The return of Hope of the States: ‘There will be no tantrums. I’m a grown man now’
“Let the healing begin,” says Sam Herlihy the moment I turn on my tape recorder. He’s joking, but not entirely. In December, Herlihy’s band Hope
Legal bid for Ecuador forest to be recognised as song co-creator
A forest in Ecuador could be recognised as the co-creator of a song under a groundbreaking legal proposal. A petition is to be submitted to
Lady Gaga: Disease review – a return to form, and to her classic sound
Thus far, 2024 has proved a decidedly mixed bag for Lady Gaga. On the plus side, her duet with Bruno Mars, Die With a Smile
Kate Bush: Little Shrew review – this devastating film will make you weep at war’s violence against children
All of Kate Bush’s sense of wonder, and how she tempers it with not just melancholy but outright sorrow, is threaded through her devastatingly moving
Katie Boulter and Jack Draper advance to semi-finals in Tokyo and Vienna
The British No 1, Katie Boulter, eased into the semi-finals of the WTA Pan Pacific Open by comfortably dispatching Bianca Andreescu in Tokyo. The 28-year-old
Keith Jarrett/Gary Peacock/Paul Motian: The Old Country review – a delightful return to a cherished jazz venue
When he first played the Deer Head Inn, a romantic 1840s clapboard hotel on the edge of a Delaware national park, Keith Jarrett was 16,
Fievel Is Glauque: Rong Weicknes review – teetering song-towers that never quite topple
Halfway through the Dr Seuss book Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, our young protagonist bursts out of a dull cul-de-sac and into a Technicolor tent
‘Who am I voting for? America!’ Chris Stapleton on patriotism, politics and being country’s great crossover star
Chris Stapleton has played five arenas in the UK over the past week, on a tour dubbed the All-American Road Show. Posters depicted his grandly
King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ past as calls for slavery reparations grow at Commonwealth summit
King Charles acknowledged “painful aspects” of Britain’s past while sidestepping calls to directly address reparations for slavery at the summit of Commonwealth leaders, saying “none