Way Out West 2026 in photos
In one of the year's best festival lineups, the vibrant west coast Swedish city of Gothenburg becomes a three-day party as Way Out West returns to town - with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds , Clipse , Geese , Ravyn Lenae…
TV tonight: a remarkable Bafta-winning film gets a vital update
The Bafta-winning film My Childhood, My Country: 20 Years in Afghanistan was released in 2021. This is an updated version that revisits those years and adds new insight into what has happened in the half-decade since…
Ariana Grande leaves problems at home as her tour hits the UK
Haven't we suffered enough already? But the fans packed into London's O2 arena on Saturday night didn't seem to care about the heat and the sweat. They came ready to dance. Thousands of them, dressed in cat ears, bridal…
Mission review – dangerous quest to mend a broken childhood
As before, Wright is working with lead actor George MacKay, who here plays Dylan, a troubled restaurant worker embarking on inner and outer journeys of wretchedness, desperate to make sense of a passionately remembered…
Marvel reveal new ‘X-Men’ cast, including Adam Driver as Mister Sinister
The cast joined Feige and director Jake Schreier on stage, while Driver appeared via video. Feige told the audience that most of the actors had only met one another backstage shortly before the announcement. [embedded…
Kabul review – this thriller about Afghanistan’s abandonment is every bit as gripping as it is horrifying
"The oppressed people of Afghanistan will know the generosity of America and our allies," Bush's teleprompter tells him to say. "The United States of America is a friend to the Afghan people." This taut six-part…
Borges and Me review – a sweetly imagined literary odyssey through the Highlands
Author of poetry, enigmatic short stories and metaphysical vignettes untranslatably known as the "ficciones", Borges is described here as "the father of magical realism" – although he is surely more unique and…
Snapshot review – fun found-footage scarer follows amateur Ripper hunters in the 1880s
The footage that's been found, incidentally, is composed of unearthed reels of monochrome film from the 1880s, which we see entirely in a kinetoscope-style circular screen, flickering and glitching and buzzing with eerie…
Earth, Wind & Fire drummer John Paris in induced coma after medical emergency before San Francisco show
The 58-year-old was rushed to hospital on August 6, shortly before the group were due to perform with Lionel Richie at the Chase Center in San Francisco. The show was postponed just minutes before it was scheduled to…
Listen to Phoebe Bridgers’ hidden ‘Lost Weekend’ track ‘Best Dressed’, featuring former Black Country, New Road singer Isaac Wood
Bridgers’ third solo album was released yesterday (August 14), with 16 tracks included on its streaming version. However, since its release, fans have now discovered a hidden track titled ‘Best Dressed’ concealed in the…