‘I wrote it in a bedsit on Nick Drake’s guitar’: how Dream Academy made Life in a Northern Town
Nick Laird-Clowes, singer, songwriter I was a part-time presenter on the first series of The Tube, with Jools Holland and Paula Yates. That was filmed
I couldn’t imagine doing festivals without drinking. Pulling it off filled me with relief – and pride | Laura Snapes
Twenty years ago this August, I went to my first music festival. My best friend’s mum kindly – bravely – drove us two 15-year-olds from
Tom Ripley is a psychopath made for social media | Peter Bradshaw
He’s back. But he never went away. Patricia Highsmith’s diabolically inspired postwar creation Tom Ripley has returned, to luxuriate in our 21st-century age of Instagram
‘Emotional’ Leah Williamson to make first England start in almost a year
Sarina Wiegman has confirmed Leah Williamson will start against the Republic of Ireland on Tuesday night in England’s second Euro 2025 qualifier. Williamson, the Euro
‘Hardest Geezer’ Russ Cook enjoys a day off running after epic Africa journey
After sinking a strawberry daiquiri and a few beers and enjoying a reunion with his girlfriend after more than a year apart, Russ Cook, AKA
LaRoy, Texas review – Coen-esque crime farce is a hyperactively fun ride
Sadsack husbands, missing suitcases, devious strippers, destabilising conversations with hitmen doubling up as metaphysical emissaries: this hyperactively structured crime thriller lines up many of the
‘Anger compels me forward’: Drive My Car composer Eiko Ishibashi on evil, experimentation and exploding genre
Whether it’s Hitchcock and Herrmann, Spielberg and Williams or latterly Villeneuve and Zimmer, film directors often get into a glorious feedback loop with a preferred
The Stolen Valley review – Thelma and Louise-lite road western has right on its side
On paper this movie looks like it might be following in the footsteps of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of Flower Moon, as another step forward in
Bobcat Moretti review – heartfelt boxing underdog tale goes down the signpost route
Traditionally, genre labels gave a broad sense of what kind of experience you might be in for, whether horror, comedy or action. In the streaming
Premier Tour proposals signify Saudi influence and a tipping point for tennis | Tumaini Carayol
During her glory days as a professional tennis player, Gabriela Sabatini evolved from a child prodigy to an icon. By her 26th birthday, though, the