Water May 10, 2026 Why America Is Removing So Many ‘Deadbeat’ Dams States are recognizing the ecological benefits of ripping out dams and reconnecting rivers. Why America Is Removing So Many ‘Deadbeat’ Dams States are recognizing the ecological benefits of ripping out dams and reconnecting rivers. See more
Music Jul 18, 2026 Loathe: A Stranger to You review (SharpTone)Granite-hard riffola collides with balm-like electronics and tinkling jazz piano in a thrilling fourth album of musical metamorphosisLoathe took s... Loathe: A Stranger to You review (SharpTone)Granite-hard riffola collides with balm-like electronics and tinkling jazz piano in a thrilling fourth album of musical metamorphosisLoathe took s... Share
Norma Winstone Jul 18, 2026 Norma Winstone and NDR Radio Orchestra: A Timeless Place review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month (Enodoc)The emotive lyricist and surefooted improvisor sounds lustrous in a 1990 recording featuring an exquisite I Loves You, PorgyWhen Norma Winstone, the... Norma Winstone and NDR Radio Orchestra: A Timeless Place review | John Fordham's jazz album of the month (Enodoc)The emotive lyricist and surefooted improvisor sounds lustrous in a 1990 recording featuring an exquisite I Loves You, PorgyWhen Norma Winstone, the... Share
Theatre Jul 18, 2026 Hit Machine review – slick music biz drama strikes too many false notes Soho theatre, LondonJosh Radnor is a music executive whose life is upended by his wayward brother, in a play about masculinity, creativity, appropriation and... Hit Machine review – slick music biz drama strikes too many false notes Soho theatre, LondonJosh Radnor is a music executive whose life is upended by his wayward brother, in a play about masculinity, creativity, appropriation and... Share
Theatre Jul 18, 2026 Sweeney Todd review – Sondheim’s demon barber is still a cut above Birmingham RepWith tremendous singing from Ramin Karimloo and Meow Meow, Joe Murphy’s superb staging of the story is full of dark gothic humourStephen Sondhe... Sweeney Todd review – Sondheim’s demon barber is still a cut above Birmingham RepWith tremendous singing from Ramin Karimloo and Meow Meow, Joe Murphy’s superb staging of the story is full of dark gothic humourStephen Sondhe... Share
Children's theatre Jul 18, 2026 The Secret Garden review – thoughtful adaptation takes root in the imagination The Egg, BathThe beloved children’s perennial is the basis for a celebration of craft, creativity and the beauty of the natural world in this charming puppet... The Secret Garden review – thoughtful adaptation takes root in the imagination The Egg, BathThe beloved children’s perennial is the basis for a celebration of craft, creativity and the beauty of the natural world in this charming puppet... Share
Puppetry Jul 18, 2026 ‘I dreamt of a show where the audience becomes horny’: the Swedish puppet play starring bonking barbies Malmö Dockteater is adapting Jackie Collins’s debut novel about the swinging 60s using anatomically enhanced dolls. Puppets help you explore sex in a differe... ‘I dreamt of a show where the audience becomes horny’: the Swedish puppet play starring bonking barbies Malmö Dockteater is adapting Jackie Collins’s debut novel about the swinging 60s using anatomically enhanced dolls. Puppets help you explore sex in a differe... Share
Theatre Jul 18, 2026 I Can Die Too review – vibrant pop songs can’t bring actor’s tale to life Pitlochry Festival theatre Following its star through rehearsals and squabbles with her director, this is modelled on Cocteau’s La Voix Humaine but it’s not... I Can Die Too review – vibrant pop songs can’t bring actor’s tale to life Pitlochry Festival theatre Following its star through rehearsals and squabbles with her director, this is modelled on Cocteau’s La Voix Humaine but it’s not... Share
Film Jul 18, 2026 Synthetic Sincerity review – Marc Isaacs’ AI interrogation grapples with identity and existence A combination of fact and fiction leaves the celebrated documentarian’s puzzling project about software training wanting for depthMarc Isaacs’ new film is a... Synthetic Sincerity review – Marc Isaacs’ AI interrogation grapples with identity and existence A combination of fact and fiction leaves the celebrated documentarian’s puzzling project about software training wanting for depthMarc Isaacs’ new film is a... Share
Film Jul 18, 2026 ‘It wasn’t a dream, it was a threat’: the film festival celebrating pan-Africanism’s rich and complex history Project a Black Planet: Film, a new season of screenings at the Barbican in London exemplifies how the movement was an act of solidarity, resistance and fier... ‘It wasn’t a dream, it was a threat’: the film festival celebrating pan-Africanism’s rich and complex history Project a Black Planet: Film, a new season of screenings at the Barbican in London exemplifies how the movement was an act of solidarity, resistance and fier... Share
Film Jul 18, 2026 The Day She Returns review – another Hong Sang-soo round of slow, reflective boozing really hits the spot No film-maker shows more day-drinking than Hong, and this study of an actor returning from a career break is the same again – as mysteriously addictive as ev... The Day She Returns review – another Hong Sang-soo round of slow, reflective boozing really hits the spot No film-maker shows more day-drinking than Hong, and this study of an actor returning from a career break is the same again – as mysteriously addictive as ev... Share
Film Jul 18, 2026 Animal Farm review – Andy Serkis’ Orwell adaptation slaughters the classic farmyard satire with sugar The passionate allegory on Stalinism is outrageously reduced to happy-ending panto in this defanged animation featuring the voices of Seth Rogen, Laverne Cox... Animal Farm review – Andy Serkis’ Orwell adaptation slaughters the classic farmyard satire with sugar The passionate allegory on Stalinism is outrageously reduced to happy-ending panto in this defanged animation featuring the voices of Seth Rogen, Laverne Cox... Share
John Waters Jul 18, 2026 ‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage As Hairspray and his ‘angriest movie’ Desperate Living are rereleased, the ‘Pope of Trash’ reflects on dead dogs, dirty rats, ‘that lunatic RFK’ and why ther... ‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage As Hairspray and his ‘angriest movie’ Desperate Living are rereleased, the ‘Pope of Trash’ reflects on dead dogs, dirty rats, ‘that lunatic RFK’ and why ther... Share
