National Take Your Dog to Work Day: When it is and how to get involved June 13, 2023 National Take Your Dog to work day is fast approaching, coming up in the UK on Friday 23 June. Established in 2014 by pet product company HOWND®, this year money raised by the initiative will be donated to three charities, All Dogs Matter, Animals Asia and Surge Sanctuary. If you’d like to get involved by donating [...]
Five amazing moments from Kite Festival 2023 June 12, 2023 The charming and idyllic Kite Festival of music and ideas, which ran for the second time this weekend, is well worth a visit. But for an ‘ideas’ festival, the line-up was overwhelmingly white “I never thought I’d be sharing a line-up with Michael Gove,” admitted the musician Lynks on Saturday night, playing a high-tempo set [...]
Tuscany: Stunning Villa Lena is where you hang out with artists poolside June 11, 2023 PICTURE THE SCENE… In Tuscany, my bathroom window looks out onto what appears to be a cartoon approximation of a magical kingdom. Hillsides fold towards a horizon seemingly so far away it cannot be properly seen. The light splashes differently onto each copse of trees, tightly gathered like fistfuls of hair. The culmination of the [...]
Groundhog Day, Old Vic, review: An homage to the classic film June 9, 2023 Groundhog Day review and star rating: ★★★ Fans of ’90s film Groundhog Day, in which a beleaguered weather presenter wakes up on 2 February every day on a loop, will be pleased with this shiny, high-energy theatrical imprint, a restaging of the 2016 hit musical, which has a cultish similarity to the film. Matthew Warchus’ [...]
Bill Murray, 72, ‘dating Kelis, 43, after whirlwind romance’ June 9, 2023 Her Milkshake has apparently brought Bill Murray to the yard… In the most surprising relationship news of 2023 so far, Ghostbusters acting legend Bill Murray is reportedly dating Milkshake singer Kelis. Murray was spotted toe-tapping along to Kelis’ set at Mighty Hoopla last weekend, watching from the side of the stage, and apparently he’s been [...]
James May on filming The Grand Tour’s ‘dangerous, burn-your-face-hot’ stunts June 9, 2023 The Grand Tour returns on 16 June and there are a couple of absolutely hair-raising stunts, including one where Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond attempt to drive onto a moving aeroplane as it drives down a runway. Stunts have always been a key part of The Grand Tour and Top Gear, and speaking [...]
Sex and the City’s Sarah Jessica Parker announces West End debut in Plaza Suite June 8, 2023 One of New York’s most famous and iconic couples, Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, have announced they will tread the boards together in London. They will bring over to the West End a Tony Award-winning adaptation of the play Plaza Suite, the Neil Simon comedy that played on Broadway last year. The husband and [...]
Horror fans ‘can’t sleep’ as horrific new Bird Box trailer is released June 8, 2023 Warning: this article contains descriptions of some Bird Box scenes some viewers may find upsetting 2018 horror film Bird Box became the most-watched ever Netflix film just 28 days after it was released. It has gained a cult following for its gruesome scenes, which involve a man being hacked in the neck with a machete, [...]
Amanda Holden responds to Holly Willoughby feud rumours with long post June 8, 2023 After taking what appeared to be a number of swipes at Holly Willoughby over the past few days, Amanda Holden has posted a long Instagram message responding to the idea the two women are feuding. After Holly Willoughby made a statement on This Morning about Phillip Schofield’s inappropriate workplace affair, Amanda Holden dressed in a [...]
Patriots review, Noel Coward Theatre: An uncomfortably prescient examination of Putin June 8, 2023 Patriots review and star rating: ★★★ There’s an uncomfortable contemporaneity about Peter Morgan’s Patriots, whichfirst opened at the Almeida last July. It takes Putin as its subject and in the nearly twelve months since its premiere, the dictator has been responsible for the deaths of around 9,000 unarmed Ukrainian civilians; many thousands remain in asylum [...]