‘She changed the way TV was written’: Zoe Williams on Kay Mellor | Television
When you name what you think is the ultimate Kay Mellor show, really all you’re naming is your own vintage. To the scriptwriter and director, who died…
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During the endless screen time of 2020’s lockdown, a series of dance films cut through the digital noise. There Is No Standing Still, the films by US…
Read moreQuestions raised about UK arts donations of Leonard Blavatnik | Arts funding
It did not take long for the tremors from Vladimir Putin’s tanks rolling into Ukraine to reach the British arts sector, long a beneficiary of Russian money….
Read more‘A thrill to watch’: how Sam Ryder turned UK’s Eurovision fortunes around | Eurovision 2022
Europe doesn’t hate the UK after all, it was just waiting for a decent song. This is what seasoned Eurovision watchers concluded after seeing Sam Ryder take…
Read moreConversations With Friends review – TV so slow it must be trolling us | Television
There is a moment a few episodes into Conversations With Friends (BBC Three), the adaptation of Sally Rooney’s debut novel, when it seems as if the makers…
Read moreTV tonight: Sally Rooney’s much-hyped Conversations With Friends is here | Television & radio
Conversations With Friends 10pm, BBC Three Frances and Bobbi (Alison Oliver and Sasha Lane) are students in Dublin who, after performing at a spoken word night, are…
Read moreEurovision 2022: song contest begins with Ukraine tipped to win – live | Eurovision
Eurovision Bingo rules for tonight! Get ready to mark your Eurovision Bingo cards! Of course, if you want to have a shot of drink each time you…
Read moreTV tonight: can Sam Ryder win the UK a single point at Eurovision? | Television & radio
Eurovision Song Contest 2022 8pm, BBC One The uber-camp fun hits Turin this year, where Sam Ryder hopes to win the UK at least one point (please!)…
Read moreConstellations review – a stirring love story with infinite possibilities | Theatre
There were two lovers, Roland and Marianne, who lived in London, New York or maybe Dublin, now and never, once and always. Nick Payne’s 2012 play lifts…
Read moreMaggie May review – deft dementia drama underscores the power of memory | Theatre
Frances Poet has form when it comes to dramatising illness. Her play Fibres (2019) was about a shipyard worker and his wife living with asbestosis. The cast…
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