Art & Culture

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.

From Ezra Collective’s BRITs win to a roomful of new names, British jazz stopped being a moment and became the weather. The records, the rooms and the one thing nobody in the scene wants to admit.

The last weekend of June without Glastonbury feels wrong. For the best part of a decade, this is the stretch

This piece has been folded into our fuller, regularly updated guide to the same topic: Outdoor Cinema UK 2026: Why

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.

UK cinema admissions sit 30% below 2019 while the home entertainment market hits a record £5.7bn. Inside the rise of UK home cinema in 2026 – and what Britain gains and loses by watching from the sofa.

Somewhere on the booking confirmation for Harry Styles’s Wembley Stadium residency this summer, beneath the booking fee and the venue

From a BAFTA-sweeping Hamnet to the most divisive gothic romance in years, these are the best British films 2026 has delivered so far – and the releases still to come.