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'The Man Who Fell To Earth' at 50: Was David Bowie’s strange stranded alien his best role ever?

Bigfoot, ‘slutfluencers’ and a David Bowie-powered gay fantasia: Edinburgh festival 2026’s must-see theatre

Plays about political extremes, religious sects, swimming the Channel and an 80th birthday party are among the highlights at this summer’s arts spectacularProducer Francesca Moody has shown a sure touch for spotting fringe hits (Fleabag and Baby Reindeer among them). Her new offering, by Australia’s Hannah Reilly, is about a feminist podcaster who becomes an online “slutfluencer” to earn some easy money, but has a price to pay. Summerhall, 6-31 August Continue reading...

Bigfoot, ‘slutfluencers’ and a David Bowie-powered gay fantasia: Edinburgh festival 2026’s must-see theatre

Plays about political extremes, religious sects, swimming the Channel and an 80th birthday party are among the highlights at this summer’s arts spectacularProducer Francesca Moody has shown a sure touch for spotting fringe hits (Fleabag and Baby Reindeer among them). Her new offering, by Australia’s Hannah Reilly, is about a feminist podcaster who becomes an online “slutfluencer” to earn some easy money, but has a price to pay. Summerhall, 6-31 August Continue reading...

Lady Gaga's tattoos explained: Stories behind her iconic ink

Lady Gaga's body is a diary. Every tattoo she has ever gotten tells you something true about where she was, who she loved, what she survived, or what she believed in at that exact moment in her life. With over two dozen pieces of ink spread almost entirely across the left side of her body, the story written on her skin is just as layered as the music she has spent her career making.

Ambivalence by Brian Dillon review – an odd man out

The critic’s memoir’s is a portrait in determination to go against the grain and ‘pursue a life in words and ideas’Brian Dillon lost his parents early, his mother when he was 16, his father at 21. He writes of them in passing here, as he did in his first book, In the Dark Room, but with little overt display of grief. Narrated in the third person, with young Dillon a removed he rather than an emotionally manipulative I, this isn’t a weepy orphanhood memoir.

Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon, 67, addresses tweakments, dyeing his hair and wearing budgie smugglers

Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon, 67, addresses tweakments, dyeing his hair and wearing budgie smugglers Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon is a style icon and the voice behind some of the best British pop songs of all time. He tells the Mirror of fashion faux pas and his wife's great advice Pioneers of the New Romantic movement, Duran Duran dominated the music scene in the 1980s, with their danceable hits and flamboyant fashion. Dapper front man Simon Le Bon led the way, with many memorable style moments...

Ambivalence by Brian Dillon review – an odd man out

The critic’s memoir’s is a portrait in determination to go against the grain and ‘pursue a life in words and ideas’Brian Dillon lost his parents early, his mother when he was 16, his father at 21. He writes of them in passing here, as he did in his first book, In the Dark Room, but with little overt display of grief. Narrated in the third person, with young Dillon a removed he rather than an emotionally manipulative I, this isn’t a weepy orphanhood memoir.

TFI Friday show secrets from stroppy guests to 'drug kits' and sweary celebs

TFI Friday show secrets from stroppy guests to 'drug kits' and sweary celebs EXCLUSIVE: TFI Friday originally aired from 1996 to 2000, and quickly became a cultural phenomenon thanks to its chaotic format and celebrity guests. Now producer Will Macdonald has shared some of the show's behind-the-scenes secrets It's been three decades since the ultimate feel good TV show TFI Friday first captured the carefree, hard-partying Cool Britannia mood of 90s Britain.

Cats, flowers and Harry Hill’s car on fire – RA Summer Exhibition review

Royal Academy, LondonBowie karaoke in a cupboard, a gross David Gamble self-portrait and Harriet Porter’s serene silver pot are a welcome distraction from the tidal wave of landscapes and famous artists’ hand-me-downs for saleThis year’s RA Summer Exhibition is less awful than usual. It’s still full of some of the worst art you’ve ever seen – way too many Michael Craig-Martins and Bob and Roberta Smiths – but its awfulness is definitely a bit less awful. This relative less-awfulness is...

Cats, flowers and Harry Hill’s car on fire – RA Summer Exhibition review

Royal Academy, LondonBowie karaoke in a cupboard, a gross David Gamble self-portrait and Harriet Porter’s serene silver pot are a welcome distraction from the tidal wave of landscapes and famous artists’ hand-me-downs for saleThis year’s RA Summer Exhibition is less awful than usual. It’s still full of some of the worst art you’ve ever seen – way too many Michael Craig-Martins and Bob and Roberta Smiths – but its awfulness is definitely a bit less awful. This relative less-awfulness is...