Hamish MacBain

Lifestyle

Benefits to running to work: The heart-racing joy of sprint commuting

Getting to work on your own two feet does you all sorts of good, and, for the lucky, provides a chance to experience one of London’s great parks every day

10 Apr 2025
Film

I hated Saltburn. But it should have been nominated at the Oscars

The Academy Awards are not rewarding the kind of films we're actually talking about (even if we don't like them)

23 Jan 2024
TV

Sexy Beast review: will please no one – least of all fans of the film

This series looks at the backstory to the 2000 cult film but it lacks imagination

22 Jan 2024
Theatre

Mica Paris: 'I had money and fame and I was like – is this it?'

The performer on why she turned her back on fame, getting 5am calls from Prince and her dream to put British soul music on the map

18 Jan 2024
Film

The Boys in the Boat: as exciting as a rowing race, i.e. not very

It's a nice story but as sports go, rowing is hardly a natural fit for the big screen

10 Jan 2024
Going Out

Why Betwixmas is the most wonderful time of the year

London becomes your playground during the Betwixmas period says Hamish MacBain, and now's the time to take full advantage

2 Jan 2024
Going Out

Fancy seeing in New Year with the old school? Hit Indie Amnesty

Guitar anthems all night, cheap drinks and a house party atmosphere. Turns out you haven’t left it too late to have the best NYE ever

31 Dec 2023
Film

One Life: a refugee from the Nazis on the new Kindertransport film

Renate Collins was one of the 669 children rescued from the Nazis by Sir Nicholas Winton, whose actions have been dramatised in an extraordinary new film

30 Dec 2023
TV

Fool Me Once on Netflix: highly bingeable New Year's fare

Fool Me Once pushes all the right buttons to great effect

30 Dec 2023
Culture

"What's the deal with Taylor Swift?" Win at Xmas family discussions

Certain names from 2023 are bound to come up post-Turkey when the wine is flowing. So here's how you can be ready...

25 Dec 2023
Film

What Happens Later: Ryan and Duchovny inject charm and charisma

This is no masterpiece, but the pairing of these lesser-seen-these-days Nineties titans is a winner

15 Dec 2023
Film

The Three Musketeers: Milady: as silly as it is sexy

Slick sequences! Sword fights! A preposterously hot cast! This musketeers spin-off has the lot

15 Dec 2023
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Comment

We really, really need to decriminalise regifting

Forwarding on a present is not just totally fine, it’s eco-friendly: and needs to just be the norm

30 Nov 2023
Film

Napoleon: a historical romp in all senses of the word

The obvious joke here isn't suitable for a family newspaper but Ridley Scott's stars make this sexy biopic sing

23 Nov 2023
Film

The Eternal Daughter: two Swintons are one distraction too many

It's impossible to avoid drawing comparisons to The Shining

22 Nov 2023
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TV

I'm A Celebrity... 2023: is Nigel Farage the new Matt Hancock?

Welcome (back) to the jungle and a profoundly depressing TV event

20 Nov 2023
Music

Ed Sheeran at Royal Albert Hall: Delivered the hits... eventually

The show largely centred around his cosy, Elgar-inspired new album Autumn Variations before he got fans on their feet with the classics

20 Nov 2023
Going Out

Kate Moss's b-day to Henry VIII's coronation: London's wildest parties

Ancient Rome? Pah. London is where the wildest parties happen. And below we revisit 23 of the capital’s most outrageous ever

16 Nov 2023