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.
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Just under ten million Britons watched pensioners solve a murder. Cosy crime 2026 is the most reliable thing on British TV – here is why, and what to watch.
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The Edinburgh Fringe has always functioned as a stress test for the national mood. This year’s programme – 3,649 shows
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A magazine-quality Alice and Steve review of Sophie Goodhart’s Disney+ wrong-com starring Nicola Walker and Jemaine Clement – the sharpest British comedy launch of 2026.
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Every summer, a curious thing happens to British classical music. For eight weeks at the Royal Albert Hall, an art
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Love Island 2026 returns on Monday night with the curious distinction of being the most-watched show on British television that
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British folk horror in 2026 has stopped being a niche. Marcus Webb on why a sixty-year-old genre has become British drama’s most stubbornly interesting strand.
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There is a moment, about halfway through the first episode of Two Weeks in August, where Jessica Raine’s character watches
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The Glastonbury 2026 fallow year leaves a Worthy Farm-shaped hole in British summer. Here’s how Reading, Leeds and the smaller festivals are stepping in – and what the absence does to the music conversation.
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The UK Eurovision 2026 result is in – 25th place, one point. Inside Britain’s third Eurovision nul-class finish in five years and what the BBC has to change before 2027.
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