Meet the Bond girl who refused to be objectified February 12, 2026 Maryam d’Abo’s leading role as Bond girl Kara Milvoy in 1987’s The Living Daylights marked the beginning of a feminist turning point for 007. But after it, d’Abo was offered “demeaning” roles in Hollywood. She turned away from those to forge an artistic path uncharacteristic for Bond girls of her era. She returns to the [...]
Wuthering Heights is a bodice-ripper for the OnlyFans generation February 9, 2026 Wuthering Heights | Dir. Emerald Fennell | ★★★★★ Saltburn director Emerald Fennell sets out her stall in the opening seconds of her “Wuthering Heights”. We hear rhythmic grunting over a blank screen. But these aren’t the sounds of copulation, rather those of a man being hanged by the neck before a baying crowd, the scene [...]
Valentine’s Day 2026: 7 amazing things to do in London February 9, 2026 Whether you’re looking for a romantic evening with a partner, to meet a new love interest on a first date or to avoid the narrative entirely by spending a platonic evening with friends, Valentine’s Day is unavoidably big news. Last year, Brits spent nearly £1billion on smushy declarations of love. If you’re in the market [...]
Arcadia at the Old Vic is a brilliant farewell to Tom Stoppard February 5, 2026 Arcadia | Old Vic | ★★★★☆ Arcadia is a dizzying piece of work, as broad as the universe and as self-contained as a jigsaw puzzle. Through it Tom Stoppard addresses some of humanity’s great questions: do we have free will? Is poetry more important than science? Is there anyone Lord Byron didn’t shag? It opens [...]
American Psycho musical at the Almeida review: Bloody brilliant February 3, 2026 American Psycho at the Almeida | ★★★★★ A lot has happened over the years Rupert Goold has been artistic director of the Almeida. In 2013 he opened his tenure at the Islington theatre with this wickedly amoral musical: six British Prime Ministers and one pandemic later, he completes the oroborus with the same riotous show. [...]
Art After Dark: Loads of London venues are offering free late-night entry this month February 3, 2026 A series of free-to-attend events taking place in the evenings will transform London’s dark winter streets this February. Art After Dark launches this week and the central focus is the artist Lakwena Maciver’s seven-metre high tower of illuminated disco lightboxes in Piccadilly Circus. A series of events range from late-night gallery openings to live performances [...]
Experience Dan Brown’s Prague: the real locations in The Secret of Secrets February 2, 2026 THE WEEKEND To say the Four Seasons Hotel Prague plays a major part in Dan Brown’s new book The Secret of Secrets is something of an understatement. Main character Robert Langdon – best known from Brown’s mega-seller The Da Vinci Code – wakes up there at the start of the novel and it’s a key [...]
Being Gordon Ramsay: Netflix doc follows chef’s ‘most ambitious project ever’ January 30, 2026 Being Gordon Ramsay launches on Netflix in February Last year, Gordon Ramsay opened the highest restaurant in Europe. Lucky Cat Bishopsgate is at the top of the 62-storey 22 Bishopsgate, and a new Netflix documentary follows the opening phase of what Ramsay describes as “the most ambitious project I’ve ever opened in my entire life.” [...]
The Apprentice 2026’s Tim Campbell: ‘Me, softer than Karren Brady? Nonsense!’ January 29, 2026 As The Apprentice 2026 arrives on screens, Lord Sugar’s newest aide Tim Campbell MBE meets Adam Bloodworth As The Apprentice 2026 arrives on screens this evening, viewers will no doubt be on the lookout for more of Baroness Karren Brady’s formidable eyebrow raises as she follows contestants getting evermore confused on their tasks. By comparison [...]
‘Nonsense!’ The Apprentice 2026 star Tim Campbell denies he’s ‘softer’ than Karren Brady January 27, 2026 As The Apprentice 2026 arrives to screens this Thursday, viewers will no doubt be on the lookout for more of Baroness Karren Brady’s formidable eyebrow raises as she follows contestants getting evermore confused on their tasks. By comparison to Baroness Brady Lord Sugar’s other aid, the businessman and former contestant Tim Campbell MBE, is viewed [...]