(Credits: Far Out / Frances Carter) Thu 4 September 2025 12:00, UK It can sometimes be difficult to write about The Beths. Few bands remind me of the whole ‘writing about music is like dancing about architecture’ quip more because, quite simply, it often feels like there’s little else to say other than just how […]

(Credits: Far Out / Frances Carter) Thu 4 September 2025 12:00, UK It can sometimes be difficult to write about The Beths. Few bands remind me of the whole ‘writing about music is like dancing about architecture’ quip more because, quite simply, it often feels like there’s little else to say other than just how […]

(Credits: Far Out / Andy Paradise / BBC) Thu 4 September 2025 11:46, UK St Vincent at Royal Albert Hall There are certain gigs that are always destined to be great – like St Vincent, at the Royal Albert Hall, with an orchestra. While the Proms mostly felt like a realm far from our own, […]

(Credits: Far Out / Tiny Library Records) Wed 3 September 2025 12:30, UK Green Gardens – ‘Thistlesifting’ album review When you’re in an art gallery, there’s the temptation to skip past the landscapes. People race to get to the impressionists or the surrealists, something modern and brightly coloured and bold and angular. But there is […]

(Credit: Academy / YouTube) Wed 3 September 2025 12:30, UK In Olivia Colman‘s latest role in The Roses, she transforms into a driven, ambitious up-and-coming restaurateur, not dissimilar to her cameo in The Bear. Based on Warren Adler’s 1981 novel The War of the Roses, and following on from a 1989 adaptation starring Kathleen Turner […]

(Credits: Far Out / Heavenly Recordings) Wed 3 September 2025 12:28, UK Saint Etienne – ‘International’ After three decades in the music business, Saint Etienne clearly want to go out with a bang in terms of their final album. Instead, it’s more of a fizzle, or a pop, with little more to say for itself […]

(Credits: Shaun Foist) Tue 2 September 2025 12:34, UK Shaun Foist, the drummer of the American rock band Breaking Benjamin, has announced he is stepping away from touring with the group due to a flare-up of a health condition.  Foist revealed the news in a recent post shared to the band’s social media accounts, in […]

(Credits: YouTube Still / Daniel Torok) Tue 2 September 2025 12:30, UK Woody Allen has recalled working with Donald Trump on Celebrity and praised the president’s skills as an actor. Allen discussed his previous relationship with Trump during an appearance on Bill Maher’s Club Random podcast. He also confirmed he voted for Kamala Harris and […]

(Credits: Far Out / Miramax Films) Tue 2 September 2025 12:30, UK Salma Hayek has subjected herself to many, many challenging scenes in her career, but for her money, none were more difficult than the one that required her to overcome a deep-seated phobia. Hayek first exploded onto the Hollywood scene in the 1990s when […]

(Credits: Far Out / Walter Albertin, World Telegram staff photographer) Mon 1 September 2025 12:30, UK The connection between a director and an actor of choice can be a defining one: many men and women who have helmed major movies will go back time and again to a single actor, believing only they can properly […]