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Culture
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Music

George Michael’s piano is being auctioned for charity

For super-fans, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity

TV

Fans point out twisted irony of Squid Games competition

Fans point out twisted irony of Squid Games competition

UK

Glastonbury 2022 TV guide: How to watch and full schedule

Thousands of music fans will tune in to the BBC to see the festival’s highlights.

TV

Love Island 2022: What time does it start tonight? How to watch

The latest season of the hit dating show is officially underway.

Music

Spitalfields Music Festival: The best concerts to book

Since 1976, the annual Spitalfields Music Festival has captured the area’s reputation for resistance and inclusiveness. Here’s are pick of eight concerts that capture that spirit in the 2022 edition

TV

Game of Thrones: Emilia Clarke confirms new Jon Snow spin-off series

The King in the North could be returning to our screens in for a new series

Film

Hunger Games: Euphoria’s Hunter Schafer joins the cast of the prequel

The actor will join Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler in the new blockbuster

Music

Kate Bush dance scene was almost in Thor: Love and Thunder says Bale

Bale said that he and director Taika Waititi “had all this sort of Kate Bush stuff that we worked at�?

Showbiz

‘Race row’ erupts on Twitter over latest Love Islanders to be dumped

Their exit comes just days after Remi Lambert and Afia Tonkmor lost their places on the ITV2 dating show

Showbiz

Stranger Things fan Kate Bush: The world’s gone mad over my song

The singer, 63, said it was ‘very special’ that a new young audience have discovered Running Up That Hill, which is at No 1 in the UK charts

Music

Lorde drops new music video for song The Path on the summer solstice

She also talked about the “confounding�? and “painful�? reception to her latest album

Theatre

Sun & Sea at LIFT: the climate change opera that audiences adore

A smash-hit at the Venice Biennale, this unique performance is about to open in south London

TV

Man Vs Bee review: All sting, no honey

Rowan Atkinson does nothing to redeem this irretrievably awful show

TV

Stranger Things: Vol 2 trailer teases more danger and drama

Darker times ahead for those in Hawkins, Indiana

Film

Lightyear: Pixar’s Toy Story spin-off fails to take off

The Toy Story spin-off has met major competition from Jurassic World Dominion

Exhibitions

A Thousand Words for Weather - Artangel at Senate House Library

This atmospheric installation brings the weather inside one of London’s most imposing buildings

Events and Things To Do

How to make this year’s Glastonbury the best one yet

From swerving fashion faux pas to sneaking into the hottest secret sets, Phoebe Luckhurst shares her top Worthy Farm tips

Music

Glastonbury 2022: 20 potentially thrilling sets you shouldn’t miss

Paul McCartney or Megan Thee Stallion? Sure, it’s a decision for the ages but to smooth out the rest of your festival we’ve picked the must-see non-headliner sets

TV

The First Lady: this look at the presidents’ women needs to dig deeper

Two episodes in, it remains to be seen whether the hidden depths of these trailblazing women will be properly plumbed

Showbiz

Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra announced for Glastonbury 2022

They will be performing on Friday on Shangri-La’s Truth Stage

TV

From Borgen to Peaky Blinders: What’s new on Netflix in June?

From Stranger Things to Forrest Gump, we round up the streaming service’s best upcoming TV and films

TV

Channel 4 crime drama Suspect is out: Is it worth a watch?

James Nesbitt leads an all-star cast in this Scandi noir remake

Film

Baz Luhrmann made a four-hour ‘wackadoo’ cut of new film Elvis

The longer cut explores Elvis’s addiction to barbiturates and his infamous meeting with Nixon

Music

Beyonce drops new dance anthem single Break My Soul

Beyonce has dropped her new dance anthem Break My Soul

Comedy

Rosie Holt on how her political comedy side hustle made her a star

The actor and comedian so perfectly skewers the automatons wheeled on by the government to defend the indefensible that some people thought she was real

TV

Paramount+ is coming to the UK: Here’s what you need to know

The new kid on the streaming block is here, and you’ll be wanting to sign up

Books

Dominic Cummings, Rebecca Solnit and more on the best political books

Top thinkers appearing at the festival have picked out the best of political writing that might just make things seem a bit less mad

Music

A first-listen review of Drake’s surprise album, Honestly, Nevermind

Too often, it sounds as if Drake simply isn’t trying that hard on his unannounced seventh album

Music

All you need to know about the BST Hyde Park concert series

One of London’s biggest concert series is making its heavy-hitting return