From Matt Haig’s fiction meets therapy to Jacob’s Advice by Jude Cook, a compelling novel by Lawrence Osborne and Douglas Stuart’s debut, this week’s best new fiction By Madeleine Feeny and Anthony Gardner and Max Davidson and Simon Humphreys For Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 29 August 2020 … Read more
A Suitable Boy Sunday & Monday, BBC1 Rating: I Hate Suzie Thursday, Sky Atlantic Rating: Mortimer And Whitehouse: Gone Fishing Sunday, BBC2 Rating: This week we finally said goodbye to Andrew Davies’s adaptation of Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy, which limped on for however many weeks it was – it seemed to go on for … Read more
Young Heroes Of The Soviet Union Alex Halberstadt Jonathan Cape £14.99 Rating: Alex Halberstadt was nine years old at the height of the … Read more
Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T. Rex Various Artists … Read more
As a stage play with successful runs both in the UK and on Broadway under its belt, Hope Gap was clearly a winner… But as a film? Not so much By Matthew Bond for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 29 August 2020 Hope Gap … Read more
From Six Degrees From Jamie And Spencer to Unfinished, The Pitchfork Review and Go Ask Your Mother, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 29 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 29 August 2020 Six Degrees From Jamie And Spencer Spencer Matthews and Jamie Laing of Made In Chelsea notoriety compete to … Read more
Cornwall’s open air Minack Theatre revives Educating Rita and it is a joy By Robert Gore-langton Published: 22:01 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 22 August 2020 Educating Rita Minack Theatre, Cornwall Until August 30, 1hr 50mins Rating: The Minack open-air theatre, near Land’s End, is doing an actual play – a rare … Read more
DEBORAH ROSS: Forget loo roll… Derren shows we’ve run out of TV By Deborah Ross for Event magazine Published: 22:01 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 22 August 2020 Derren Brown: 20 Years Of Mind Control Sunday, Channel 4 Rating: Albion Sunday, BBC Four Rating: The time has arrived: we are running out … Read more
Big-budget bravery… just when we need it. Yes, this thriller, where bullets fly back in time, has its baffling moments. But all hail brilliant Christopher Nolan for releasing it now By Michael Bond Published: 22:01 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 22 August 2020 Tenet Cert: 12A 2hrs 30 mins Rating: Christopher Nolan … Read more
NETFLIX Cobra Kai On the surface, a spin-off sequel to The Karate Kid made by the teams behind the Harold & Kumar films and Hot Tub Time Machine doesn’t sound too promising. But this comedy drama is more entertaining than it has any right to be, and it even secured two Primetime Emmy nominations. Johnny … Read more
From Jimmy Anderson and friend’s Tailenders to Who The Hell Is Hamish?, Hope High and Witness History, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:00 BST, 22 August 2020 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 22 August 2020 Tailenders Greg James, Jimmy Anderson and Felix White are, it’s fair to say, pleased as punch that cricket … Read more
Action Park Andy Mulvihill and Jake Rossen Penguin £14.99 Rating: As a teenager, I loved riding on any rollercoaster that guaranteed to spin me up and down and round and round 200ft in the air at terrifying speeds while my fellow passengers screamed in terror. These days, I feel woozy sitting in the front of … Read more
The Killers Imploding The Mirage Out Friday Rating: In a parallel universe, known as normal life, this album would have arrived at the end of May. At the same … Read more