Swedish pop group shows cross-generational appeal, amassing 5.5m likes on TikTok since 1 SeptemberTwo singles released from Abba’s first album in 40 years have raced to the top of the streaming charts, in a comeback that has generated praise and excite…
Simon Amstell review – shame, self-analysis and great gags
Soho theatre, LondonThe comedian flops in a New York hotel room, sheds his inhibitions at an ayahuasca ceremony and visits a Berlin sex club as he explores his midlife crisisNo one zeroes in on the human comedy, the gulf dividing who we wish to be from…
Let the storm rage on! Frozen hits the West End – in pictures
Take a look behind the scenes and centre stage of the new musical production of Disney’s fairytale favourite as it opens at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane Continue reading…
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Abba have released new tracks for the first time since the 1980s. We would like to hear your thoughts on the band’s returnAbba have released new tracks for the first time since the 1980s. We would like to hear your thoughts on the five songs. Are you e…
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The Hand of God review – Paolo Sorrentino exposes his childhood trauma
Going back to Naples and the tragedy that changed his life, The Great Beauty director evokes his adolescence with bawdy vigourAt 16, Paolo Sorrentino returned home to find that both his parents were dead, killed by a carbon monoxide leak. On the night …
Mikis Theodorakis obituary
Classical composer famed for his film scores to Zorba the Greek and Serpico, and for his firebrand politicsFor those with only a nodding acquaintance with Greece and Greek music, the name of Mikis Theodorakis, who has died aged 96, still conjures up Zo…
Abba reunite for Voyage, first new album in 40 years
Swedish hitmakers to release album of brand new material in November, and digital avatars will appear in London concert residency in 2022One of the most anticipated comebacks in pop culture has finally come to pass: the return of Abba.Forty years after…
Penderecki: Complete Quartets review | Andrew Clements’s classical album of the week
Piotr Szymyślik/Silesian Quartet(Chandos)Heard together, the differences between Penderecki’s First and Fourth quartets map an epic journey in 20th-century musicKrzysztof Penderecki’s four numbered string quartets do not trace the course of his creativ…
Michael Winterbottom: why British independent cinema resembles an abandoned building site
The director of The Trip and Greed has spoken to 15 successful directors to find out what we can learn from the films that – through industry reluctance and obstruction – were never madeMy motive for writing a book was selfish. I’d been making films fo…