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Cynthia Erivo interrupts Dracula performance after spotting audience member’s camera
Published: April 29, 2026 10:42
Wicked star’s one-woman West End show was stopped in response to an increasingly common problem for theatresA performance of Dracula in the West End on Monday night was halted after its star, Cynthia Erivo, spotted that an audience member appeared to be…
Stand & Deliver: The Lee Jeans Sit-In review – galvanising story of landmark factory occupation
Published: April 29, 2026 10:25
Tron theatre, Glasgow Frances Poet’s music-driven drama reconstructs the Greenock dispute that saw 240 workers square up to bosses It was the early days of the Thatcher project. At the start of 1981, the free-market chill was about to lay waste to the…
A peace process thriller, the DUP opera and countless cuppas: Belfast’s Lyric theatre at 75
Published: April 29, 2026 10:05
What began as a tiny space above the founder’s stables became the beating heart of the city’s performing arts. Its leader Jimmy Fay reflects on recent hits and reveals what audiences can expect from the theatre’s anniversary year‘The Lyric gives voice to…
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC review – fascinating star-studded concert film
Published: April 29, 2026 10:00
Footage from John Lennon’s only full-length performances after the Beatles – at Madison Square Garden, for charity, with the Plastic Ono Band – has been edited and restoredLast year we saw Kevin Macdonald’s One to One, an archive compilation documentary…
David Attenborough at 100: share your memories
Published: April 29, 2026 09:52
As David Attenbourugh turns 100 years old, we would like to hear your memories over the years – including any encounters you’ve had with him in the wildAs David Attenborough turns 100 years old on 8 May, we would like to hear your memories of the great…
Should I Marry a Murderer? review – the amazing woman who spied on her killer fiancé for police
Published: April 29, 2026 09:18
Caroline Muirhead’s whirlwind romance with a Scottish farmer soon took a turn when she discovered his dark secret. This Netflix docuseries is a tale of her bravery, and the shocking stupidity and neglect it was rewarded withThere are some truly amazing…
Indie music has been invaded by fake fans and cynical viral campaigns. Here’s how deep it all goes
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/29/geese-outcry-phoney-virality-music-fans-hype
Published: April 29, 2026 09:15
Companies such as Chaotic Good are confecting social media buzz to promote Geese, Oklou and other indie darlings. Industry insiders reveal how widespread the practice is – even if no-one is sure it actually worksDid you get more fomo than usual from last…
Tradwives, sugar babies and OnlyFans: Euphoria’s misogyny feels like the manosphere’s wet dream
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/29/euphoria-season-3
Published: April 29, 2026 09:00
Sam Levinson’s HBO show has always aimed to ruffle feathers. But its new season’s provocations ring hollow‘A husband expects a yes’: how wife schools are shaping submissive Christian women“You’re not a man!” screams Cassie Howard in the latest episode of…
Rebel Wilson rejects ‘absolutely outrageous’ phone-dumping accusation as defamation trial continues
Published: April 29, 2026 08:56
The Pitch Perfect actor is being sued by Charlotte MacInnes, the lead actor of Wilson’s directorial debut, The DebHollywood star Rebel Wilson has rejected an “absolutely outrageous” accusation that she dumped her phone to avoid handing over key…
What If Reform Wins? by Peter Chappell review – a massive wake-up call
Published: April 29, 2026 08:00
This ‘nonfiction thriller’ takes us through exactly what would happen if Nigel Farage won his dreamed-of majorityFor some years now, mainstream British politics has revolved increasingly obsessively around the question of how to stop Nigel Farage. What…
Keira Knightley returns to West End in adaptation of Oscar winner The Lives of Others
Published: April 29, 2026 08:00
Stephen Dillane and Bridgerton’s Luke Thompson set to co-star in Robert Icke’s production based on the German film this autumnKeira Knightley will return to the West End stage for the first time in 15 years in an adaptation of the Oscar-winning German film…
Concrete sun tunnels and shimmering pools of water: the monumental land art of Nancy Holt
Published: April 29, 2026 07:00
Installed in deserts and along riverbanks, the late artist’s grand constructions underscored a fascination in the systems underpinning the Earth and the cosmos. Now she is receiving a first UK retrospectiveThe two most prominent features of the 1960s and…
Births, deaths and a first kiss: life near the frontline in Ukraine – in pictures
Published: April 29, 2026 06:00
Aria Shahrokhshahi went to teenage discos and hospital wards rattled by rockets in order to capture how it feels when your country is dragged into a war Continue reading...
TV tonight: a body is found in a clever surrealist period drama
Published: April 29, 2026 05:15
Dalì is among the artist suspects in This Is Not a Murder Mystery. Plus: the story behind the 2018 Salisbury poisonings. Here’s what to watch this evening8pm, U&DramaA period crime drama set in West Sussex, 1936: a stately home is playing host to the…
‘It’ll be in my Guardian obituary’: David Balfe on inspiring Blur’s Country House and tripping on Top of the Pops
Published: April 29, 2026 04:00
He was the burned-out bigwig who moved to a very big house. Now back with his first music for decades, he talks about signing the Proclaimers, being punched by Julian Cope – and his Scott Walker-inspired trioDavid Balfe has had quite a life. In the…
Lost copy of seventh-century poem in Old English discovered at Rome library
Published: April 29, 2026 04:00
Dublin scholars find 1,200-year-old manuscript of Caedmon’s Hymn composed by Northumbrian cattle herderA lost copy of a poem composed in the seventh century by a Northumbrian cattle herder – the earliest surviving poem in the English language – has been…
Zurbarán review – ecstatic visions, primitive surrealism … and the finest loincloths ever painted
Published: April 28, 2026 23:01
National Gallery, London The 17th-century Spanish master painted with a supernatural intensity that will hit you just as hard as it did his original viewersThe word “visionary” is done to death but the 17th-century Spanish painter Francisco de Zurbarán…
Beverley Martyn, spirited British folk singer, dies aged 79
Published: April 28, 2026 21:00
Singer-songwriter was known for collaborations with former husband John Martyn as well as star-studded 1960s singles and 2014 comeback albumBritish folk singer Beverley Martyn, known for her collaborations with her former husband John Martyn as well as…
‘Relentless’ focus on literacy undermines reading for pleasure, says report
Published: April 28, 2026 16:31
New HarperCollins study finds that daily reading for pleasure among five- to 17-year-olds fell from 39% in 2012 to 25% in 2025The “relentless” focus on measuring literacy progress in schools has “pushed reading for pleasure to the margins”, according to a…
People aged 18-29: tell us about your cinema going habits
Published: April 28, 2026 15:44
We would like to hear from younger people about how often they go to the cinemaPeople born after 1997 are now the most frequent cinemagoers, According to a US-based survey by Fandango, with 87% saying they have seen at least one film in a cinema in the…
Hey-nonny-bo! The woman reclaiming maypole dancing with dancehall and drum’n’bass
Published: April 28, 2026 15:12
UK artist Linett Kamala was astonished to see a maypole in a Jamaican hamlet – a colonial relic, but one bringing joy. So she reinvented the tradition by ditching English folk tunes and adding bass bins, LED lights and pounding beatsIn a community centre…
‘Geordie optimism is this rigorous spirit of hard graft’: Newcastle jazz band Knats break out of the north-south divide
Published: April 28, 2026 13:30
While their London peers thrived, Knats faced dwindling funding. But after a Proms appearance and as they release a new album produced by Black Midi’s Geordie Greep, their confidence is high“It’s kind of a silly story,” says King David-Ike Elechi, grinning…
Antiquities dealer who exposed thefts at British Museum dies aged 61
Published: April 28, 2026 12:52
Ittai Gradel died of renal cancer days after museum awarded him medal for ‘very significant contribution’The academic turned antiquities dealer who exposed the theft of hundreds of artefacts from the British Museum has died aged 61.Dr Ittai Gradel, from…
Michael smashes UK records for biggest biopic opening
Published: April 28, 2026 12:09
Michael Jackson biopic debuted with £11.6m at the UK box office – almost double achieved by next-best Bohemian RhapsodyMichael, Antoine Fuqua’s authorised biopic of Michael Jackson’s life until 1988, before allegations of child sexual assault began to…
Touch Me review – tentacle sex abounds in psychosexual horror that’s like live-action hentai
Published: April 28, 2026 12:00
Addison Heimann’s stylised alien horror is as zippily amusing as it is sensual, with more than a bit of Rocky Horror in the mixAddison Heimann’s second feature wears its heart – and other appendages – on its sleeve; it is the queer, disaffected millennial…
Firewing review – tale of two twitchers in a bird hide is funny and fascinating
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/28/firewing-review-hampstead-theatre-london
Published: April 28, 2026 11:34
Hampstead theatre, LondonA bond slowly builds between wildlife photographer Tim and his apprentice Marcus in David Pearson’s tender yet underdeveloped dramaA young aspiring wildlife photographer is trying out for an apprenticeship with one of the best in…
Salon review – like getting to know fascinating guests at a fabulous party
Published: April 28, 2026 10:50
Lismore Castle Arts, County Waterford, IrelandThere are paintings of beatniks, jazz players, an African emperor and much else besides – and all of them come with a chair. So pull one up and treat yourself to a deeply satisfying viewing experienceThe…
George Clooney condemns Washington shooting and calls on citizens to ‘truly make America great again’
Published: April 28, 2026 10:22
Star tells awards ceremony: ‘I disagree with everything that this administration stands for, but there’s no place for the kind of violence we saw two nights ago’In the wake of the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner, George Clooney used an…
‘The folk scene is very middle class. The divide is huge’: Jim Ghedi, the Sheffield singer bringing his doomy music to the movies
Published: April 28, 2026 09:38
Plucked from relative obscurity to score Hugh Jackman film The Death of Robin Hood, the skilled singer-songwriter explains how he conquered his impostor syndromeLast year, Jim Ghedi was having a chicken dinner at his mother’s house in Sheffield when he…
‘Street culture is about revolution’: Brazilian ‘hip-hop’ painter Paulo Nimer Pjota
Published: April 28, 2026 09:28
The artist started with graffiti at 13 in São Paulo. Now, he samples motifs from mythology and his vast, fantastical paintings have taken over the walls of the South London GalleryPaulo Nimer Pjota was 15 when he sold his first painting and already a…
‘This is so taboo’: Kimberley Nixon on the hell of perinatal OCD – and how she survived it
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/28/kimberley-nixon-perinatal-ocd
Published: April 28, 2026 09:00
After the birth of her son during lockdown, the Welsh actor was flooded by disturbing thoughts she couldn’t shake, a plunge into darkness and isolation. She discusses how it changed her and what helped her recoverKimberley Nixon’s memoir, She Seems Fine to…
Having Spent Life Seeking by Kae Tempest review – painfully earnest tale of trauma and transition
Published: April 28, 2026 08:00
An ex-offender searches for meaning and beauty in the second novel from the spoken-word performerKae Tempest’s new novel is dedicated to “you”, the reader. It also comes with a plea: “Be gentle though.” But to whom or what should we be gentle? The book or…
I’ve Seen All I Need to See review – murky indie thriller follows woman home after her sister is murdered
Published: April 28, 2026 08:00
An actor returns after the death of a family member, but there’s not much more of depth in this noirish tale with a painfully pretentious voiceoverPeel back the layers and sadly there is nothing much going on inside this American indie drama from director…
‘An uprising against loneliness’: why have football ultras become a cultural obsession?
Published: April 28, 2026 07:03
A new documentary travels around the world to identify the roots of ultra-mania – the fan movement that’s part progressive and sometimes criminal‘Ultras” – hardcore football fans renowned for their stunning stadium displays and gang-like loyalty – were…
‘A constant quiet terror’: Getting lost in Irish folklore – in pictures
Published: April 28, 2026 06:00
Maria Lax’s images are inspired by the phenomenon of ‘stray sod’, in which patches of enchanted land are said to lead astray anyone who steps on them Continue reading...
TV tonight: Richard Gadd’s hard hitting follow-up to Baby Reindeer
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/28/tv-tonight-richard-gadd-baby-reindeer-half-man
Published: April 28, 2026 05:10
Half Man is the story of two 1980s schoolboys and their entwined lives. Plus: a reality series following first-time daters. Here’s what to watch this evening10.40pm, BBC OneRichard Gadd’s follow-up to Baby Reindeer comes to regular telly, having premiered…
‘I was super horny when I made my early work’: Loie Hollowell’s abstract paintings of breasts and vaginas
Published: April 27, 2026 14:52
Equally inspired by childbirth manuals, Georgia O’Keeffe and her own hormones, pregnancy and motherhood, Hollowell paints beautiful anatomical abstractions. She opens up about her cosmic birth and out-of-body experience‘It’s magical,” says Loie Hollowell.…
The Primitives: ‘A reviewer said that Crash would finish the band. Then it was in Dumb and Dumber’
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/27/the-primitives-how-we-wrote-crash-dumb-and-dumber
Published: April 27, 2026 14:31
‘The label added ukulele and steel guitar without bothering to tell us. We couldn’t complain – it made the song a worldwide hit’The Primitives formed in the summer of 1984 with a singer called Keiron, who brought me in to write songs. When he left, we…
Zadie Smith: ‘I don’t know when I read men any more’
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/27/zadie-smith-says-rarely-reads-male-authors
Published: April 27, 2026 14:30
At a talk on her latest essay collection, Dead and Alive, Smith said she ‘sometimes’ reads male novelists, but more often seeks the wisdom of older female writers like Helen Garner“I don’t know when I read men any more”, the writer Zadie Smith told a…
Back to the 90s: Tate exhibition will explore decade’s art and fashion
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/apr/27/tate-britain-90s-art-fashion-culture-edward-enninful
Published: April 27, 2026 14:25
The show, curated by Edward Enninful, will highlight the era’s ‘do it yourself’ attitude and work outside the dominant Cool Britannia narrativeSteve McQueen’s first major film, a tribute by Chris Ofili to Doreen and Stephen Lawrence, and images of young…
The Sheep Detectives review – Hugh Jackman gives a flock in baa-rking mad cosy crime caper
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/27/the-sheep-detectives-review-hugh-jackman
Published: April 27, 2026 14:00
Jackman plays the farmer in this Babe-style feelgood family film about plucky sheep who help solve a murderHere is a murder mystery that’s like a cross between Babe and The Thursday Murder Club, in which instead of plucky underdog retirees solving crimes,…
Michael might be a cowardly, cursed biopic but his fans are happy to live in a fantasy
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/27/michael-jackson-movie-biopic-fans
Published: April 27, 2026 12:53
The hit success of the critically reviled Michael Jackson movie shows that his fans only want to see the good – not the truthIt’s not unusual to see a gulf between the quality of a blockbuster hit as described by critics, and the greater acceptance of that…
Schwarzman Centre opening concerts – a magnificent new monument to secular culture
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/27/schwarzman-centre-grand-opening-review-oxford
Published: April 27, 2026 12:27
Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, OxfordThe Sohmen Concert Hall’s acoustics made Scottish Ensemble’s Shostakovich pinprick clear, while the Great Hall showcased Devlin and Muhly’s ‘choral installation’In 1676 London musician Thomas Mace proposed a bold…
Venice opera house fires government-linked music director after months of protests
Published: April 27, 2026 12:19
Teatro La Fenice sas Beatrice Venezi let go for making ‘repeated offensive’ statementsEurope live – latest updatesTeatro La Fenice, the prestigious Venice opera house, has fired its incoming music director after she insinuated its hiring practices were…
‘Omar, what the hell are you doing in Chichester?’: when Doctor Zhivago star Sharif came to Sussex
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/27/omar-sharif-chichester-hannah-khalil-doctor-zhivago
Published: April 27, 2026 12:11
Hannah Khalil’s new play sprang from her surprise at seeing the great Egyptian actor had performed at the Festival theatre in the 1980s. She explains how it entwined with a story of her mixed-heritage identityA few years ago the playwright Hannah Khalil…
Brute 1976 review – throwback slasher summons up spirit of Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Published: April 27, 2026 12:00
Aiming to subvert the all-American exploitation film with progressive comment and a touch of diversity, this horror soon reverts to hokey tropes and carnage‘The world is changing. I can feel it – don’t you?” says black model Roxy (Adriane McLean), before…
The Eukrainian review – heroic portrait of the diplomat trying to haul Ukraine into Europe
Published: April 27, 2026 10:00
Viktor Nordenskiöld’s film follows Ukraine’s deputy minister Olha Stefanishyna as she negotiates her country’s path into the EU, but lacks some of the rigour neededAfter the Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukrainian deputy minister Olha Stefanishyna…
The one change that worked: I swapped doomscrolling for reading comic books
Published: April 27, 2026 10:00
After Donald Trump’s second election, I realised the insidious hold my phone had over my life. So I turned to something I’d loved in childhood to better occupy my attentionAfter a long day of looking at screens for work, I used to go to bed and stare at my…
Nedra Talley Ross helped make the Ronettes the platonic ideal of a girl group
Published: April 27, 2026 09:28
Even though she was unwell, the last surviving Ronette was full of poignant memories and saucy asides when I met her last year. And she had a rich life after pop success• Nedra Talley Ross dies aged 80 – newsNedra Talley Ross wasn’t a household name any…
‘Bursts off the screen’: why Tombstone is my feelgood movie
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/27/tombstone-val-kilmer-feelgood-movie
Published: April 27, 2026 09:00
The latest in our series of writers drawing attention to their most rewatched comfort films is a celebration of an easily quotable westernOn 26 October 1881, four men – gambler and lawman Wyatt Earp, his brothers Virgil and Morgan, and his tubercular…
Tell us: what have you been reading this month?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/23/tell-us-what-have-you-been-reading-this-month
Published: April 27, 2026 08:41
We would like to hear about the books you’ve particularly enjoyed this monthAs part of The Guardian’s “what we’re reading” series, we would like to hear about the books you’ve particularly enjoyed this month.Have you read a book in recent weeks – fiction…
Famesick by Lena Dunham review – when celebrity causes side-effects
Published: April 27, 2026 08:00
The Girls creator has endured brickbats and breakdowns – but she doesn’t always make it easy to feel sorry for herAt the end of last year, Netflix released Too Much – a sickly, indie-sleaze romcom about an American transplant who falls for a troubled…
The Nights Still Smell of Gunpowder review – excavating the memories of civil war in Mozambique
Published: April 27, 2026 08:00
Inadelso Cossa’s documentary grapples with the trauma left by the conflict through witness that wavers between real and imagined truthsLasting from 1977 to 1992, the Mozambique civil war left deep scars on the psyche of the whole nation. In his second…
Mane character energy: part-nag pop provocateur HorsegiirL on burnout, eco tunes and pompous idiot DJs
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/27/mane-character-energy-horsegiirl-pop-provocateur
Published: April 27, 2026 07:00
The half-human, half-horse star has bounced back from the brink with a grass-themed album that’s ‘a love letter to Mother Earth’. Is it true she was discovered by Whitney Horseton?‘I’m trilingual because I speak English and German – but also neigh. We…
The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout review – readers will delight in these new characters
Published: April 27, 2026 06:00
The Olive Kitteridge and Lucy Barton author branches out with the tale of a Massachusetts teacher haunted by traumaThe American author Elizabeth Strout famously persisted throughout years of rejection to publish her first novel when she was in her 40s, and…
Take a trip on Route 66: still delivering kicks after 100 years
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/27/route-66-kicks-100-years-centenary
Published: April 27, 2026 06:00
The US’s most famous road celebrates its centenary. The 2,400-mile highway crosses eight states and three time zones from Chicago to LAThe Mother Road, as the author John Steinbeck called it, has evolved over the years from an escape for poor farmers…
Richard Bacon asks celebs why they’re more famous than him: best podcasts of the week
Published: April 27, 2026 06:00
The broadcaster’s thoughtful new interview series is an impressive feat. Plus, former tennis champ Maria Sharapova fronts a new female-orientated chatshow Continue reading...
TV tonight: Gemma Arterton dices with danger in a tense new spy thriller
Published: April 27, 2026 05:20
Twists galore for an M16 agent who discovers a government mole. Plus: young adults lay bare their intimacy issues. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, ITV1Gemma Arterton stars as MI6 officer Kate Henderson in a tense, ambitious espionage thriller.…
‘It needs to be loud’: Jozef Van Wissem’s one-man mission to make the lute rock again
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/27/jozef-van-wissem-lute-punk-pop
Published: April 27, 2026 05:00
The Dutch ex-punk and Jim Jarmusch bandmate talks about his passion to free up a hidebound repertoire and make its strings ‘a real pop instrument’Nobody can accuse Jozef Van Wissem of doing things by halves. The musician, very likely the world’s most…
There will be mud! Could my child (and buggy) survive a day at a sculpture park?
Published: April 27, 2026 05:00
Forget intimidating white spaces, forbidding barriers and draconian gallery rules – a great place for kids to experience art is outdoors (even if it might start raining) So, you want to introduce small children to art. Why not ease yourselves in? No white…
Phantoms of July review – interlocking tales hop across time in funny-quirky fable with a point
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/27/phantoms-of-july-review
Published: April 27, 2026 05:00
From a disgruntled maid in the 18th century to an Iranian influencer facing snide nationalists, four stories explore what it is to be trapped and longing for moreThis is surely not how the German Romantic poet and philosopher Friedrich von Hardenberg…
Heartsink review – terminally ill doctor struggles to be a patient
Published: April 26, 2026 14:00
Riverside Studios, LondonJeffrey Longford is pedantic and superior in Farine Clarke’s medical drama – griping at everything from hospital data systems to gender-neutral loosHeartsinks, in doctors’ private and profane lingo, are difficult patients who…
Louise Lecavalier: Danses Vagabondes – part witchy raver, part manic pixie dream grandmother
Published: April 26, 2026 12:29
Sadler’s Wells East, LondonAt 67, the mercurial Lecavalier is in the I’ll-do-whatever-I-want phase of her career, choreographing solos that are worlds away from cosy retirementLouise Lecavalier is known for dancing with David Bowie (on his Sound + Vision…
‘It’s still a no-go area’: German author Matthias Jügler on the trauma surrounding the GDR’s ‘stolen children’
Published: April 26, 2026 11:00
The reaction among officials in Germany to his bestselling novel has been hostile. As Mayfly Season is published in the UK, its author explains whyA few weeks after the German publication of his debut novel in 2024, author Matthias Jügler received a call…
Do stronger borders ever work?
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/26/do-stronger-borders-ever-work
Published: April 26, 2026 11:00
Leaders have thrown up walls and barriers throughout history – but their effects are unpredictableFour millennia ago, a Sumerian king, his frontier beset by nomadic tribes fleeing prolonged drought in their own lands, ordered the construction of the…
Wozzeck: Wretches Like Us review – Berg’s harrowing opera is more adrenaline-inducing than ever
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/apr/26/wozzeck-wretches-like-us-review-berg-opera-lpo-rfh
Published: April 26, 2026 10:18
Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe London Philharmonic under Edward Gardner combined with video art by Ilya Shagalov that was riveting and, in places, not for the squeamishNobody ever came out of a performance of Wozzeck thinking that what it really needed was…
I Saw Satan at the 7-Eleven review – gross, gruesome and sometimes sweet road trip with the devil
Published: April 26, 2026 10:14
Soho theatre, LondonChristopher Brett Bailey reads his surreal novella and freewheels his way through extreme vice, erotic tension and dulled indifferenceNo one tells a story like Christopher Brett Bailey. One minute he’s buying eggs at a gas station and…
Adjoa Andoh on Shakespeare, Bridgerton and DEI: ‘I don’t have to be the only one in the room’
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/apr/26/adjoa-andoh-shakespare-bridgerton-dei
Published: April 26, 2026 09:00
Acclaimed stage and screen actor has taken part in Washington DC’s Folger Shakespeare Library residency program during a troubling time for the CapitolAddressing an audience at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, Adjoa Andoh acknowledged that…
‘We asked Billy Connolly to do 15 minutes. He said “I’ll do as long as I want”’: the sweary, shambolic all-nighter that became Comic Relief
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/apr/26/comic-relief-40-years-british-comedy
Published: April 26, 2026 09:00
Today it is a fundraising juggernaut, but when it was born 40 years ago this month, things were very different. Lenny Henry, Richard Curtis and more explain how they got the gang together for a good causeA near-the-knuckle Spitting Image skit involving the…
‘I don’t believe in song shaming!’: Jon Batiste’s honest playlist
Published: April 26, 2026 08:01
The acclaimed musician and former late night bandleader loves everything from Amyl and the Sniffers to Erykah Badu. So why can’t he stand Steely Dan?The first song I fell in love with I remember hearing Strokin’ by Clarence Carter because my dad would…
TV tonight: Sheridan Smith and Michael Socha’s gritty casino drama
Published: April 26, 2026 05:15
A struggling mum join forces with a recovering addict in brilliant new series The Cage. Plus: a campy Irish murder drama. Here’s what to watch this eveningSunday, 9pm, BBC One Continue reading...
Tate at a turning point: new director must confront unwieldy ‘beast’ of an art institution
Published: April 25, 2026 12:00
As Maria Balshaw steps down after nine years, her successor at the gallery needs to forge a fresh financial and cultural pathRoland Rudd, the chair of Tate, is in a bullish mood when we meet at his offices in the Adelphi Building, which sits on the Thames…
Palermo ‘honoured’ by rumours Dua Lipa and Callum Turner might marry there in June
Published: April 25, 2026 10:00
Italian newspapers claim singer and actor, who is tipped to be next James Bond, are planning ‘wedding of the year’ in the cityLast July, Dua Lipa shared a series of photos on Instagram while on holiday in Palermo with Callum Turner, the British actor she…
‘I saw the backlash coming’: civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on America and race
Published: April 25, 2026 08:00
She coined the term ‘intersectionality’ and helped to develop critical race theory, now her life’s work is under attack by Washington’s war on ‘woke’. As her memoir is published, the legal scholar explains why she’ll never stop speaking truth to powerWhen…
When did northern soul get so southern?
Published: April 25, 2026 06:00
Young people are high-kicking to vintage US soul tunes again, but this time London and Bristol are leading the charge. Is the scene losing its working-class heritage?Tom found northern soul by mistake. Despite living in Salford, Greater Manchester his…
This Is Not a Murder Mystery: cosy-crime meets art in an irresistibly surreal Belgian drama
Published: April 25, 2026 06:00
Famous artists including Magritte are suspects in this glossy, grisly whodunnit – and it’s loads of funI don’t know about art, but I know what I like: cosy crime. I’m excited by Flemish series This Is Not a Murder Mystery (U&Drama, Wednesday, 8pm, and…
TV tonight: another pandemic strikes in a special Casualty series
Published: April 25, 2026 05:15
The Holby team prepare for a hellish time as a mysterious illness breaks out. Plus: Nicola Coughlan hosts Saturday Night Live UK! Here’s what to watch this evening8.50pm, BBC One Continue reading...
Conteh review – the dazzling rise and bruising fall of a 70s boxing great
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Published: April 24, 2026 19:00
Royal Court theatre, LiverpoolWriter-actor Aron Julius captures the sparkling charm of Liverpudlian fighter John Conteh in a punch-by-punch account of his careerDon King is singing the praises of his new signing. The boxing impresario, played by Zach…
From Michael to Back to Black, authorised music biopics are becoming bland, blatant propaganda. Audiences deserve better | Simran Hans
Published: April 24, 2026 15:34
Swerving the child abuse allegations, the new Michael Jackson film is yet another revisionist music movie in a long line. We know what’s in it for their subjects. What about the viewers?As a giant glittering ferris wheel dissolves into a closeup of Michael…
A star reborn: ‘America’s sweetheart’ Sandra Bullock returns to the spotlight
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Published: April 24, 2026 15:12
After backing out of public sight, the versatile and enduringly bankable actor has turned up on Instagram trading quips with Nicole Kidman as hype begins for Practical Magic 2 this autumnShe had long refused to join social media, preferring to eschew the…
‘I don’t need to see you naked’: Urzila Carlson on becoming a comedy superstar and fending off horny fans
Published: April 24, 2026 15:00
The South African-born New Zealand comedian reflects on how her traumatic childhood shaped her humour and refusing to roast her 13-year-old daughter’s friendsGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailUrzila Carlson will always remember her first joke. She…
The Price review – Henry Goodman leads another Arthur Miller revival that’s right on the money
Published: April 24, 2026 15:00
Marylebone theatre, London A tremendous cast lifts what might have been a formulaic drama into a compelling examination of contested memoryArthur Miller is evidently speaking to the moment. Several revivals have surged on to London stages, almost at once,…
Turangalîla: Infinite Love review – RPO and 1927 Studios bring Messiaen to joyous and vibrant life
Published: April 24, 2026 14:01
Royal Festival Hall, London Part of the Southbank’s Multitudes festival, this pairing of silent movie and Messiaen was a feast for the eyes and earsWhat happens when you pair one of the 20th century’s most hectic and emotionally overwhelming scores with…
Backlash against ‘blatant’ Asian stereotype in The Devil Wears Prada 2
Published: April 24, 2026 13:43
A social media clip released before the film hits cinemas, which introduces new character Jin Chao, has been greeted with furious reactions onlineA minor character in fashion-magazine comedy The Devil Wears Prada 2 has sparked a major backlash online,…
Venice Biennale jury will not ‘award artists whose countries face war crimes charges’
Published: April 24, 2026 11:33
Jury’s statement, apparently aimed at Russia and Israel, makes clear it is committed to the defence of human rightsThe jury of the Venice Biennale has said it would not give awards to artists from countries whose leaders are facing charges of crimes…
Marvel looks like it’s about to abolish the Multiverse saga. Isn’t that cheating?
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Published: April 24, 2026 11:03
If Avengers: Endgame is being recut to segue neatly into Doomsday, the saga wasn’t a spandex spider web of smartly linked super-stories after all. So why did we watch Loki and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law?Marvel’s Multiverse saga, the run of more than a dozen…
Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
Published: April 24, 2026 11:00
An imposter monkey, an underworld princess, art’s female trailblazers, and YA tales of fear, family and friendshipOur World: Nigeria by Bunmi Emenanjo and Diana Ejaita, Barefoot Books, £7.99Part of a delightful educational series from a brilliant inclusive…
Shreg the green ogre, a grey obsessive and Vermeer’s boiled egg – the week in art
Published: April 24, 2026 11:00
Bruce Asbestos unleashes a mischievous monster, Alan Charlton shows off 50 years of monochrome mastery and Lady With a Guitar gets a fresh perspective – all in your weekly dispatchBruce Asbestos: Bootleg Shreg 2The guy who put a huge inflatable snail in…
Add to playlist: the disaster-baiting jazz-rock brinkmanship of Taupe and the week’s best new tracks
Published: April 24, 2026 11:00
The trio combine sludgy rock, homemade electronics and squawking into a watertight groove that makes light work of their complex musicianshipFrom Glasgow, ScotlandRecommended if you like Horse Lords, Melt-Banana, abrasive saxophoneUp next Album out now,…
Gen Z to the rescue! Zoomers are ditching doomscrolling and saving cinema
Published: April 24, 2026 09:59
People born after 1997 are now the most frequent cinemagoers, defying fears that digital natives would lose interest in the big screenRumours about the imminent demise of moviegoing may have been overstated, with 2026 now forecast to be the best year at…
‘Opening the hidden door within us’: how Exit 8 took a simple game to purgatory
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Published: April 24, 2026 09:48
Genki Kawamura’s eerie new film expands on a haunting video game that leaves players lost in endless subway tunnels. He explains how this makes viewers and players face their worst fearsGenki Kawamura is something of a polymath. A bestselling author,…
Joe Dunthorne: ‘Growing up in Swansea, I developed an allergy to Dylan Thomas’
Published: April 24, 2026 09:00
The author on feeling Thomas Hardy’s pain, being duped by Donna Tartt and how reading his sister’s copy of Trainspotting made him want to writeMy earliest reading memory I only realised how well I knew the Alfie stories by Shirley Hughes when I started…
Carla dal Forno: Confession review – spartan, sunlit post-punk strikingly contrasts the desperation of desire
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Published: April 24, 2026 08:00
(Kallista)The Australian songwriter’s fourth album exists in the captivating chasm between the coolness of her music and the unrepentant obsession of the crush it exploresAcross what is now four albums, Australian singer-songwriter Carla dal Forno has…
Walter Smith III: Twio Vol 2 review – classic jazz is vividly alive in the hands of this incisive saxophonist
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Published: April 24, 2026 07:30
(Blue Note)The redoubtable musician and guests including Branford Marsalis and Ron Carter make standard song-shapes sparkle with focus and rugged phrasingAs the passing of time undoes established norms, the contemporary music world keeps updating the…
Saros review – you’ll strafe until your thumbs hurt in this primal alien shooter
Published: April 24, 2026 07:00
PlayStation 5; Housemarque/SonyAs a fast-firing spaceman, one minute you’re invincible, the next you’re dead – with every battle like watching a firework show through a kaleidoscopeOn the planet Carcosa, mangled, blackened trees and crimson flowers take…
The Body Builders by Albertine Clarke review – a compelling debut of mental meltdown
Published: April 24, 2026 06:00
A young woman’s dissociation from reality and her road to recovery are vividly rendered in this striking novel Meet Ada, the anguished young narrator of 26-year-old Albertine Clarke’s radically strange and engrossing debut novel. Adrift in London, Ada…
Sibelius: Violin Concerto, Lemminkäinen Suite album review – Ava Bahari is an enthralling storyteller
Published: April 24, 2026 06:00
Bahari/Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Rouvali(Alpha)In this all-Sibelilus disc, violinist Ava Bahari’s account of the Violin Concerto has heft and exuberance, while Rouvali’s dramatic nous suits the drama of the Four Legends of Lemminkäinen Santtu-Matias…
TV tonight: Graham Norton’s new reality show The Neighbourhood
Published: April 24, 2026 05:20
Six households move to a new street where they battle it out. Plus: it’s time to crown the winner of I’m a Celebrity South Africa. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, ITV1It’s got a big-name host in Graham Norton, but in the early stages it’s hard to…
‘I nearly quit to become a fencing teacher’: Iron Maiden on 50 years of heavy metal, hard living – and hopeless communication skills
Published: April 24, 2026 04:00
As a career-spanning documentary hits cinemas and the band eye two nights at Knebworth, they revisit their path from pubs to stadiums – but how did they get through their crisis-filled 1990s?When I ask Iron Maiden bassist and founder Steve Harris about the…
The Rocky Horror Show review – campy musical returns to Broadway in need of an energy boost
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Published: April 24, 2026 01:30
Studio 54, New YorkThe 1973 cult favorite is back with a stacked cast, including Juliette Lewis, Luke Evans and Rachel Dratch, but only flashes of genuine funRichard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show, a campy 1973 musical inspired by sci-fi and horror…
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