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Photo: Manuel Harlan★★★★★ Writer Stephen Beresford’s musical adaptation of his own 2014 film is a triumph. Under the assured direction of Matthew Warchus – who also directed the film – with a by-turns playful and powerful score by Christopher Nightingale, Josh […]
Photograph: raymond orton / Shutterstock.comThere’s nothing like summer weather to make you yearn for the feeling of sand between your toes and a coastal breeze in your hair. There are few feelings better than cooling down with a salty dip, […]
Photograph: Garth BrooksCountry titan Garth Brooks is in London this weekend for his first live show on UK soil in nearly 30 years. The best-selling solo artist in US history hasn’t performed live here since 1998, but he’ll end that […]
Image: City of London CorporationThings are hotting up in the Square Mile, and no, we’re not talking about the heatwave. The City of London Corporation has laid out a timeline for the opening of the new Smithfield and Billingsgate markets. […]
Illustration: De Matos RyanThe London Transport Museum in Covent Garden has been delighting Londoners since 1980. Its embrace of young audiences – it offers free tickets for children and has a banging soft play – alongside hardcore transport nerds meaning […]
Photograph: Claudia8c / Shutterstock.comAfter a week of blistering heatwave, this weekend London will, mercifully, cool down a little. Peak temperatures are dropping to around 26C-32C, which is far more manageable – whether you’re off to a stadium concert (Harry Styles […]
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Photograph: German Kraft Brewery There’s only one thing that Londoners have been talking about this week: the sweltering, stifling, skin-melting heatwave. Summer has arrived with a vengeance and not to be dramatic but the city is one ginormous oven right now. We’ve all […]