Culture

Terence Stamp: the 1960s icon who chose detours over stardom

When Terence Stamp first appeared on cinema screens in the early 1960s he was not merely an actor bu...

Culture category • 2025-08-18 05:08

Collector rejects £300,000 private offer and sells rediscovered Helen McNicoll at Sotheby’s

An oil painting bought for just over £2,000 that turned out to be a long‑lost work by the early Cana...

Culture category • 2025-08-18 05:05

Designer resale shifts from trend to business model as brands launch official preloved channels

Preloved fashion has moved from thrift‑store thrifting to a strategic part of many labels’ business ...

Culture category • 2025-08-18 05:02

Evita’s balcony moment turns West End into a street spectacle while readers retreat to Penelope Fitzgerald

The BBC’s cultural round-up this summer has cut a neat line between spectacle and solace: an all-sta...

Culture category • 2025-08-18 05:01

Mace to build 30‑storey City tower that will display Roman basilica remains in situ

Mace has been appointed by Hertshten Properties as construction partner for a 30‑storey mixed‑use to...

Culture category • 2025-08-18 05:01

Paterson Joseph says modest security shaped his career after Broadway payday and building‑site stint

Paterson Joseph’s recent Money Q&A with the Daily Mail offered a candid, quietly revealing account o...

Culture category • 2025-08-17 04:23

Sally Lindsay’s career pivots from Coronation Street to creator-led mysteries as Madame Blanc box set hits DVD

Sally Lindsay has spent more than two decades moving between comedy, soap and crime drama with a bri...

Culture category • 2025-08-17 04:20

Olivia Attwood leads celebrity arrivals as Topshop stages Trafalgar Square comeback

Olivia Attwood arrived among the celebrities gathered for Topshop’s highly publicised relaunch event...

Culture category • 2025-08-17 04:18

Deborah Carnegie’s archive unveils the ritual behind Black British Saturday‑night style

Before the music arrives, there is the enactment: the hot comb taken from the stove, the last stitch...

Culture category • 2025-08-16 04:43

Topshop bets nostalgia and quality over bargain prices in Trafalgar Square comeback

For a generation that grew up with weekend pilgrimages to Oxford Street and weekend salary-splurges ...

Culture category • 2025-08-16 04:32

Blackpink make Wembley history with stadium‑scale comeback

South Korean quartet Blackpink delivered a two‑and‑a‑half hour spectacle at Wembley Stadium that, by...

Culture category • 2025-08-16 04:32

eBay turns fashion month into a live, shoppable celebration of pre‑loved designer wear

eBay is returning to fashion month with a renewed push to place pre‑loved designer clothing centre s...

Culture category • 2025-08-16 04:31

Punk Royale to open permanent Mayfair outpost, bringing its theatrical fine dining to London

Stockholm’s rule‑breaking dining phenomenon Punk Royale is bringing its brand of theatrical fine din...

Culture category • 2025-08-15 04:19

City treasure hunts boom as apps turn sightseeing into team‑building spectacle

If you spot someone in a busy city centre staring up at a drainpipe and muttering to their companion...

Culture category • 2025-08-15 04:18

Grace Foods returns as Notting Hill Carnival food partner with high‑visibility activations

Grace Foods UK has confirmed it will return as the official food and beverage partner for Notting Hi...

Culture category • 2025-08-15 04:15

How stewardship and history make London’s parks feel like private escapes

I have long returned, repeatedly and for stretches of months at a time, to London’s parks, and those...

Culture category • 2025-08-15 04:15

Chris Ofili’s pivotal 1997 canvas Blossom heads to Christie’s to benefit Danish foundation

A major painting by Chris Ofili, one of the most distinctive British artists of his generation, will...

Culture category • 2025-08-15 04:11

London Met bets on a campus renaissance to prove its recovery

London Metropolitan University presents a study in contrasts: a civic, largely London‑based institut...

Culture category • 2025-08-14 04:22

BFC’s City Wide Celebration returns with free Newcastle headline event and 5G pop-ups

The British Fashion Council has confirmed the return of its City Wide Celebration programme this Sep...

Culture category • 2025-08-14 04:21

Hayu premieres The Real Housewives of London on 18 August as UK’s first franchise commission

The Real Housewives franchise lands in London next week with a glossy new installment promising desi...