52 h. ago ‘The music industry is as cold blooded as Scrooge McDuck’: the return of rapper Yasiin Bey

Under the radar for a decade, the artist formerly known as Mos Def is back. He talks about rejection, revival, and his new partnership with the AlchemistIt’s the penultimate night of Paris fashion week, and at Le Trianon, a storied 1,000-capacity music hall beneath Montmartre, Yasiin Bey – the artist formerly known as Mos Def – is holding court. “Fashion week is exhausting, especially when you be swagging this hard,” grins the dandyish MC and sometimes streetwear designer. “People see me and be like: ‘What’s the event?’ Today. Life is the event.”Bey is showcasing his new project, Forensics, a partnership with DJ and producer the Alchemist (Eminem, Nas, Earl Sweatshirt). Over beats steeped in psychedelia and spiritual soul, Bey skips between the personal and political with profundity, as has long been his gift. This is Bey’s deepest, most focused work in years, from Ondasz, a meditation on resistance that finds Bey reflecting: “I don’t know if Goliath made David afraid / But I d...

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53 h. ago Review Round up: Three Sisters, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe

Review Round up: Three Sisters, Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Shakespeare’s Globe  Love London Love Culture

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68 h. ago Performance of ‘An Intimate Affair,’ a retelling of Jack and Charmian London’s love story, receives standing ovation

Performance of ‘An Intimate Affair,’ a retelling of Jack and Charmian London’s love story, receives standing ovation  Sonoma Index-Tribune

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2 d. ago 'Love Island' stars at Oh Polly, more from London Fashion Week 2025

'Love Island' stars at Oh Polly, more from London Fashion Week 2025  USA TODAY

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4 d. ago Pete Wicks moves into plush East London bachelor pad after bitter Maura Higgins split

Former TOWIE star Pete Wicks has upped and moved sticks to East London after his split from Love Island icon Maura Higgins

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4 d. ago Ad of the Day: London’s mayor sends love to the capital’s diverse communities

Ad of the Day: London’s mayor sends love to the capital’s diverse communities  The Drum

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4 d. ago UN tribunal head told police 'I'm a judge' when officers came to probe reports she was holding a woman as a slave, court hears

Ugandan High Court judge Lydia Mugambe, 49, is accused of conspiring with deputy High Commissioner John Leonard Mugerwa to bring the woman to the UK.

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5 d. ago Maura Higgins looks tense as she's seen for the first time since Pete Wicks 'cheating' jibe

Love Island icon Maura Higgins was spotted out in London on Tuesday looking rather pensive following reports that Pete Wicks has been left 'hurt' over a joke she made about him 'cheating'

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5 d. ago The Philippe Clement at Rangers jury is IN as case for the prosecution rages with argument for the defence

Andy Newport holds court as the verdict is passed on whether mitigating circumstances are enough to keep the manager for longer

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6 d. ago Patti LuPone holds court at the Coliseum – continuing her London love affair

Patti LuPone holds court at the Coliseum – continuing her London love affair  WhatsOnStage.com

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6 d. ago Review Round Up: Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew – The Bush Theatre

Review Round Up: Lavender, Hyacinth, Violet, Yew – The Bush Theatre  Love London Love Culture

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9 d. ago Bridget Jones: Director hopes people 'fall in love' with London

Bridget Jones: Director hopes people 'fall in love' with London  BBC.com

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