Disney+’s new drama imagines what the world would look like if there was just one man left on Earth … by sidelining the women who would be in control. What a waste of timeThere is much to say about the protagonist of Y: The Last Man (Disney+ in the UK)…
Missing Julie review – gripping take on Strindberg simmers with tension
Theatr Clwyd, MoldKaite O’Reilly relocates August Strindberg’s classic to a Welsh stately home in postwar, post-pandemic 1921‘What do you know about magnificence?’ asks Christine the cook of John the valet as a pan is slowly brought to simmer above a b…
Norman Bailey obituary
Bass-baritone who excelled as Wagner’s Wotan, Hans Sachs and Flying Dutchman, and in big Verdi rolesThe generation of British opera lovers who got to know Wagner’s works in the late 1960s and 70s was fortunate indeed that Sadler’s Wells (from 1974 Engl…
True Calling review – a government minister goes awol on long night of the soul
A politician’s long night of the soul becomes a confusing debate on the climate crisis in Erik Knudsen’s tiny-budget dramaThis tiny-budget British drama, written and directed by Erik Knudsen, begins intriguingly as the government’s energy minister goes…
Rick Astley on his Smiths covers gigs: ‘I’ll use a karaoke machine if I have to’
Ahead of his two Morrissey-channelling gigs with Blossoms, the singer talks Twitter, his London pub and how he once followed Andy Rourke around the Arndale centreLast Monday, Rick Astley (as in 80s, bequiffed, Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley) made …
The Tape review – Cornish-set folk musical bobs along like a floating flip-flop
A disillusioned musician stumbles upon inspiration in a charming film debut from folk singer Martha TilstonEnglish folk singer Martha Tilston pulls off an impressive hat-trick of debuts as writer, director and star of this sweet-natured and gently char…
Jacques Peretti on clubbing: ‘Lockdown saw the return of the illegal underground rave – I could have cried’
The Guide’s former club columnist (who hated clubbing) reflects on the shifts in dance culture and hopes for a renaissance in revelryThe Guide only offered me the clubs column because they knew I hated clubs. And in 1993, there was plenty to loathe. Co…
誰もが楽しめる「ポケモンユナイト」は、いま最も求められている“盛り上がり”をもたらしてくれる ：ゲームレヴュー
スマートフォン版が2021年9月22日に配信されたチーム戦略バトルゲーム「Pokémon UNITE（ポケモンユナイト）」。ゲームを知らない人から本気でゲームをやり込みたい人まで楽しめる本作は、最も必要とされている絶妙なタイミングでわたしたちの緊張をほぐすべく登場した──。『WIRED』US版によるレヴュー。
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Netflix acquires works of Roald Dahl as it escalates streaming wars
Content deal over author of children’s classics such as Matilda and the BFG is firm’s biggest to dateNetflix has acquired the works of Roald Dahl, the author of children’s classics including Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the BFG, in th…
This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes review – a wickedly honest memoir
With her naughty stories and cutting remarks, the comic actor spares no blushes – but her account is poignant tooI’m quite sure you picked up this book hoping I’d make you laugh,” Miriam Margolyes writes in her memoir, This Much Is True. She more than …