Every Edinburgh Fringe produces a handful of shows that break out of the thousands on offer to become the ones people press on each other in bars and queues. The 2026 edition, its programme as vast as ever, has already begun sorting…
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Theatre may lend the Edinburgh Fringe its prestige, but comedy is what fills its rooms. Year after year the festival serves as the most important proving ground in the English-speaking comedy world, the place where reputations are made, careers are launched, and…
Alongside the sprawling Fringe runs a quieter, more curated counterpart. The Edinburgh International Festival gathers some of the finest performers in classical music, opera, theatre, and dance, offering a programme built on selection rather than open access, and giving the city’s August…
Every Edinburgh Fringe produces a handful of shows that break out of the thousands on offer to become the ones people press on each other in bars and queues. The 2026 edition, its programme larger than ever, has already begun sorting its…
The latest Spider-Man film has done what only a rare blockbuster manages, turning a weekend into a milestone. The release cleared $927 million in its first three days and broke the North American opening record, a result that will reassure an industry…
Theatre may lend the Edinburgh Fringe its prestige, but comedy is what fills its rooms. Year after year the festival serves as the most important proving ground in the English-speaking comedy world, the place where reputations are made, careers are launched, and…
Spider-Man: Brand New Day sold $927m (£687m) of tickets worldwide on its opening weekend, the second-biggest global debut in cinema history. Only Avengers: Endgame has done better, taking more than $1.2bn across its opening weekend in 2019. The new film, starring Tom…
Stella Quaresma calls the making of Therapy at the Club a crash course in making music. Six months of work, and by the end of it FLO had learned to trust their own judgement. The trio, made up of Quaresma, Jorja Douglas…
Ariana Grande has spoken publicly for the first time since her publicist confirmed at the weekend that she will step back from visibility once her current tour finishes next month. She addressed it on stage in Chicago on Monday, on the opening…
Reigning 57kg world champion Jaismine Lamboria throws punches for a living, but when it comes to handling pressure, the Indian boxer draws inspiration from one of her country’s most celebrated cricketing legends. “I really admire MS Dhoni’s mindset,” she says of the…
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