Category : Culture

TV tonight: an elemental premiere at the First Night of the Proms

Composer Errollyn Wallen kicks off this year’s concert season at the Royal Albert Hall. Plus, PBS America celebrates the unsung heroines of the second world war. Here’s what to watch this evening6.45pm, BBC TwoIt’s Proms season again! Highlights this...

Poor Creature: All Smiles Tonight review | Jude Roger's folk album of the month

(River Lea)Masters of atmosphere, Ruth Clinton, Cormac MacDiarmada and John Dermody contrast hauntological synths with robust noise on this playful debutThe latest gorgeous release from the fecund Irish folk scene doesn’t begin with bassy dread in th...

First tickets to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey sell out – a year before its 2026 release

The blockbuster adaptation of Homer’s epic has not finished filming and has no official runtime. But super fans – and scalpers – already have seatsThe first tickets to Christopher Nolan’s take on Homer’s Odyssey have gone on sale – before he’s even f...

Eight hours, 250 singers… and as many bananas as it takes: Tavener’s Veil of the Temple

Who’d be brave enough to programme John Tavener’s choral epic? We talk to the team behind the staging that’s opening this year’s Edinburgh international festival, and veterans of its 2003 premiere remember the challenges and rewardsWhat’s the longest...

Death and the Gardener by Georgi Gospodinov review – how it feels to lose a father

The International Booker winner explores Bulgarian family life under communism in this moving depiction of a son’s bereavementThe Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov was published quietly in the Anglophone world for years before he won the 2023 Intern...

The Assassin to Washington Black: the seven best shows to stream this week

Keeley Hawes is a retired hitwoman just trying to live a quiet life in a slick, nasty and very fun thriller. Plus, Sterling K Brown leads a captivating drama about freedom and flying machines Julie (Keeley Hawes) is icy, sardonic and dissolute. She’s...

‘People lashed out because she wasn’t a guy’: Linkin Park on nu-metal, nostalgia and their new frontwoman

After the death of lead vocalist Chester Bennington in 2017, the rap-rock icons have reformed, aiming to cultivate ‘good vibes’ for a new generation of fans. Mike Shinoda and Emily Armstrong discuss backlash and rebirthIt’s been almost 25 years since...

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Summer 2025 bookings are available now, for a traditional British seaside holiday look no further than Hero's Holiday Homes.Situated on a small and peaceful private park located in the popular seaside resort of Mablethorpe on the Lincolnshire Coast.S...