Category: Arts
‘Experimental, queer and kind of magical’: Sade and Sam Smith feature on 46-track album for trans rights
Transa, a galvanising new music compilation in support of trans rights, was born out of tragedy. In 2022, the groundbreaking trans musician Sophie died after [more…]
Can DC really pull off a Sgt Rock movie with Daniel Craig and Luca Guadagnino on board?
There are no cherry blossoms hinting at the first flush of spring, the nights are creeping in rather than drawing out, and there are scant [more…]
Kim Deal: Nobody Loves You More review – a solo debut worth waiting for
A decade and more in the making, Kim Deal’s first solo album under her own name more than repays the wait. Nobody Loves You More [more…]
Lars Danielsson/Verneri Pohjola/John Parricelli: Trio review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
When ACT boss Siggi Loch asked the three European musicians who created this glowing collage of folksy melodies, Latin-grooving and freely roaming improvisations for their [more…]
Poppy Ajudha: Poppy review – frank lyrics elevate soulful, funky love songs
When south London singer-songwriter Poppy Ajudha ended a two-year hiatus with the release of single My Future, a stunning and resolute self-love anthem about the [more…]
‘We didn’t intend to create outrage’: Huggy Bear on radical politics, riot grrrl – and causing chaos on live TV
‘You should be able to heckle if there’s something sexist on live TV.” In the staff room at the Lloyd Park Children’s Charity in Walthamstow, [more…]
Bread & Roses review – Afghan women reveal crushing reality of Taliban rule
Afghan film-maker Sahra Mani, creator of the rape-survivor documentary A Thousand Girls Like Me from 2018, brought her camera to Kabul to chronicle Afghanistan’s fall [more…]
Two bottles a day and a 10,000 bottle wine cellar: Denzel Washington opens up about his past drinking problem
Health and fitness coverage of Gladiator II, Ridley Scott’s belated Roman empire sequel, has so far focused on Paul Mescal’s gym regime and glut of [more…]
Daisy Ridley: ‘I made a toilet cake on Bake Off because flushing with the lid up is unhygienic beyond belief’
How much training did you do for Young Woman and the Sea? Wasn’t the sea cold? Closey29 Incredibly cold. I did three months training, then [more…]
The Apprentice actor Sebastian Stan says Hollywood stars are ‘afraid’ of Trump
Sebastian Stan, who stars in The Apprentice, a biopic of Donald Trump focusing on his association in the 1970s with lawyer Roy Cohn, has said [more…]
