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Don’t miss in February – your monthly guide to the brightest and best arts in London

It's a month of unmissable visual arts exhibitions in London, plus an enticement to head to the Midlands to sample…

Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. Guitarist, vocalist and co-founder Stuart Braithwaite is second from the left. The photo shows four middle-aged, fair-skinned men reflected in two large wall-mounted mirrors.
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Mogwai’s new album ‘The Bad Fire’ transforms trauma into art

Stuart Braithwaite, co-founder of post-rock titans Mogwai, reflects on the personal pain that helped shape the Scottish band’s 11th studio…

Shelves of books, with signs above reading BookTok
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Did the US just kill BookTok?

The US's controversial TikTok ban has meant millions of BookTok users fleeing the platform in search of a new home…

Ballerinas in white tutus, with white veils over their heads, with a single dancer in the middle.
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Ballet review: Mary Skeaping’s Giselle, English National Ballet, London Coliseum

A delightfully traditional retelling of this beloved ballet tale.

French mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa sung with beautiful pitch and gentle emotionality in her appearance as soloist with the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela. The photograph shows a slender, pale-skinned woman with shoulder length black hair and wearing a black dress that reveals her left shoulder. She stands to sing, surrounded by seated members of the orchestra.
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Music review: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela, Barbican Centre

A flamboyant and boisterous performance of Mahler’s Symphony No 3.

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Don’t miss in January – your monthly guide to the brightest and best arts in London

A few arts and cultural experiences ideas to kick off the New Year.

A smiling Caucasian man in a grey jacket, white shirt and glasses plays the drums in front of an orchestra and looks of to the left of the frame. LSO
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Music review: Christmas Swing, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican

A festive celebration of ‘third stream’ music where jazz and classical came together.

Anna Nevzorova as Ice Queen in 'Nutcracker'.
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Ballet review: Nutcracker, London Coliseum

English National Ballet’s new production is indeed an 'emporium of sweets and delights'.

The London Symphony Orchestra with a singer in a violet gown.
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Opera review: La rondine, London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican Centre

Sensuous singing illuminates Puccini’s lesser-known and less flamboyant operetta.

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Ballet review: Nutcracker in Havana, Southbank Centre

The classic ballet becomes 'an explosion of happiness' in this Latin reimagining.

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