Sphinxes, movie stars and 3m books: inside Los Angeles’s beloved art deco library
The showcase library’s centenary was celebrated by thousands who filled the still-relevant public institution The…
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Here Comes J Edgar! A Musical Comedy review – show tunes, Mel Brooks zing and real human anguish
King’s Head theatre, London Camp comedy from The Simpsons’ Harry Shearer and Seinfeld writer Tom Leopold explores the…
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Bruno Mars review – half seedy club, half church service as diminutive singer answers fans’ prayers
Wembley Stadium, London Mars sings every line like it’s his big solo in a show that leans more on his stage presence…
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For Dolores review – dependency and desire in portrait of obsessive friendship
Mick Lally theatre, Galway Eva O’Connor’s intense new play explores the lives of spiky Glaswegian Mo and naive Dubliner…
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‘They car-bombed my house – there’s not much more they can do’: the astonishing podcast taking on illegal bloodsports
After 20 mutilated animal corpses were left outside a rural primary school, the creators of award-winning podcast…
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First Night of the Proms review – 250th anniversary of US independence takes centre stage
From Copland to Gershwin and a new Emily Dickinson-based commission it was America’s evening – but with a surprise…
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Amadigi di Gaula review – inflatables and appoggiaturas as Handel takes a trip to Love Island
Buxton Opera House Olivia Fuchs’ delirious spin on the baroque opera comes with TV trickery, more hearts than a…
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Andrew Motion: ‘Wilfred Owen became a kind of sacred text for me’
The former poet laureate on growing up with Lawrence Durrell, rereading Henry James and getting to grips with the…
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‘I’m not into leather at all!’: John Wood on privately photographing Glasgow’s gay underground, and the comparisons with Robert Mapplethorpe
He was a telecoms engineer by day – and documented the Scottish city’s leather scene by night. Now the 79-year-old has…
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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…
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Loathe: A Stranger to You review
(SharpTone) Granite-hard riffola collides with balm-like electronics and tinkling jazz piano in a thrilling fourth…
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Robert Laidlow: Reality Eaters album review
BBC Philharmonic/Havlat/Kaziboni/Piatti Quartet (NMC) Einstein’s field equations, Newton’s universal law and artificial…
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‘A sublime, breezy confection’: writers on their 2026 songs of the summer
The annual rundown of Guardian writers picking their most played tracks of the season goes from club-ready pop to sunny…
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The hill I will die on: Radio 4’s Today programme has become really annoying since I left | John Humphrys
With its gushing interviewees and weird (y’know) ways of talking, the BBC news flagship show I used to present now has…
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The Last Ship review – Sting’s sincere but cloying musical stars the man himself – and Shaggy
Glasshouse Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre Sting plays a Wallsend foreman navigating the threat of his…
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