Author: Marcus Webb

Forty-one thousand people bought tickets to see Frida Kahlo at Tate Modern before the doors even opened. That’s a record

Netflix spent the best part of a decade teaching Britain that waiting for television was a design flaw. Then it

With Glastonbury on a fallow year, stand-up is the live night out of 2026. These are the British comedians to book now – from Fringe hours to arena tours – and the one big ticket to skip.

UK publishing hit a record £7.4bn in 2025, with digital audio now 10% of the consumer market. Why audiobooks became Britain’s fastest-growing reading habit – and what the boom risks losing.

How a film-logging app quietly ended up between British audiences and the films they watch – and what it’s doing to cinema, criticism and the box office in 2026.