Last week we traversed dense rainforests of Edinburgh Festival news, clambering over thickets of announcements, machete-smashing our way through A-list acts and climbing vines over new venues (Is ...

Amy Liptrot is ten days deep into quitting smoking when we speak over Zoom. Her smoking cessation method? She left her tobacco on the mainland and she’s currently on Papa Westray (Papay to the ...

It’s hard to think of a modern movie star who inspires the same cultish devotion as Nicolas Cage. He’s always had the crazy in him (think Moonstruck, Wild At Heart, Face/Off, or even his ...

Great Expectations charts the progress of Pip from childhood through often painful experiences to adulthood, as he moves from the Kent Marshes to busy, commercial London; encountering a variety of ...

Fringe By The Sea, the ten-day multi-arts festival taking place in North Berwick this August, has added a brand-new film strand to its programme. Titled Wavelength, it’ll celebrate the sounds ...

Any visit to the Isle of Skye is incomplete without enjoying the wealth of history and horticultural delights at award-winning 5 Dunvegan Castle & Gardens, now an RHS partner garden. The five ...

Does the title describe the artists, the art, or both? Elle Freak: The title hints at a spirit of risk-taking in the artists’ work and their lives. It was inspired by Thea Proctor: after ...

Expect the unexpected in this grassroots, open-access festival that celebrates the glories of cabaret in all its mystery and mayhem. Program details are being finalised as we go to press, but all ...

‘Are you aware of the disruption your beauty causes?’ Gary Oldman’s inebriated author asks 25-year-old Parthenope (charismatic newcomer Celeste Dalla Porta), who is already alive to her power.

No, ‘Breaking Thru The Interstellar’ is not another Katy Perry roasting (although give the internet enough time and it could be). Instead, it’s the majestic opening track on Andy Bell’s ...

After an inconsistent recent run, the MCU gets back on its feet with this intelligent and surprisingly introspective reinvention from Robot & Frank’s Jake Schreier, which suggests that lessons ...

Continuing the good work of Telly Savalas (who famously made an iconic 1981 promo video for Birmingham, despite never actually setting foot in the place), comedian Joe Lycett’s latest mission is ...