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The new building, 1 Undershaft, will be 309.6m tall, matching the height of the Shard to the centimetreThe Shard is going to have to share its title of the UK’s tallest building after planning permission was granted for a new skyscraper in the City o...
Focus / Culture - 21 hours ago
From Chris McCausland’s quickstep to JB Gill’s salsa and Toyah Willcox’s jive – here are some of the greatest highlights from the show this yearBouncy, spangly, goofy: a Wicked-themed Charleston was always likely to play to Sarah Hadland’s strengths,...
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The 95-year-old is now one of the most popular artists in the world, for her cheeky pumpkins and infinity rooms – but it is her fascinating early works that make this NGV exhibition greatGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAs a small girl, Yay...
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Recess Therapy has brought heartwarming relief to its millions of subscribers on YouTube in an otherwise frantic yearDon’t get the Guide delivered to your inbox? Sign up to get the full article hereHello! Welcome! Thank you for fishing us out among a...
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(Scarlet Tiger)Producer Felix Weatherall adopts another guise, swapping lo-fi analogue for a disorienting burst of alternative dance musicFelix Weatherall, the London producer best known as Ross From Friends, has spent much of his career escaping oth...
Jay-Z’s condescending response to the accusation that he and Diddy raped a 13-year-old girl is troubling and tellingIt’s been a rough year for prominent men in hip-hop. As a tidal wave of accountability continues to sweep the industry, the fallout fr...
(somethingscosmic)Five rising artists each perform one of their songs, then the US singer-songwriter covers another one of their tracks in a set of woebegone eleganceAngel Olsen’s last album was 2022’s country-tinged, grief-wrought Big Time; a stopga...
After a record-breaking $2bn global tour the mega-star is now looking to her next career stepTaylor Swift turns 35 as her Eras tour comes to a close – in picturesFew artists in the history of pop music have had a year like Taylor Swift. The singer, w...
Dietmar Busse’s first major US exhibition showcases the German artist’s time in New York City throughout the 1990s, traveling mostly on bike from Harlem to Brighton Beach. He captured names such as Steve McQueen and Gary Indiana on Polaroid, now on d...
Journalists take centre stage in Tim Fehlbaum’s tense thriller focusing on 1972’s infamous terrorist massacre through a TV crew lensThe story of the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist massacre – in which 11 Israeli hostages were killed by the Palestinian...
The former Take That star has made a biopic, Better Man, in which he’s played by a CGI chimpanzee. He talks about sex, drugs and the traumatic madness of 90s popIn the grand retelling of his life, Robbie Williams wanted to be a lion. To be as strong,...
Hayes Theatre, New York CityLeslye Headland’s 2018 play makes for a tense and timely pre-holiday watch with a starry cast, including Shailene Woodley and Zachary Quinto, giving it their allIn Cult of Love, the new play from Leslye Headland, four now-...
The comic, who was a staple of 80s British TV, was described by his partner as ‘the last of the legends of true variety comedy’The comedian Duncan Norvelle, whose catchphrase “chase me” made him a staple of British Saturday night TV in the 1980s, has...
Country music star pleads guilty to counts of reckless endangerment after arrest earlier this yearCountry music star Morgan Wallen on Thursday pleaded guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment for throwing a chair from the rooftop of...
James Bond producers are teaming to re-imagine Ian Fleming’s children’s story, previously adapted in 1968A new take on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang is reportedly in early development.According to Deadline, Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson’s Eon Product...