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Billy Strings: So Much for Goodbyes review, staggering, stirring songs of grief draw the blues out of bluegrass
(Reprise) The crossover star’s introspective sixth album is full of memories of his mother, who died in 2025, bringing his dextrou
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Idiots review, throwback bro comedy is an entertaining summer seat-filler
Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr lead a goofy roadtrip comedy that is just sharp enough to keep you strapped in Idiots is billed
Met Orchestra/Nézet-Séguin review, messy bonbons and a hero’s triumph in a classy all-Strauss lineup
A Slow Fire review, hope flickers in Simon Stephens’ postapocalyptic bunker drama
Share your tributes and memories of Tim Curry
In pictures: The dotty world of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama
‘We’re at a crisis point’: Chappell Roan, Shirley Manson and Eli on playing Olivia Rodrigo’s female-only festival
Germany news: Merz courts 'frugals' to trim EU budget
‘It’s sad to lose a really nice person’: mourners flock to Dollywood after death of Dolly Parton
‘The technique was revolutionary’: Ha Chong-Hyun, the 91-year-old South Korean artist who turned painting inside out
Colony review, zombies return to the mall with a fresh and frenzied range of scares
Kolkhoz by Emmanuel Carrère review, intricate portrait of an elite French family
Creamfields 2026 festival guide: Everything you need to know
TV tonight: Fightland is 50 Cent’s big and bloody boxing drama
Jeers, walkouts, stage invasions: will Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists trigger British audiences too?
Dalliance review, a rare drama so beautifully written you will be instantly devoted
Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97
Busy Philipps reveals brain tumour diagnosis: ‘I’m grateful to be alive’
The Wreck review, scuba drama about siblings under pressure
