Martin Robinson

Tunde Adebimpe
Music

Album of the week: Thee Black Boltz by Tunde Adebimpe

The first solo album from TV On The Radio co-founder and songwriter Tunde Adebimpe is a triumphant skip between disco and despair

18 Apr 2025
Squid
Music

Squid get evil for killer new album: 'It's dark and grisly, but funny'

Squid talk to us about their new album Cowards, which has evil as its theme and sounds like nothing you’ve heard before

7 Feb 2025
TroilusAndCressida
Theatre

Toxic male Trojans? Troilus and Cressida heads to Shakespeare's Globe

Director Owen Horsley talks to us about his production of Troilus and Cressida as the Globe unveils its summer line-up

5 Feb 2025
Cymande
Music

Cymande: the most undervalued London band ever?

Cymande are the funk legends who were loved in America but ignored in the UK, and are now about to have all the world’s attention with a killer new album

1 Feb 2025
Music

Marianne Faithfull was the ultimate counter-culture icon

Marianne Faithfull’s work proved she was no mere muse, she was a creative force worshipped by cool musicians in every era

31 Jan 2025
Music

'She was very beautiful, funny, charming': shooting Marianne Faithfull

Gered Mankowitz is the man behind some of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest photos. He recalls shooting Marianne Faithfull, Jimi Hendrix and more

31 Jan 2025
Music

Marianne Faithfull in quotes: 'Rebellion keeps you alive!'

The wit and wisdom of Marianne Faithfull, who has sadly died at 78

30 Jan 2025
Music

In Pictures: Marianne Faithfull, one of the faces of 1960s pop scene

Photos from the life of Marianne Faithfull who died today aged 78

30 Jan 2025
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.
Film

First look at Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc in new Knives Out film

Daniel Craig is back as Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.

30 Jan 2025
Wilderness festival
Music

Wilderness festival line-up announced: Supergrass, Orbital, Wet Leg,

Supergrass and Orbital and many more have been unveiled for this year’s amazingness at Wilderness

30 Jan 2025
Music

SXSW London announces major partner for their Shoreditch debut

Canva have been announced as partners of the event which is hitting London for the first time this summer

30 Jan 2025
TV

Brian and Maggie TV review: Thatcher as object of affection? Really?

Steve Coogan and Harriet Walter are a captivating double-act in this effective period piece, but it plays it a little cosy to the Iron Lady

29 Jan 2025
Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Pansy in Hard Truths
Film

Hard Truths review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste is ferocious and funny

Mike Leigh’s uncompromising latest film is harrowing and hilarious, centred around a fearless lead performance by Marianne Jean-Baptiste

28 Jan 2025
Exhibitions

Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum designs new Serpentine Pavilion

The 25th year of the Serpentine’s commission will be a spectacular, kinetic delight by a unique Bangladeshi architectural talent

28 Jan 2025
Theatre

Soho Theatre Walthamstow to open in May with cheap tickets for locals

Soho Theatre are opening their second venue in what will be a landmark opening for the area and London as a whole

28 Jan 2025
Film

Are ChatGPT’s film ideas as good as Paul Schrader says? Er, no

After the Taxi Driver screenwriter enthused after the script ideas AI generated for him, we asked ChatGPT to pitch us some films for different genres. Spoiler alert: they were bad

25 Jan 2025
Music

Charli XCX or The Beatles? Here's who should win at The Brits

The Brit Award nominations are out and it looks set to be Charli XCX’s year... but should it be? In a year when, well, The Beatles had a single out. Martin Robinson gives his verdict

24 Jan 2025
Film

Presence review: this unique ghost story will give you goosebumps

The acclaimed director delivers a new spin on the haunted house film which makes for an eerily effective mystery

23 Jan 2025
Ryan Gosling
Film

Why Ryan Gosling can be a new hope for the Star Wars universe

Yes, that’s right, Ken is heading to a galaxy far, far away...

22 Jan 2025
Where to live

Americans in London: here's where the 'Trump refugees' hang out now

From ‘outstanding’ chippies to prime postcodes, here’s where the latest wave of US expats hang out in London

21 Jan 2025
Film

David Lynch transcended film: he was one of America’s greatest artists

David Lynch’s death marks the passing of a true instinctive genius who stood apart from the rest of Hollywood

17 Jan 2025