Rent musical review: This dated show is admittedly full of bangers October 9, 2026 Rent musical review and star rating: ★★★ It’s pertinently ironic that Rent’s press night coincided with the London Film Festival premiere of Elsinore, Andrew Scott’s remarkably tender AIDS drama. Perhaps in the late-eighties when this musical was conceived, even talking about the epidemic on a stage was politically powerful, even if it were sprinkled as [...]
Rogue Trooper review: Duncan Jones’ best film in decades October 8, 2026 Duncan Jones returns to form with a brisk, earnest Rogue Trooper, powered by strong voice work and pulp sci-fi zeal—see why it wins over.
Richard Eyre: National Treasures often have a dark side October 8, 2026 For Richard Eyre, who also directed the movies Stage Beauty, The Other Man and Allelujah, the state of our NHS makes for rich drama. The number of over-60s around the world will almost double from 2015 to 2050, according to the latest data from the World Health Organisation. Amid this staggering rise, the NHS is [...]
Elsinore review: I wept through Andrew Scott’s devastating AIDS epic October 8, 2026 Elsinore at London Film Festival review: astonishing, devastating AIDS drama ★★★★★ Despite the rise of stories depicting the epidemic, the horrors of AIDS are still underrepresented in film and TV. Russell T Davies’ It’s A Sin brought freshness by focusing on fleeting moments of joy, and Simon Stone’s Elsinore borrows from that playbook with this [...]
Are buffets back? The rise, fall and rise again of the all-you-can-eat October 8, 2026 From Covid to GLP-1s, the all-you-can-eat buffet has suffered blow after blow. But Anna Moloney finds a breed of chefs refusing to let go.
Gillian Anderson is magnetic in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? October 6, 2026 Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup electrify Albee’s caustic marital battleground at @sohoplace; book now for a bruising West End night.
Robert De Niro on $1.3billion hospitality empire: ‘I’m very protective of Nobu’ October 6, 2026 Goodfellas and Taxi Driver legend Robert De Niro talks exclusively to City AM The Magazine about his hospitality empire, which quietly occupies the 83-year-old New York-born actor in-between his film-making. Over the last 40 years, De Niro has been launching Nobu restaurants around the world, a Japanese brand he is fiercely protective of. He speaks [...]
London Film Festival 2026: everything you need to know October 5, 2026 New blockbusters will be premiered for the first time ever in London later this month, when the London Film Festival returns to the capital. Expect red carpets and some of the world’s most famous faces on the Southbank, as Gala screenings of some of the biggest film releases of 2026 attract international attention. Hundreds of [...]
Jousting, goblins and furries: Dispatch from a UK renaissance faire October 5, 2026 Renaissance fairs are booming in America, now they're on UK soil too. Anna Moloney dons a doublet and investigates.
Is Soho nightlife really dead? We went partying to find out October 3, 2026 “I’m trying to prove you can still have a great night out in Soho,” I say. “You can. But not a late one,” replies Lesley Lewis over a glass of white wine at her beloved pub the French House. “I’ve always loved Soho,” says the legendary proprietor, who has run the French House for 37 [...]