50 minutes ago Samson Tsoy: Inmost Heart: Bach, Brahms, Busoni, Reger review – the pianist’s subtle, searching debut

(Linn)Playing Brahms’s transcriptions of Bach and Handel, then Reger and Busoni takes on Brahms, Tsoy contemplates creativity across centuries in this fine recitalElegantly constructed and intimate, this debut solo recital album by London-based Kazakh pianist Samson Tsoy has the music of Johannes Brahms at its centre. The fascination here is Tsoy’s exploration of Brahms’s passion for music of the past, specifically for his towering predecessors, JS Bach and Handel. Brahms transcribed works of theirs for piano, forging his own distinctive voice with theirs in an act of homage and discovery.The magnificent Handel Variations, Op 24 spins an unexciting little baroque theme into 25 variations of brilliant variety and ingenuity. Brahms set himself a particular challenge with the Chaconne from Bach’s Partita No 2 in D minor. Attempting to reflect the immeasurable yet compressed range of a work written for solo violin, he restricted his arrangement to piano left hand only. This gives a shad...

Politics

3 hours ago Play On! at the Lyric Hammersmith review: Twelfth Night relocated to Harlem's Cotton Club

This sassy musical sets Shakespeare to the music of Duke Ellington

Society

20 hours ago Tech consortium agrees 49 per cent stake in London Spirit for reported £145m

The ECB is selling 49 per cent stakes in each of the Hundred teams.

Economics

8 hours ago ‘I don’t like corporate boxes’: Jeremy and Ben Corbyn on Arsenal, coaching and Starmer

The former Labour leader and his son reveal how football changed their family, and discuss the pleasure and pain that comes from loving such a voraciously capitalist sportLast Saturday morning, with the biting cold and bright sunshine providing a perfect day for football, Jeremy Corbyn climbed off his bicycle at Tufnell Park playing fields. I joked about a red bike being appropriate for his politics and his beloved Arsenal but Corbyn just smiled and gazed at the teeming pitches.His eldest son, Ben, is a scout for the Arsenal academy and runs the London Football School which coaches around a thousand young footballers. They range in age from three to 18 and there are 42 LFS teams. Continue reading...

Sport

24 minutes ago Met Police arrest six as Tommy Robinson supporters invade Stand Up To Racism counter

Thousands of protesters from opposing sides gathered across central London, with one group marching in support of Tommy Robinson, while another held a counter-protest against racism.

Events

1 hour ago Saturday Night review – frenetic if safe comedy dramatisation of the US TV show’s first episode

Reliving the chaotic 90 minutes running up to launch of Saturday Night Live in 1975, Jason Reitman’s film delivers infectious energy minus the requisite edgeThe behind-the-scenes drama, the high-stakes potential for disaster, the tussling egos, the promise of cultural impact or risk of ignominy: it’s not surprising that live television holds an enduring fascination for film-makers. For the most part, however, it has been news events and weighty current affairs programmes that get the big screen treatment, in films such as Ron Howard’s Frost/Nixon, George Clooney’s Good Night, and Good Luck, and the excellent forthcoming September 5, by Tim Fehlbaum.Jason Reitman’s latest picture, Saturday Night, argues that comedy can make history too, particularly if, as in the case of the very first edition of Saturday Night Live, the cast are fighting, the green room is awash with cocaine, the studio heads are threatening to pull the plug, and there’s a llama backstage and nobody can remember why...

Culture

11 hours ago Microsoft head, Google CEO, Times Internet VC join hands to bag London Spirit

Microsoft head, Google CEO, Times Internet VC join hands to bag London Spirit  Cricbuzz

Technology

21 hours ago My test drive in a Tesla Cybertruck took a surprising turn – and it’s truly life

Our EV editor has an order in for a Tesla Cybertruck. Will he still want one now he’s taken one for a drive?

Transport

78 minutes ago Chinese New Year celebrations swing into gear in London's Chinatown to mark 2025 as the Year of the Snake

Celebrations broke out in the capital to celebrate the Year of the Snake with traditional festivities bringing together the East and south-east Asian cultures to its streets.

Politics

5 hours ago Ryan Giggs shuts down neighbourhood restaurant with 'immediate effect' as furious staff claim they were 'told by text' that they had lost their jobs

Staff at a restaurant owned by former Manchester United star Ryan Giggs have been left bewildered after being told they had lost their jobs over text with 'immediate effect'.

Society

21 hours ago Napoleon III and Charles Dickens Once Partied at This $18.6 Million London Mansion

Napoleon III and Charles Dickens Once Partied at This $18.6 Million London Mansion  Yahoo Life

Economics

8 hours ago How to watch Azim vs Lipinets: Start time, ring walks, TV channel and live stream for boxing tonight

‘The Assassin’ faces toughest test to date in London tonight

Sport

35 minutes ago Horror moment man wields 'sniper rifle' on London Underground as train pulls into platform

London Underground commuters watched on in horror after a man in full camouflage gear erected a 'gun' and pointed at an incoming train. The British Transport Police have now commented

Events

23 hours ago Actors From the London Stage to perform ’Hamlet’ at John Carroll University: Press Run

Actors From the London Stage to perform ’Hamlet’ at John Carroll University: Press Run  cleveland.com

Culture

86 minutes ago 'There had been rumours that Ryan Giggs' restaurant would be sold for weeks'

George's in Worsley has been shut with 'immediate effect', staff have beeen told

Politics

23 hours ago Kehlani live review: US star's world tour lights up O2 Arena in almost

Kehlani live review: US star's world tour lights up O2 Arena in almost-cancelled show  Richmond and Twickenham Times

Society

22 hours ago Silicon Valley billionaires splurge £144m on London Spirit in Hundred auction

Winning bid for 49% stake values London Spirit at £295mWelsh Fire stake sold for reported £35m to tech entrepreneurThe Hundred is set to deliver an eye-watering windfall for English cricket that exceeds all projections after a Silicon Valley consortium featuring the chief executives of Microsoft and Google claimed a 49% share in London Spirit for £144m.It was the first of two sales to take place on Friday afternoon, with a 49% stake in Cardiff-based Welsh Fire later sold for a reported £35m. The England and Wales Cricket Board has now raised around £279m after similar stakes in Oval Invincibles (£60m) and Birmingham Phoenix (£40m) were claimed 24 hours earlier. Continue reading...

Economics

13 hours ago Boxing tonight: Ringwalk times, TV channel, live stream details and fight cards

Unbeaten 22-year-old super-lightweight fighter Adam Azim returns to the ring on Saturday, looking to announce himself as one for the future when he takes on challenger Sergey Lipinets in London

Sport

35 minutes ago D Is for Distance review – tender portrait of parents battling for their son’s medication

Only medical cannabis can stop Louis’ epileptic seizures, but the NHS refuses to supply it. Chris Petit and Emma Matthews have turned their fight into a filmThat uniquely valuable British writer and independent film-maker Chris Petit, creator of downbeat classics such as Radio On from 1979 and An Unsuitable Job for a Woman from 1982, may not these days find it easy to get an outlet for his work; this would be appear to be his first feature credit for 15 years. But he and co-director, editor and partner Emma Matthews have emerged with a deeply personal movie: painful, complex, challenging and engaging.Petit and Matthews riff and free-associate on the themes of memory, memory-loss and the moving image on video and celluloid, but at the centre of this is an urgent story from their own lives. In his early teens, their son Louis, now 22, a talented artist and musician, began to have epileptic seizures that wiped out his memories of childhood; some of these were of the type nicknamed “Ali...

Events

30 hours ago Gary Kemp uses AI in music video because ‘record companies won’t fund them’

There are ‘no actors’ in his music video – just AI-generated fake London commuters.

Culture

86 minutes ago 'Rumours surrounded Ryan Giggs' restaurant in weeks before it suddenly shut'

George's in Worsley has been shut with 'immediate effect', staff have beeen told

Politics

25 hours ago Scotland's 'most romantic' beach walk near cosy restaurant with roaring fire

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, the Daily Record has returned with an extra-romantic Walk of the Week that takes in some truly spectacular sea views.

Society

23 hours ago Silicon Valley consortium values London Spirit at £295 million in Hundred coup

Silicon Valley consortium values London Spirit at £295 million in Hundred coup  ESPN

Economics

18 hours ago Ange Postecoglou explains how Tottenham can still convince players to join after Mathys Tel snub

Ange Postecoglou explains how Tottenham can still convince players to join after Mathys Tel snub  Football.London

Sport

64 minutes ago Tommy Robinson protest: Thousands gather in central London for 'Unite the Kingdom' rally

Tommy Robinson protest: Thousands gather in central London for 'Unite the Kingdom' rally  GB News

Events

1 hour ago Virologist Wendy Barclay: ‘Wild avian viruses are mixing up their genetics all the time. It’s like viral sex on steroids’

The British scientist on the risk of humans contracting bird flu, how people would cope with new lockdowns and being asked to pour the tea because she is a womanWendy Barclay is a leading British virologist and head of the department of infectious disease and the Action Medical Research chair in virology at Imperial College London. An expert on the pathogenesis and transmissibility of influenza viruses, she served on the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) and the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag) during the Covid-19 pandemic, providing advice on the risks posed by the coronavirus and appropriate medical countermeasures.What prompted you to study virology? After I graduated from Cambridge with a degree in natural sciences I thought I might get a job with a pharmaceutical company. Then I saw that the Common Cold Unit in Salisbury was looking for a PhD to work on rhinoviruses, the viruses that cause the common cold. I hadn’t studied virus...

Politics

28 hours ago London's secret tunnels to open as new tourist attraction with the UK's deepest bar

London's secret tunnels to open as new tourist attraction with the UK's deepest bar  Metro.co.uk

Society

23 hours ago Silicon Valley consortium values London Spirit at £295 million in Hundred coup

Silicon Valley consortium values London Spirit at £295 million in Hundred coup  ESPNcricinfo

Economics

25 hours ago NHS comes under fire for 'cringe' cervical screening advert telling women they can 'listen to Harry Styles' during procedure

A poster featuring Bake Off star Laura Adlington referencing the former One Direction superstar was spotted by baffled onlookers in a gym in London .

Sport

84 minutes ago Tommy Robinson LIVE: Thousands 'shut down London' as protesters chant 'free Tommy'

Tommy Robinson LIVE: Thousands 'shut down London' as protesters chant 'free Tommy'  Express

Events

1 hour ago Ryan Giggs shuts down neighbourhood restaurant with 'immediate effect' as staff 'only told by text'

Staff said they were informed over 'text' as former Manchester United star Ryan Gigg's restaurant George's Dining Room in Worsley, Manchester, closed its doors without warning on Friday

Politics

28 hours ago London’s secret tunnels to open as new tourist attraction with the UK’s deepest bar

London’s secret tunnels to open as new tourist attraction with the UK’s deepest bar  Metro.co.uk

Society

24 hours ago Major new £400million city development with tourist attractions and riverside restaurants to open by 2029...

Major new £400million city development with tourist attractions and riverside restaurants to open by 2029...  The Sun

Economics

31 hours ago National Lottery winner given deadline to claim £1m prize after walking around unaware for 150 days as urgent call is made for players to check their tickets

The winning UK Millionaire Maker slip was purchased in the London Borough of Lambeth on September 3, last year - and its owner has until March 2 to claim their seven-figure jackpot.

Sport

88 minutes ago Met Police arrest five as Tommy Robinson supporters invade Stand Up To Racism counter

Thousands of protestors in support Tommy Robinson have arrived at Westminster. Before setting off, the protestors sang 'Rule, Britannia!' and chanted 'We want Starmer out'.

Events

2 hours ago As London is in the grips of a gold shortage, many are blaming Donald Trump for it; here's why

As London is in the grips of a gold shortage, many are blaming Donald Trump for it; here's why  The Economic Times

Politics

28 hours ago London restaurants opening in February, from Gordon Ramsay to the Knave of Clubs

From the UK’s highest restaurant to haute cuisine sandwiches, Ben McCormack rounds up February’s most notable openings

Society

24 hours ago LBMA says it’s working with COMEX on U.S. gold price premium, insists London stocks and liquidity are strong

LBMA says it’s working with COMEX on U.S. gold price premium, insists London stocks and liquidity are strong  Kitco NEWS

Economics

35 hours ago Arsenal transfer news: Gunners favourites for £30m wonder kid – despite Spurs competition

Arsenal's pursuit of Ollie Watkins is looking tricky, with many speculating the North London side may make a late switch and target another centre forward to bolster their front line

Sport

95 minutes ago London protests LIVE: Five people arrested as Tommy Robinson supporters march amid heavy police presence

Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October

Events

3 hours ago EastEnders’ Patsy Palmer proud of ‘most fantastic’ soap sister Natalie Cassidy

Cassidy, who plays Sonia Fowler, announced she will be leaving the BBC soap after more than 30 years.

Politics

38 hours ago Heathrow airport expansion will smash our community, say nearby villagers

Hundreds of homes could be demolished in the west London villages of Harmondsworth and Longford if the expansion gets the green light.

Society

29 hours ago Central London property is no longer the "safe haven" investment for the world's wealthy

The number of new prospective buyers registering in London was 8% below the five-year average in the second half of 2024

Economics

96 minutes ago Thousands of Tommy Robinson supporters march through London demanding his release from prison

Thousands of Tommy Robinson supporters march through London demanding his release from prison  The Telegraph

Events

4 hours ago Romeo Beckham enjoys romantic dinner date with new girlfriend Kim Turnbull

David and Victoria Beckham's son Romeo Beckham and girlfriend Kim Turnbull enjoyed a romantic meal in London following his dad's BOSS event a day earlier

Politics

40 hours ago The Last Days of Budapest by Adam LeBor: I almost hope my family died in an air raid

In Adam LeBor's new book, The Last Days of Budapest, Ysenda Maxtone Graham unearths the tragic plight of Hungary's Jews.

Society

30 hours ago TV chef Emily Roux defends charging customers £100 a head if they don't show up at her restaurant after booking a table

TV chef Emily Roux, who has appeared on the Saturday Kitchen show, has defended her restaurant's policy of charging no-show bookings £98 per head.

Economics

2 hours ago London protests LIVE: Man arrested as Tommy Robinson supporters march amid heavy police presence

London protests LIVE: Man arrested as Tommy Robinson supporters march amid heavy police presence  Yahoo News UK

Events

4 hours ago Tenth London public toilet to become bar as councils look to offload costly loos

Developers have applied to turn the tiny 43m sqm public conveniences near Oxford Street into a bar

Politics

31 hours ago Ella Richards' guide to London: vintage shopping at Rellik, supper at Brutto and Kempton Market

The model, and granddaughter of Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg, shares the coolest places to eat, drink and shop in the capital

Economics

2 hours ago 'I lived in abandoned hospital and found something terrifying behind locked door'

Aisha Barratt, a TV producer based in London, used to live in an abandoned hospital and shared a video on TikTok of something spooky she once stumbled across.

Events

4 hours ago TV presenter Olivia Attwood looks back: ‘I was a big character on Love Island, but it was all bravado’

The reality star turned documentary maker on being a shy child, growing up with dyslexia and ADHD, and how TV has given her confidenceBorn in London in 1991, Olivia Attwood shot to fame as a contestant on the third series of Love Island. The reality TV universe beckoned – Attwood joined the cast of The Only Way Is Essex and Celebs Go Dating. She then stepped into TV presenting, making documentaries about trolls, cosmetic surgery, and in the third season of her ITV show Getting Filthy Rich, young entrepreneurs selling sex. She lives between London and Cheshire with her husband, the footballer Bradley Dack.The eyes are giving Princess Diana, as if there’s some pending, awful news on the horizon. I loved doing ballet but I was a shy and anxious child, always pondering. My parents are staggered by the shift that’s happened in me over the last decade, because for that kid in the photo, the idea of being the centre of attention was horrifying. There was one t...

Politics

32 hours ago Michelle Visage 'proud' as new venture Scissorhandz gets standing ovation on press night

Musical is currently playing at the Southwark Playhouse Elephant

Economics

3 hours ago Tommy Robinson supporters start London march while their hero remains in prison as anti

Thousands of Tommy Robinson supporters have begun marching towards Westminster. Before setting off, the protestors sang 'Rule, Britannia!' and chanted 'We want Starmer out'.

Events

4 hours ago Hayley Atwell on theatre, Tom Cruise and the tabloids: ‘I’ve reached the point where I’m OK if I’m not liked’

From shooting guns in Mission: Impossible films to appearing in a new West End production of Shakespeare, the actor has proved there’s nothing she can’t do. But, she says, there are now a few things she won’tBefore meeting Hayley Atwell, I am shown to an empty dressing room down the corridor from where she is rehearsing in London for her upcoming role as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, Shakespeare’s comic tale of love and deception. The room is empty save for a jug of water, some makeup and hairdressing equipment and, on the floor, a wonderfully garish pair of red patent leather platform shoes.Atwell will be wearing them as Beatrice, who she plays opposite Tom Hiddleston’s Benedick. “They’re my dancing shoes,” she says when she arrives. “Every morning at 11 the shoes go on and we dance [as part of rehearsal for the show]. It’s expressive, it’s modern but not at all gimmicky.” It turns out dancing in front of an audience is a first for her. Is she out of her comfort zone? “Actual...

Politics

35 hours ago Arsenal transfer news: Gunners favourites for £30 million Prem wonder kid

Arsenal's pursuit of Ollie Watkins is looking tricky, with many speculating the North London side may make a late switch and target another centre forward to bolster their front line

Economics

3 hours ago London protests LIVE: Tommy Robinson supporters march as police brace for clashes with counter

Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October

Events

5 hours ago How London Stansted’s Ambitious Over One Billion pound Expansion is Unlocking Growth, 5,000 New Jobs, and Unmatched Travel Convenience

How London Stansted’s Ambitious Over One Billion pound Expansion is Unlocking Growth, 5,000 New Jobs, and Unmatched Travel Convenience  Travel And Tour World

Politics

39 hours ago The most brazen shoplifters ever caught on camera: Shocking footage show 'kamikaze thieves' raiding stores in full view of staff and customers as offences surge to record levels

This footage, filmed at a branch on London 's Chancery Lane, is only one of countless examples of brazen shoplifting that have been caught on camera across the UK.

Economics

4 hours ago Jon Lewis remains committed and promises review after England’s Ashes whitewash

Australia completed an historic clean sweep with an innings and 122-run victory in the day/night Test in Melbourne.

Events

5 hours ago Ellen DeGeneres celebrates wife Portia de Rossi's 52nd birthday in London

Ellen DeGeneres celebrates wife Portia de Rossi's 52nd birthday in London  Geo News

Politics

39 hours ago Fury at London Labour council's new '£750 parking permits' in yet another capital crackdown on motorists in favour of 'sustainable streets'

EXCLUSIVE: Lewisham Council is expected to make thousands of pounds from fining motorists by rolling out new controlled parking zones across the borough.

Economics

5 hours ago Women's Ashes 2025: Australia thrash England to secure historic whitewash win

Visitors collapse with thorough review required

Events

5 hours ago Barbara Hepworth’s string sculptures exhibited in public for first time

Artist’s fascination with string is focus of show opening next week with works not seen beyond private collectionsFor more than 60 years, Barbara Hepworth’s Winged Figure has loomed over London’s Oxford Street, hanging off the side of its John Lewis store. Made of aluminium and incorporating slender rods, it is one of dozens of “string” sculptures the Cornwall-based artist created during her five-decade career.Unlike Winged Figure, many of these works have never been publicly displayed. That is about to change as they go on show in a London gallery in the first ever dedicated exhibition on Thursday. Continue reading...

Politics

6 hours ago Outrage as mystery vandal targets Hackney street trees in fresh wave of attacks

Locals have lobbied the Town Hall over “aggressive, brainless snapping”, ring-barking and other “sophisticated” techniques used to vandalise and destroy trees throughout Cazenove ward

Events

6 hours ago Moment bungling burglars try to smash open EMPTY cash registers outside the restaurant they'd stolen them from

Police rushed to the scene after being alerted of a break-in at the restaurant in Camden High Street, London on January 25 around 6am.

Politics

7 hours ago Caught in possession: Interactive map reveals which London club has most fans arrested for DRUGS as Premier League boss blasts football's 'growing problem'

The 'beautiful game' has created some of the most iconic sporting and cultural moments in history but football also has formed a reputation for hooliganism and is now battling a rise in drug-related crimes.

Events

6 hours ago Hotel Chocolat wins fight to serve alcohol at new Richmond store despite local backlash

The upmarket retailer got the green light from Richmond Council to sell booze from 9am to 9pm daily.

Politics

7 hours ago Caught in possession: Interactive map reveals which London club has most fans arrested for DRUGS as Premier Le

Caught in possession: Interactive map reveals which London club has most fans arrested for DRUGS as Premier Le  Daily Mail

Events

7 hours ago Mark Steel: ‘At 16, I thought I’d help transform the world into a socialist arena of peace and justice. I’m not sure we’ve managed it’

The comedian on liberating a budgie, stealing carrier bags, and his recent brush with deathBorn in Kent, Mark Steel, 64, began his radio career in 1992 with the satirical show The Mark Steel Solution. From 1999 to 2002, he presented The Mark Steel Lectures on Radio 4, which was nominated for a Bafta when it transferred to television. He has made 13 series of Mark Steel’s in Town for Radio 4, and his podcast is What the F*** Is Going On?. On 12 February, he begins a tour of The Leopard in My House and publishes an accompanying book. He lives in London and has two children. His partner is the comedian Shaparak Khorsandi.What is your earliest memory? When I was three years old, my mum and dad took the budgie cage out into the garden to clean it and I thought: “I’m going to open the door to see what happens.” Obviously what happened was the budgie flew out of the cage. I remember thinking: “Blimey, I’ve gone and done it now”, which sort of set the tone for the rest of my life. Continue ...

Politics

8 hours ago Craft group creates teddies to provide solace for thousands of vulnerable people

The knitted and crocheted bears have been given to emergency services, charities and children in Southport.

Events

7 hours ago I watched 90s sitcom I'm Alan Partridge and had to turn off the poor man's Michael Scott after one episode

I’m Alan Partridge may have laid the groundwork for the likes of The Office’s David Brent and Michael Scott but he was certainly more of a prototype than the finished product.

Politics

8 hours ago Artisanal cheeses are so valuable they are the target of criminal gangs. TOM PARKER BOWLES on why his favourite food is being priced out of restaurants

Top artisanal cheeses are now so valuable they're the target of criminal gangs and are being priced out of restaurants. Tom Parker Bowles weighs up their worth

Events

8 hours ago London driver racks up more than 1,000 ULEZ fines since zone expansion

London driver racks up more than 1,000 ULEZ fines since zone expansion  Yahoo Movies UK

Politics

8 hours ago London protests LIVE: Police brace as Tommy Robinson supporters and counter

Robinson was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October

Events