Nick Clark
Head of Culture
Nick Clark is The Standard's Head of Culture, covering all aspects of London's extraordinary arts scene. Previously, Nick was features editor of The Stage and he also worked for almost a decade at The Independent, first on the business desk before becoming the newspaper's arts correspondent....
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Nick Clark is The Standard's Head of Culture, covering all aspects of London's extraordinary arts scene. Previously, Nick was features editor of The Stage and he also worked for almost a decade at The Independent, first on the business desk before becoming the newspaper's arts correspondent.
Rufus Norris's guide to London: mudlarking and pelican-spotting
The Artistic Director and Chief Executive of the National Theatre Rufus Norris shares his favourite spots in the capital
Meet Samuel Bottomley: rising star of Cannes winner How to Have Sex
The Bafta nominated actor on why his new movie will help a lot of people, making Tyrannosaur at eight and learning from Tim Roth and Jack O'Connell
The Standard Theatre Podcast: it's Nicole Scherzinger Week
Plus we talk to Charlie Brooks about her 'emotional' West End debut
The best autumn theatre to book from King Lear to Stranger Things
Do you want to see a musical, new writing, Shakespeare or, er, Southgate? Autumn’s packed stage calendar has something for everyone
Smithfield Market gets new life as Museum of London sets plan in stone
The venue will reopen as the London Museum with double the public space
Artists Rob & Nick Carter: ‘If Warhol was alive he’d be using robots’
As they open their exhibition celebrating 25 years of working together, the couple talk about AI versus analogue, and that time Will Self frisbeed an artwork out the window of the Groucho Club
Misfits Actor Antonia Thomas on her role as Hedda Gabler: Podcast
‘It’s quite weird, the different ways people interact with each other on film sets, “I have my trailer, and you have your trailer.”’
Beckham on Netflix: the dizzying highs and desperate lows of an icon
This four part documentary explores how the shy lad from Leytonstone became a global superstar – and all that came with it
Lupin on Netflix : French crime caper loses a little of its oh la la
The show’s novelty may have worn off but it remains eminently watchable, and in Omar Sy has a star that elevates it above much of the competition
Spies, Lies and Deception at the IWM: stirring tales of derring-do
A wealth of stories of daring, cunning and, ultimately, the cost of it all
Boiling Point on BBC One: ingredients and execution are *chef’s kiss*
This is an extraordinary peek behind the kitchen door, and a deeply uncomfortable one
Theatre Podcast: Pygmalion, Little Big Things and Beautiful Thing
From an inspirational memoir on stage to a seminal play about young gay love, we’ve got it all
ES Theatre Podcast: Paul Bazely, Red Pitch, God of Carnage
‘It’s the strange thing when you’re playing an icon... I wanted to find out what it was like to be him as a man’
West End boom masks perfect storm for London theatre
Audiences are flocking back to Theatreland but beyond the bright lights, venues are struggling in the economic headwinds
Pick of the podcasts: the best listens for your autumn commute
As the London Podcast Festival gets underway, here are our recommendations for some of the funny, thrilling and compelling podcasts that have kept us entertained this year
Sir Ian McKellen and Roger Allam: the Evening Standard Theatre Podcast
‘Theatre audiences are the best people in the world’
Top Boy final season on Netflix: a fitting finale to a top show
With so much anticipation for the last series of a landmark London show that has brought through such talent, the question was whether it could land it. Fans needn’t have worried...
The real locations of Top Boy, from London Fields to Number One Cafe
Ever wondered the real location of Summerhouse, Number One Cafe or Shelley’s Nail Bar? Wonder no more...