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Best new awards & arts prize winners: December 2025

This month's awards and prizes celebrate portrait art, emerging musicians, and the best Irish, Scottish and Welsh books of the…

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London art guide December 2025: best art, theatre and music

This month's London art guide brings you our top picks of the best art, theatre and music – with a…

The Japanese language performance of SIX the Musical. Image: Vaudeville Theatre. London art guide.
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London art guide November 2025: best art, theatre and music

Our London arts guide brings you the best of a busy arts calendar this November.

A scene from 'Sunny Afternoon', the musical about and featuring the music of The Kinks at The Alexandra, Birmingham. A green-glad singer crouches centrestage beneath the spotlight and sings into a microphone; three other musicians, dressed similarly, can be seen behind him.
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Sunny Afternoon review: The Kinks come alive in Technicolor

More than a simple jukebox trip down memory lane, this production is a witty, heartfelt, and infectiously joyous portrait of…

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Hilgeum review: a bold take on traditional Korean music

Rising stars Hilgeum appeared in London as part of the K-Music Festival, a showcase of contemporary Korean music that looks…

Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Photo: Matt Crockett.
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Moulin Rouge! The Musical review: sequins, confetti and a crisis of identity

This energetic musical brings the spectacle of Baz Luhrmann's iconic film Moulin Rouge! but not its heart.

Tamsin Waley Cohen & Guy Johnston. Two Moors Festival. Image: supplied. London music guide.
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London music guide October 2025: best music festivals and theatre

Our London music guide brings you the best music festivals and performances to look forward to.

Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the London Symphony Orchestra. A grey-haired man, arms outstretched dramatically at shoulder height to either side, stands at a podium conducting an orchestra. His face is lined and he is dressed in black; the audience is visible behind him.
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London Symphony Orchestra review: American symphonic masterpieces delight at Season Opening Concert

Two American masterpieces filled the Barbican Hall with stern beauty and a sombre tone.

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Art shouldn’t make us afraid: my three principles for healthy artmaking

Percussionist, composer and author Steven Schick makes a case for optimism in art ahead of his upcoming Australian residency.

Music and emotion. Image: Wesley Tingey on Unsplash.
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Why do I feel so emotional hearing music from my teenage years?

The way music communicates and evokes emotion is what makes it so important – particularly during the teenage years.

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