Art & Culture

The bestselling novel on Britain’s beaches this summer is about a Hungarian bodyguard who answers most questions with the word

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

Britain has invented a strange new ritual. We won’t reliably turn up to a warm, dry multiplex with reclining seats

The best-sounding room in Britain right now isn’t an arena, a superclub or the Royal Albert Hall. It’s a sixty-seat

The BBC Proms 2026 season runs 17 July to 12 September with 86 concerts, the Berlin Philharmonic, Martha Argerich and a Prog Prom – and standing tickets still cost £8. Here’s why it’s the best-value night in British live music.

British artists topped the albums chart for 13 of the first 14 weeks of 2026. These are the nine records behind the takeover – and the biggest seller isn’t the best.

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.

Somewhere in Britain right now, a 19-year-old is sliding a Sam Fender record out of its sleeve, propping it against

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.