Dancing on Ice champion and figure skating star headlines this Christmas’s most magical family show.
This Christmas, forget the same old panto – there’s a new sprinkle of magic in town. Peter Pan on Ice is gliding into the Bath Forum and Theatre Severn Shrewsbury, and it’s promising to whisk audiences from the cosy Darlings nursery straight into the wild, untamed wonder…
I came to this gig as a casual fan. I left as a convert. LP (Laura Pergolizzi) played a sold-out show at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire last night as part of their All Is Not Lost Tour, supporting their latest album Room 12. The venue had been moved from the O2 Academy Brixton at the last minute, but original tickets remained valid and the grandeur and tight acoustics of the…
Last week I put on something slightly very rock and roll and headed to Hays Gallery for a party. Not just any party: a 15th birthday party for Tom Gates, the boy with the doodled homework diary who has been making children (and their parents) laugh for a decade and a half. And at the centre of it, looking exactly as she always does, creative, warm, and genuinely delighted to be there, was Liz…
Joseph Millson has been a familiar face on stage and screen for over three decades from Casino Royale to The Last Kingdom, from the Royal Shakespeare Company to The Phantom of the Opera’s 40th anniversary cast, which he joined this very week. But his latest role is one he’s never played before: novelist. His debut novella, Miller Rose Roberts, is a coming-of-age odyssey about memory…
When I was offered the chance to interview Tom Bailey, the voice and creative force behind Thompson Twins, I’ll admit I had a moment of pure 80s nostalgia. This is the man whose synth-pop anthems provided the soundtrack to so many of our teenage years.Hold Me Now,Doctor Doctor,Love On Your Side: these were the backdrop to first crushes, school discos, and countless hours…
I cried, I danced, I hugged strangers: Why Duran Duran Day at BST Hyde Park was the best day of 2026
I’m still a bit teary, and still floating somewhere above the Great Oak Stage after Sunday’s all-day 80s love-in at BST Hyde Park. I’ve been covering this festival for 15 years, and I can honestly say: Duran Duran’s day, with Groove Armada, Nile Rodgers & CHIC, and Scissor Sisters, gave me so much joy, possibly the best atmosphere I’ve ever experienced in this park. And I’ve seen…
I turned up to BST Hyde Park on Saturday dressed head-to-toe in American flag paraphernalia. Stars, stripes, the works. In my defence, it was the 4th of July, and this Italian rock chick genuinely thought everyone would be doing the same. I was the only one. All day long, strangers kept shouting “Happy 4th!” at me with a tone I couldn’t quite place. By the end of the night, curiosity got the…
In a decade and a half of covering British Summer Time Hyde Park, I’ve seen legends own the Great Oak Stage. I’ve watched Santana’s spiritual guitar journeys, stood spellbound as Steve Winwood revived a golden era, and witnessed Eric Clapton deliver a masterclass that bordered on the sacred. Those were unforgettable. But sometimes the stars align in a different way, not through…
Forget the 90,000 pink cowboy hats and feather boas flooding into Wembley Stadium. While Harry Styles was whipping a generation of youngsters into a frenzy next door, supported by none other than Shania Twain, can you actually believe that? We, the rock rebels, the mums who still know every power chord from our mis-spent youth, were filing into the OVO Arena for a masterclass in unadulterated rock…
I am a self?confessed superfan. But this isn’t just another interview for me. It is my third time chatting with the one and only Karen Hauer, the Venezuelan whirlwind who became the heart and soul of Strictly Come Dancing for an incredible 14 years. From the very first time we met, I have been completely under her spell. I have followed her every paso doble, jive, and show dance, religiously…