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 [...]
Remember that controversial ‘woke’ Jaguar? We drove it… April 23, 2026 The controversial woke Jaguar Type 00 concept car has become the Jaguar GT prototype – and we’ve driven it. Can this luxurious EV recapture the spirit of Jaguar? Heritage is something Jaguar has considered from the earliest stages of its rebirth. Once the design of the first new car, an electric GT previewed by the [...]
Is the romance boom a recession indicator? From Mills & Boon to BookTok April 23, 2026 From Mills & Boon to BookTok, romance fiction has thrived for more than a century. But what makes it so economically resilient?
How to experience Harry Styles’ Rome, from cool neighbourhoods to flea markets April 23, 2026 Why has Harry Styles fallen so deeply for the Italian capital? Amélie Outters checks out his favourite spots Near Campo de’ Fiori, inside a small Roman café, the queue moves slowly. The staff gruffly mumble orders in rapid Italian while customers lean over the glass counter, pointing at pizza sold by the centimetre and paid [...]
Inside the Wetherpoons pub with great Tower of London views April 22, 2026 Certainly not the most discerning watering hole in the Square Mile, Wetherspoons is nonetheless an institution. No matter what you think of it, it’s hard to argue that it doesn’t offer incredible value for money. Here’s a look inside The Liberty Bounds, one of the lesser-known Wetherspoons pubs frequented by City folk. WHAT’S THE VIBE?This [...]
Here is the best wine from Australia, from Chardonnay to Shiraz April 22, 2026 Australian wine seems to be all anyone is drinking this month, perhaps because last month Matthew Jukes, a world authority on Aussie vino, announced his 100 Best Australian Wine report. Australian wine has consistently done well in the UK. We were their primary export market in the 19th century, and as their wine industry expanded [...]
How bakers became the rock stars of London’s post-booze era April 22, 2026 Bakers have developed the clout of mixologists, finds Adam Bloodworth Anna Higham finds it extremely stressful when a queue forms outside her Quince bakery in Islington. She feels that, by definition, a line means she can’t give her best service, but she acknowledges that for many of the capital’s bakery touring elite, the absence of [...]
Jeremy King: My honest thoughts on The Ivy £1bn sale April 21, 2026 The Ivy and Simpson’s in the Strand restaurateur on holding his nerve, having no regrets and bringing fun back to London dining “People come in crying,” says Jeremy King from a white tableclothed banquette in his new British restaurant, Simpson’s in the Strand. “They have so many stories: my father brought me here, my godfather [...]
The Crime Lord: Peter Capaldi on the manosphere, London and rocking out with his band as he approaches 70 April 21, 2026 From Malcolm Tucker to Doctor Who, Peter Capaldi is one of the finest actors of his generation. Steve Dinneen speaks to him about masculinity, being a punk and why he can’t get enough of London Peter Capaldi has just finished a two-week tour with his band and he says he’s “knackered”. He does look a bit [...]