Krapp’s Last Tape sees Gary Oldman at his most captivating Life&Style Krapp’s Last Tape | ★★★★★ | Royal Court As you watch Gary Oldman’s ageing Krapp slowly, methodically eat a banana, and then slowly, methodically eat a second banana, the silence – or rather the lack of silence – is deafening. Every sound in the theatre is amplified: audience members shifting in the Royal Court’s leather [...]
Is it Jeff Bezos? How Devil Wears Prada 2 created its tech bro villains Life&Style Aline Brosh McKenna wrote the screenplay for The Devil Wears Prada 2. She talks to Adam Bloodworth about writing the ultimate corporate rom-com The Devil Wears Prada 2’s screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna vividly recalls her first impression of hard work. When she was young, she remembers her engineer father crawling around on the floor to [...]
Anne Hathaway’s ‘extremely funny’ axed scene from Devil Wears Prada 2 Life&Style The process of making a film is a bit like pulling together a magazine: things get cut. For The Devil Wears Prada 2 a series of celebrity cameos didn’t even make it into the film. Deleted scenes are an inevitable reality of movie making, but some cuts hurt more than most. Aline Brosh McKenna, the [...]
The Festival of Words: From Gyles Brandreth to Anthony Scaramucci – all you need to know about the Fleet Street Quarter festival May 12, 2026 The Fleet Street Quarter Festival of Words covers everything from politics to culture, literature, storytelling, broadcasting and public life. It features a fascinating line-up of speakers and panel guests, from political heavyweights to stars of stage and screen. We’re pretty sure it will be a front-running for the Best Arts or Culture Experience category of [...]
Cannes 2026: Who will win the 2026 Palme d’Or? May 11, 2026 Blockbusters like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Mad Max: Fury Road and Top Gun Maverick once graced the Cannes red carpet, but this year’s opening night film will be a French burlesque romantic comedy, The Electric Kiss. In fact, no Hollywood or British films are this year competing for the Palme d’Or. So who [...]
New ‘360 degree video’ of David Attenborough hits central London May 8, 2026 A new immersive installation at Outernet – that mad box of screens outside Tottenham Court Road station – will celebrate the life of Sir David Attenborough as he turns 100. The five-minute “360 degree video” launches today, with fans able to simply walk in and gawp at animations and real-world footage of David Attenborough. Entitled [...]
The Devil Wears Prada 2 review: Meryl Streep is funnier than ever April 29, 2026 The Devil Wears Prada 2 with Meryl Streep review and star rating: ★★★★ The fashion got us hooked, but it was the memes that helped The Devil Wears Prada endure for almost two decades. Asides such as “Florals for spring? Groundbreaking” and “Everybody wants to be us,” delivered by Meryl Streep’s monstrous editor Miranda Priestly, [...]
My hot air balloon safari adventure in remote Tanzania April 28, 2026 Teresa Levonian-Cole went on a hot balloon safari adventure through remote Tanzania. It was a brilliant new way to experience those great beasts It is remarkable what you can see – both real and imagined – from a height of 1,500 feet. The vast expanse of the Serengeti, a UNESCO World Heritage Site the size [...]
Punchdrunk Theatre founder: These video games changed my life April 23, 2026 Punchdrunk is the company that put immersive theatre on the map. Since it was founded more than a quarter of a century ago, it has built a reputation for creating vast, intricate, freeflowing productions in which masked audience-members are allowed to roam freely through its spaces. Hits include The Drowned Man (2013), Sleep No More [...]
Can an AI make art? And would it be worth looking at? April 23, 2026 The last year has seen artificial intelligence disrupt almost every industry – but can it really create art? Chris Dorrell speaks to artists working with AI and meets a robot painter In a darkened room in Camden, I kneel at an altar, pressing buttons on an illuminated red keyboard. Embossed with the shapes of human [...]