who famously once got so drunk he climbed onto the roof and refused to get down until he was served more booze. The late landlord from the 1980s heyday, Norman Balon, earned the nickname [...]
Giant film review: Pierce Brosnan grips in this underrated boxing drama January 20, 2026 Giant film review with Pierce Brosnan, world premiere at the London Film Festival: ★★★★ Speculation about Pierce Brosnan returning to James Bond seems less outrageous after watching Giant, in which the 72-year-old plays variously-aged versions of the same boxing trainer. In the younger scenes, with flat cap pulled down and pouting like a champ, squint [...]
Saipan film review: this football World Cup movie is ‘unmissable’ January 20, 2026 Saipan follows the story of Ireland manager Mick McCarthy and his very public fallout with captain Roy Keane in the weeks and months heading towards the 2002 World Cup. It arrives in UK cinemas this weekend. Film review and star rating: ★★★★ Even by football fan standards, the feud between former Republic of Ireland manager [...]
BfI Flare festival turns 40: everything we know as LGBTQ film event returns January 19, 2026 London was one of the first cities in the world to host an LGBTQ film festival. The London Gay & Lesbian Film Festival first took place in 1986 at the National Film Theatre, which has since been renamed as the BFI Southbank. The event provided vital representation and helped legitimise queer storytelling as a genre. [...]
Ariana Grande tickets for London musical ‘could easily go over £300’ January 16, 2026 “Dynamic pricing” has forced some West End ticket prices as high as £400 – will Ariana Grande’s new production of Sunday in the Park with George cost as much as an all-inclusive break in the Med? While some figures including Andrew Lloyd Weber have criticised dynamic pricing – the act of putting prices up in [...]
Paranormal Activity brings thrills and scares to London stage January 15, 2026 Paranormal Activity | ★★★★☆ | Ambassador’s Theatre Given the endless churn of lacklustre sequels, it’s easy to forget just how scary the original Paranormal Activity was. A found footage successor to The Blair Witch Project, it brought the same flavour of supernatural horror into a chillingly recognisable domestic setting that could be your own home. [...]
How to (probably) get Ariana Grande tickets for Sunday in the Park with George January 15, 2026 In the biggest piece of showbiz casting since Tom Holland starred in Romeo + Juliet in 2024, the musician Ariana Grande has been cast in the musical Sunday in the Park with George, to play in London in the summer of 2027. Grande is one of the world’s most popular musicians, and is scheduled to [...]