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Vault Festival reports record year but still hangs in balance after eviction

March 24, 2023

Vault Festival has reported a record-breaking year as it prepares to be turfed out of its decade-long home by its landlord. The second largest arts festival in the UK after the Edinburgh Fringe welcomed more than 81,000 guests over the eight-week festival, with over 4,000 artists performing in the space beneath Waterloo Station and the [...]
What sport is on the TV this weekend?

March 24, 2023

This weekend in sport sees cricket, rugby, football, golf and horse racing grace our screens. Here’s what you need to watch. Cricket: Women’s premier League eliminator – Friday The inaugural Women’s Premier League, the sibling of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket has been a smash hit on the subcontinent with thousands turning out to [...]
St Patrick’s, Showdown3 and Varsity: London’s big rugby day out

March 24, 2023

Tomorrow is an important Saturday in the country’s rugby calendar because it’s one of the few days of the year where London really shines. The Varsity Matches – between Oxford and Cambridge – will take place at Twickenham while four Premiership clubs compete in two huge fixtures. Saracens host Harlequins in the Showdown3 at the [...]
Volkswagen ID. Buzz review: Love Buzz

March 24, 2023

The ID. Buzz channels the spirit of the classic Volkswagen Microbus into a modern, fully electric MPV. Does it live up to the hype?
Infinity Pool review: Brandon Cronenberg is no clone of his father

March 24, 2023

In an industry currently debating its own nepotism, Brandon Cronenberg is setting himself apart from the crowd. The son of legendary director David, he shares his father’s interest in surreal imagery, but takes it in new and interesting directions. In his third film, Infinity Pool, Alexander Skarsgård stars as James, a writer who escapes to [...]
I want Ireland to win the Rugby World Cup, but they’ll run out of steam

March 24, 2023

I really do hope that Ireland win the World Cup this year, but so many bones in my body are telling me they’ll blow it in France later this year. They haven’t lost since last summer – in the first Test of their 2-1 series win against New Zealand down in the land of the [...]
Newcastle United doc from makers of All Or Nothing to put focus on business

March 24, 2023

Newcastle United’s transformation under Saudi ownership will be the subject of a new documentary series on Amazon’s Prime Video platform, it has been confirmed. The four-part series will focus on the business side of running the club, through interviews with co-owner Amanda Staveley and other club chiefs as well as behind-the-scenes footage. The show, set [...]
Russia’s athletics doping suspension is OVER, but ban remains due to Ukraine invasion

March 23, 2023

World Athletics president Seb Coe has said that Russia’s seven-year doping ban has been lifted, but restrictions due to the Ukraine invasion remain. An investigation uncovered widespread state-sponsored doping was present across many disciplines in Russia and the country was banned from having athletes compete under the Russian flag unless they were categorically, in no [...]
Turandot at the ROH: Stunning production can’t mask a problematic opera

March 23, 2023

The operatic canon offers many examples of the spectacular being mingled with the problematic. In this respect, Puccini is a regular offender. Despite many of his operas representing the very pinnacle of classical music, there is no denying the blatant orientalism present in the heart-breaking Madam Butterfly. This even tarnishes his last opera, the magnificently [...]
John Wick Chapter 4 review: More of the same bubblegum violence

March 23, 2023

You could make a strong case for John Wick being a satire. The first movie took the tropes of an action movie – a relentless, taciturn hero reluctantly dragged back into the underworld, motivated by his love for a dead/kidnapped family member – and reduced them to absurdity by making the trigger for his triple-figure [...]