Tag: Art and Entertainment
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10 of the best cultural events in London this October, including Diwali and Halloween
October is one of the best months to be in London, with the city’s cultural calendar ramping up from film festivals and major exhibitions to Frieze, food events and, inevitably, a growing number of Halloween happenings. If you’re looking for something more interesting than another pub garden before winter properly sets in, these are the…
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100 Things To Do Before You Die is the new Prime Video UK series where two French aristocrats risk it all
No plans to travel, and the autumn chill sending you burrowing under a blanket on the sofa? Let two French aristocrats do the adventuring for you. Brothers Matthias and Bastien Cadéac d’Arbaud road-trip across the Philippines in 100 Things To Do Before You Die, an unscripted series that has been streaming on Prime Video UK…
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Absolut has a KAWS for celebration with its new Artist Edition bottle
Absolut has handed its apothecary-shaped bottle to KAWS, and the result goes on sale from 1 October. The Artist Edition carries the artist’s XX motif and his CHUM character, and it arrives for a limited time in more than 30 markets, the UK among them. Craig Van Niekerk, Absolut’s VP of Marketing, says the brand…
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What’s happening in London this September: 10 big events worth knowing
If your calendar is already looking dangerously full, these are the plans worth making room for. September has some unusually strong cultural programming, but the appeal here isn’t simply that there’s a lot going on. It’s the chance to do things you can’t ordinarily do, like get inside buildings that are usually closed to the…
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5 London immersive experiences you need to see this July
Why sit back, relax and watch it, when you can walk through it, punch it, sing along to it, or eat a jelly shaped like a petri dish while doing it? Whatever the format – immersive exhibition, projection-mapped concert, movie-musical hybrid, or afternoon tea with a side of chemistry – the throughline is the same:…
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Here are 9 unmissable events coming to London this June – sports, drinks, culture and more
If you’re one of the few who didn’t book a trip to Italy this June and are spending the month working out how to squeeze the same enjoyment out of a weekend in London as you would a languid week in Tuscany, we’ve got you. With one heatwave down but with more tantalisingly on the…
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May in culture: 7 thrilling things to do in London this spring
There is some unspoken guilt that accumulates over a British winter – the slow realisation that we really haven’t lived much for the last four months. It’s not particularly enticing to be leaving your house with a brolly in one hand, all coated up, knowing very well you’ll have to brace some relentless winds and…
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7 must-read fiction books for anyone tired of the news
In the last few days, we’ve been pelted with breaking news. It’s everywhere – on our phones, on our feeds, on every homepage. And while we’re living through a deeply unsettling moment, it’s also when art can become a form of escape. Stories have always offered a way to give our minds a break from…
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All eyes on OVO: Cirque Du Soleil’s latest jaw-dropping show
Carrying the highly contested title of best circus in the world, at least by popular opinion, must be a Herculean task. Thankfully, Cirque du Soleil’s team of 1,200+ performers (no less!) are in good shape. London marks the start of this year’s OVO tour, which was originally created in 2009, and we couldn’t let them…
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Ditch Netflix – These 7 new theatre openings are worth leaving the house for
If you needed an excuse to leave the house in October’s gloomy weather, here you have it. London’s theatre stages are packed this month. It’s the kind of month where you could watch a Pulitzer-winning playwright one night and a four-hour Polish avant-garde epic the next. Between the final echoes of the summer fringe and…
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