In 2011 a new TV series about a fantasy world of swords, sorcery and sex launched with the slogan ‘Winter is coming’. Six years later, Game Of Thrones is now shown in more than 170 countries read
The never-before-published manuscript tells of the bitter jealousies of ‘friends’ that nearly destroyed her… read
Fair’s fair, the makers of War For The Planet Of The Apes do eventually get their own ‘Ape-ocalypse Now’ joke in and it’s just as well because if they hadn’t, someone else definitely would have. read
This year’s Buxton Festival has new productions of three neglected operas: Verdi’s original 1847 Macbeth, Benjamin Britten’s comedy Albert Herring, and Mozart’s Lucio Silla. read
Twenty years on from his big fat showbusiness peak, Paul Heaton is still subjected to the nostalgic demands of selfie-hunters, but these days it tickles him. read
Which came first, the album or the tour? For years, records held sway. Now tours are the greater engine of excitement. Two months ahead of their new album, The Killers play BST Hyde Park. read
I’ll do it tonight for England,’ says a periwigged actor wearing vast tie-on breasts and a huge pregnant belly. This scurrilous, Gillray-like sketch begins Helen Edmundson’s fitfully fascinating play. read
Xu (pronounced Chu), in Soho’s Rupert Street, is a sort of Taiwanese version of Gymkhana. Lots of smart, dark, elegant wood, languorously whirring fans, marble bars and delicately decorated screens read
Top Chablis has the brightness, intensity and persistence of a diamond comet. Partly that’s thanks to the cooler climate of its location in northern Burgundy. read
For someone who spent only 14 months on British soil, Charles Edward Stuart sure holds a disproportionately large place in British history. read
Ferris’s characters are fidgety, and in constant retreat from boredom. They also suffer from envy of other people’s lives, without really knowing why. read
Take your seats ladies and gentlemen for the best family shows of the summer! read
Basically, if you’re the sort of stick-in-the-mud who delights in buying supermarket own-brand because ‘it’s just the same as the branded stuff’, you’re going to love this. read
How did his happen, then? The most iconic American convertible of all time is back from the wilderness. Back from its Eighties identity crisis... read
Appeared on Sky’s A League Of Their Own. It stars James Corden as host, Freddie Flintoff and Jamie Redknapp as team captains, and Jack Whitehall as a regular guest. read
As new movie 6 Days dramatises the siege, Event talks to the stars – and the heroes they play – who reveal the full drama of the historic rescue read
There is something exciting about seeing the very scratches and smudges made by the fingers and crayons of the finest artists, from Leonardo Da Vinci to Rembrandt. read
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra sounds magnificent in Wotan’s Farewell and the Magic Fire Music. The sound from the pit is truly excellent. read
Humans are getting an upgrade, says Yuval Noah Harari, probably the most fashionable thinker on the planet right now. read
Six pounds is the cost of the cheapest Proms tickets this year. Prices go up to around £70 for the more popular programmes at the Royal Albert Hall. read