ABBA star shares ‘strange and emotional’ feeling when watching ABBA Voyage June 4, 2025 ABBA legend Björn Ulvaeus has shared how he finds the experience of watching the ABBA Voyage live show he helped create. Speaking at the SXSW London event in Shoreditch, Ulvaeus described watching a hologram of his younger self performing as “almost a spiritual feeling, there’s something strange in the room which is amazing.” “It’s kind [...]
ABBA legend reveals his one rule for making AI music at SXSW London event June 4, 2025 ABBA star Björn Ulvaeus, who has leaned into music’s technological revolution through his ABBA Voyage hologram show and his campaigning work around music and AI, has said that while he uses AI to make music, it’s essential to rely on a sense of “inner direction” to make sure the music is high quality. It comes [...]
This new London rooftop bar offers incredible views of the city June 4, 2025 A new London rooftop bar located in Holborn is the latest way to indulge in some sky-high drinking and dining. La-Yam is open now and offers views of St Paul’s, the Shard and the City. The 200-person capacity space is eight floors above Holborn Tube. The rooftop will offer Sunday roasts, DJs on Friday nights [...]
Canva boss warns Gen Z about future of the workplace at SXSW London June 4, 2025 A senior leader at Canva, the world’s most-used design platform, has used an appearance at the SXSW London event to warn Gen Z about Gen Alpha and the future of the workplace. Canva’s Head of Europe Duncan Clark suggested that current Millennial and Gen Z workers should already be thinking about how to work effectively [...]
Bono: Stories Of Surrender film review: U2 front man’s compelling vulnerability June 3, 2025 Apple TV+’s output may not yet compete with its rivals Netflix or Disney+, but the streaming service has used its association with music to create some very worthwhile documentaries, most notably, Bono: Stories of Surrender. Beastie Boys Story, What Happened, Miss Simone?, and Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry are other examples of music [...]
SXSW London: Man hoping to bring dodo and mammoth back to life teases Jurassic Park collaboration June 3, 2025 The man working on bringing the dodo and woolly mammoth back to Earth has hinted at the SXSW London event at a collaboration between his bioscience lab Colossal and the Jurassic Park films. The entrepreneur Ben Lamm, founder of Colossal Biosciences, has long been asked about the parallels between his work and the films of [...]
Experience the thrill of Silverstone up close at Escapade June 3, 2025 Imagine waking and stepping onto your private terrace overlooking the Silverstone race track, the home of the British Grand Prix. This is the experience provided by Escapade Silverstone. This revolutionary new destination has been designed to redefine trackside hospitality and offer unprecedented immersion into the heart of British motorsport. More than a hotel Escapade has [...]
The Menorca country manor that will blow you away June 3, 2025 We’re not short of country estates in the UK, and perhaps for that reason, they’re not something we look for when plotting a Euro vacation. But Vestige Son Vell, a newly established boutique hotel in southwestern Menorca, is a stately home that challenges that instinct. It ticks all the boxes for a week in the [...]
Why Greek wine is having its moment in the sun June 3, 2025 Mayfair’s flamboyant restaurant Bacchanalia is taking part in the Coravin World Wine Tour 2025, with an exclusive wine list of rare and iconic bottles never usually available by the glass. Here, over a copper dish of silky truffle tagliatelle, I was reminded just how brilliant Greece’s Xinomavro (pronounced Zee-no-mav-ro) can be. I sipped at a [...]
Karate Kid: Legends lumbers over line but there’s no killer blow June 3, 2025 Ten years ago, the idea of reviving The Karate Kid franchise with its original star might have seemed fanciful even for nostalgia-obsessed Hollywood. But in 2017, Netflix series Cobra Kai – which caught up with the characters of the 80s films – proved a cult hit that ran for six seasons, coming to a close [...]