Category: Arts
The Electric State review – Millie Bobby Brown’s bot war yarn is soulless digital content
Here is a very bland and derivative sci-fi adventure from Netflix, directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, freely adapted from the illustrated YA novel by [more…]
Gracie Abrams review – telling references tied together in a big, bland bow
How do you describe a Gracie Abrams concert in one word? Bows. There are thousands and thousands of them at the O2 Arena tonight, most [more…]
Annie Lennox and friends review – a euphoric celebration of female solidarity
When the suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst stood up at the Albert Hall in 1912 and declared, “I incite this meeting to rebellion”, she probably didn’t imagine [more…]
Branching out or nipped in the bud? Could Groot be getting a solo Marvel movie?
There comes a time in every veteran actor’s career when they ask themselves: have I spent too long playing a large, talking tree? But for [more…]
Wretch 32: ‘It’s a difficult ride for Black people in this country’
Over the past two decades, Wretch 32, real name Jermaine Scott, has established himself as a pioneering figure in British rap. From his rise in [more…]
Brian James, founding guitarist of the Damned, dies aged 70
Brian James, the founding guitarist of trailblazing British punks the Damned, has died age 70. A statement posted to his official Facebook page called him [more…]
Michael Wollny Trio: Living Ghosts review | John Fordham’s jazz album of the month
More than a century ago, jazz’s early improvisers rarely strayed far from the secure consensus of a tune. That is, until the bebop revolutionaries of [more…]
UK Eurovision 2025 act announced as Remember Monday
This year’s UK entry for Eurovision will be Remember Monday, singing the powerpop ballad WTHJH (What the Hell Just Happened), the BBC has confirmed. The [more…]
Plankton: The Movie review – Netflix’s Spongebob spin-off movie is for fans only
Honestly, a title like Plankton: The Movie is about as difficult to evaluate as any movie that comes down the Hollywood pike or, in this [more…]
‘One agency called me Thunder Thighs’: Twiggy and Sadie Frost on sexism, self-esteem and the swinging 60s
The woman in the jade-green suede biker jacket and tartan trousers sticks out her hand. “’Allo, I’m Twig,” she says. The name still sounds funny [more…]
