Wood and Nabhaan Rizwan are impeccably cast in this cute and deeply intelligent comedy about two film buff friends with unspoken feelings. It’s quietly confident TV that brims with insight Aimee Lou Wood made her screen debut, as the endearingly unfiltered Aimee in Sex Education, in 2019. It’s been a […]
Year: 2025
Robert Jenrick gives Conservative conference delegates permission to be the worst possible versions of themselves If Andy Burnham hadn’t already made an appearance – why stop at leading Labour when you can also lead the Tories? – then Robert Jenrick would definitely qualify as the Conservative party conference’s very own […]
The two-time Olympic gold medallist details the grit and sacrifice needed to succeed and says Ineos are held to a different standard than other teams “I’m pretty laidback and don’t take myself too seriously off the bike,” Geraint Thomas says as, in retirement, the 2018 Tour de France winner reflects […]
Pointless threequel delivers a leaden cameo from a white-robed Jeff Bridges and an irritating turn from Jared Leto as a hipster-haired humanoid The matrix of pointlessness is reloaded in this mind-bendingly dull sci-fi, more a screensaver than an actual film. It’s a threequel to the original movie Tron from 1982, […]
Joy is crucial for resilience, but living in a stressed-out world can make it difficult to enjoy the little things. Experts tell us how to rebuild our capacity for joy Americans say they’re more dissatisfied with life than ever before. Anhedonia, a loss of enjoyment in usually pleasurable things, and […]
At conference where the stench of decay is overpowering, the shadow chancellor’s speech was an act of desperation The unbearable lightness of the Tory party conference. A place where nothing ever happens. Where dreams come to die. Where the only joy to be found is in the possibility of forgetting. […]
After stadium tour success, the delusional broadcaster is back where he belongs: self-funding a series about the nation’s mental health. As comedy goes, it couldn’t be more pleasurable Like anyone who has grown up in the shadow of Alan Partridge’s three-decade dominion over British comedy, I want only the very […]
Guy Gilboa-Dalal was taken from Nova festival in 7 October Hamas attack that led to Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza Sometimes two years seem to have lasted for ever. Sometimes Gal Gilboa-Dalal feels trapped in an eternal present, still living the agonising, endless day when his brother, Guy, was kidnapped […]
As her company prepares to celebrate its centenary, the legendary choreographer’s groundbreaking work is finally getting the respect it deserves in the UK. What took so long? A century ago, the dancer Martha Graham began teaching at a small studio above Carnegie Hall in Manhattan. It was the start of […]
Hayward Gallery, LondonFrom the calling cards of male sex workers to shocking headlines about murder, the octogenarian pair see and incorporate everything, resulting in a show that seethes with life The first picture in Gilbert & George’s retrospective of their art of this century is a portrait of them sitting […]