23 h. ago Heggie premiere caps impressive recital by London laureate Moore

Heggie premiere caps impressive recital by London laureate Moore  New York Classical Review

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49 h. ago Minecraft Experience London, review: You’re better off giving the kids an iPad for an hour

Minecraft Experience London, review: You’re better off giving the kids an iPad for an hour  The Telegraph

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69 h. ago A Minecraft Movie review – Jack Black and Jason Momoa star in seriously cobbled

Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess’s adventure based on the world’s favourite video game feels like one big cash-inIt’s a curious choice of title. A Minecraft Movie implies that this cynical intellectual property-rinsing exercise is one of numerous film adaptations of the enduringly popular sandbox video game. Perhaps there’s an alternative out there, a sharper, smarter, funnier version of a Minecraft movie. One with actual jokes. Or, God forbid, there may even be a worse iteration, although that’s hard to imagine. What becomes clear is that one of the key elements in the game’s popularity – the latitude it affords gamers to create their own experience – is a big stumbling block for any film adaptation of Minecraft.In the absence of a single fixed storyline the screenplay can follow, A Minecraft Movie has a cobbled-together feel, borrowing a device from Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle – and, in Jack Black, a star – and superimposing an all-purpose quest-for-an-artefact structure o...

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2 d. ago Kae Tempest review – a brave, intimate set where the personal is political

Village Underground, LondonThe laser-focused spoken-word performer returns to the musical stage with new tracks focusing on their identity, but wider concerns are never far away“This has been a performance piece about how technology is going to be the death of us all,” jokes rapper, poet, author and playwright Kae Tempest as a keyboard player and a technician wrestle with malfunctioning equipment. We’re just two tracks in; Tempest assures us that if the electronics are not back up soon, they’ll do the whole show a cappella.They could, too. The teenage Tempest cut their teeth battle-rapping in south London, turning to slam poetry when more direct avenues into hip-hop refused to open easily to a young, blond slip of a thing. You suspect they have never wasted the opportunity when handed a mic. Given Tempest’s extended output over more than a decade of albums, works of fiction, poems, plays and nonfiction, with prizes and accolades for many of them – you can’t imagine them ever being a...

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3 d. ago News | Deloitte shortlists advisers for major London office review

News | Deloitte shortlists advisers for major London office review  CoStar

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4 d. ago Video. Step into blocky universe: New Minecraft experience opens in London

Video. Step into blocky universe: New Minecraft experience opens in London  Euronews.com

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5 d. ago Giuseppe Penone review – an ecstatic realm where trees and humans merge

Serpentine, LondonFrom the moment we inhale the scent of this remarkable show – in which trees blast open and boulders perch on branches – the Italian artist intoxicates us like a shaman communing with wood spritesIt’s the aroma that lures you in. Deep and difficult to place, it comes from the thousands of laurel leaves that pad the walls of the Serpentine’s high central space. Laurel is the sharp-leaved evergreen tree sacred to the god Apollo and through him associated with victory and the arts. Poets are crowned with it. In Botticelli’s Primavera, a nymph is chased through laurel trees. A marble sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini depicts Daphne transforming into a laurel to escape Apollo’s unwanted lust – a reason this tree is sacred to him.So much cultural baggage. It can’t be easy to be a modern Italian artist with ancient Rome, the Renaissance and the baroque on your back. One of the captivating things about Giuseppe Penone’s meditative selection of his works is how easily this ...

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5 d. ago Harber London TotePack backpack review: Space miracle for everyday life with small flaws

Harber London TotePack backpack review: Space miracle for everyday life with small flaws  Macworld

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5 d. ago LIVE REVIEW: MULIMBA + GIFTHORSE + Charlie Noordewier + Jack Gray at The Social, London

LIVE REVIEW: MULIMBA + GIFTHORSE + Charlie Noordewier + Jack Gray at The Social, London  Joyzine

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6 d. ago 'I tried Trinny London's new multitasking makeup stick, it's perfect for an on

The Trinity Stick is a space-saving dream for lips, cheeks and eyes

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6 d. ago An absurdist fable for fascism, Rhinoceros is a rare beast on London stages – review

An absurdist fable for fascism, Rhinoceros is a rare beast on London stages – review  The Independent

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6 d. ago Rio Tinto Braces for Investor Vote on Review of London Listing

Rio Tinto Braces for Investor Vote on Review of London Listing  WSJ

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8 d. ago FLIGHT REVIEW: ITA Business Class – London City to Rome – Almost Kicked Off for Taking a Photo!

FLIGHT REVIEW: ITA Business Class – London City to Rome – Almost Kicked Off for Taking a Photo!  Turning left for less

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8 d. ago Frameless London x Claire Luxton review: Lightshow at the Gates of Dawn

Frameless London x Claire Luxton review: Lightshow at the Gates of Dawn  The Luxe Review

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8 d. ago Sikandar Movie Review & Release Live update: Salman Khan's London fans dance in the theatre

Sikandar Movie Review & Release Live update: Salman Khan's London fans dance in the theatre  TOI Etimes

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1 week ago Josh Barrie On the Sauce at Seed Library: You won’t be lost for words, unfortunately

Who’s asking for a cocktail with sheep in it, asks Josh Barrie

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1 week ago David Ellis reviews Tasca at Cav: A glowing light amid the Budget gloom

It looks as if someone attempted to open The Dover using their pocket money, says David Ellis, but Tasca at Câv offers beautiful food and fair prices

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1 week ago Concerns raised at City Hall over Londoners' low trust and confidence in Met Police

Confidence in the Met is at an all-time low, but mayoral officials argue there has been a ‘wider decline’ in confidence in police nationally

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1 week ago NBA to review European league plan, which includes new London, Paris franchises

NBA to review European league plan, which includes new London, Paris franchises  South China Morning Post

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1 week ago Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur review – pomposity puncturing gets lost in personae

Wallace Collection, LondonArtworks ‘by’ Perry’s new alter ego – an abuse survivor from the East End called Shirley Smith – sit among works by real outsider artists. His stronger pieces are more straightforwardGrayson Perry is fascinated by outsiders – outcasts, nonconformists, the marginalised and the deviant. He has frequently assumed the outsider position, delivering commentary on class, gender and Britons’ petty snobberies. Across his career, he has pronounced on how his medium of choice (ceramics), his crossdressing, or his engagement with popular culture have excited the disapproval of cliques including the art world. Now, as a member of the Royal Academy, a knight of the realm and a ubiquitous presence on TV, that anti-establishment stance is under some strain. He shall hereafter be referred to as Sir Grayson, to keep him in his (elevated) place.Delusions of Grandeur is a classic Graysonian bluff – a title that carries its own takedown (who does he think he is?). Though it is ...

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