[ad_1] A perfect three course meal stands between the title of Masterchef and three celebrities, as Celebrity MasterChef returns tonight for its grand finale. This season’s contestants, who included singer Jamelia, former Gogglebox star Mica Vena and comedian Marcus Brigstocke, have been whittled down to just three. So who will stir up the perfect souffle…
[ad_1] Ezra Collective has become the first jazz band to scoop this year’s Mercury Music Prize, claimed at star-studded ceremony in London this week. The quintet were recognised for their second album Where I’m Meant to Be, and were declared the winners by DJ Jamz Supernova during the ceremony in Hammersmith, west London, on Thursday…
[ad_1] Mrs Brown’s Boys Friday 8 September, 9.30pm, BBC One Brendan O’Carroll as Agnes Brown (Photo: Kirsty Anderson/BBC Studios) In news that will either make you squeal with delight or groan with despair, Mrs Brown’s Boys is back for its first full series in a decade (notwithstanding the 22 specials we’ve endured/enjoyed in the meantime)….
[ad_1] History has been made at the Mercury Prize with a jazz album winning the accolade for the first time in the award’s 30-year history. But this fact fades into irrelevance when considering what the victory by Ezra Collective and their LP Where I’m Meant To Be truly represents. It’s a win for togetherness and…
[ad_1] The final instalment of London gangland drama Top Boy is back and with it comes the gritty reality of a capital city. The Netflix series, which focuses on the lives of residents and gang activity on fictional estate Summerhouse in Hackney, east London, has returned for the fifth and final time on Netflix from…
[ad_1] How is this for an apt bit of timing? In the week that children return to start a new school year, the Lyric opens its revival of Yasmina Reza’s short but decidedly not sweet 2008 chamber piece about the warring parents of two secondary school pupils. It’s a black comedy of middle class manners…
[ad_1] It’s been a bumpy road for east London gangland drama Top Boy. Starting in 2011 on Channel 4, it attracted a dedicated following and well-deserved critical acclaim before it was cancelled after just two series. Enter Drake, the Canadian rapper who pitched a revival to Netflix, bringing the lives of drug dealers Sully (Kane…
[ad_1] The Rolling Stones have unveiled details of their first studio album of original music since 2005. Hackney Diamonds will be their first collection of original songs in 18 years, and the first since the death of Watts in August 2021. It will feature appearances from Stevie Wonder, Lady Gaga, original member Bill Wyman and…
[ad_1] Jacqueline Wilson is looking at me with her eyebrows raised. I’ve just told her how pleased I was that her new book, The Best Sleepover in the World, arrived in time for me to take it on holiday. “You didn’t feel self conscious, reading it in public?” she says doubtfully. Um no, Jacqueline. The…
[ad_1] Boxer Tyson Fury and his family are the subject of a new Netflix reality show that follows their daily lives, echoing similar reality shows such as The Osbournes. At Home with the Furys – which has nine episodes in this first series – was released on 16 August and centres around Fury‘s immediate family,…
