The term Londonmaxxing has gone viral as people cotton on to what Evening Standard has always said: London is the greatest city in the world. From A-listers on Lime bikes to the return of Simpson’s in the Strand, this is why it’s the city that keeps on giving

This documentary by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard is a testament to one of the greatest cultural figures to emerge from the Sixties

Poppy Gilbert and Stuart Thompson on their raw and remarkable new musical Flyby

The winner of the emerging talent award made a splash at her first ‘proper theatre job’ in The Lady from the Sea

BFI Professor in Practice Dr. Clive Chijioke Nwonka and film-maker and former boxer Ryan Pickard talk about a new season exploring boxing on film which includes one very special documentary

The hottest show in town showed exactly why the world is going crazy for Geese

A new season at the BFI on the Southbank celebrates underground American cinema in all its lurid glory, as defined by John Waters. Here two of its guest stars putting on a special appearance guide is through this world of shock and awe.

This exhibition at the Moco Museum of the revered pioneer of street art is fun, but also hits home with its messaging - and warnings

Elbow blew the roof off the Royal Albert Hall as the Teenage Cancer Trust shows began in suitably special style

Aasiya Shah is heading for big things following the professionally and personally transformative experience of working on the new series Bait

Emma Howlett, one of theatre’s most exciting new voices, talks us through the dizzying ride that is Aether at the Jermyn Street Theatre

The Oscars 2026 was a good one. Here are the biggest, best and worst moments

Kim Gordon’s latest solo albums skewers late capitalism, autocracy and social media malaise in a breathtaking work of art-dance-punk

Artistic Director of the Southbank Centre Mark Ball talks us through their 75th anniversary year which aims to bring hope and togetherness in tough times

These two shows at the Hayward Gallery by two leading installation artists from Japan and China make for an intriguing trip into memory, love and loss

End Violence Against Women and Ridley Scott Associates have released ‘Check-in’, a social film to encourage a rethink of masculine behaviour

Proficient with power tools as a child, artist Makiko Harris uses industrial might to transform the feminine

Les Liaisons Dangereuses is heading to the National Theatre and here’s a first look inside the steamy (sort of) rehearsal room with Turner, Monica Barbaro and Lesley Manville

In Sonic Youth she destroyed the rock mainstream alongside Nirvana in the 90s, and now as a blistering solo artist she’s continuing the fight against autocrats, algorithms and music that sucks

The Brits’ first appearance in Manchester turned out to be a triumph, with a winning bit of Manc edge