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It’s been a fantastic year for new music. We’ve had long-running artists finally break through (hello, Chappell Roan), what felt like the longest and most carefully calculated album roll-out of all time (Charli, we’re looking at you), as well as niche new finds and epic comebacks from old faves (The Cure).  We know the year isn’t quite over yet, but we couldn’t resist pulling together this list of our favourite albums to come out of 2024. From intergalactic post-punk to gritty, lyrical hip hop, dance floor-ready pop and everything in between, grab your best headphones or line up the speakers: these are the best albums of the year.   RECOMMENDED:The best movies of 2024 (so far)The best TV shows of 2024 you need to streamThe best songs of 2024, so far

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Lots of us dread the inevitable roll-around of what is arguably the worst month of the year (if you reside in the northern hemisphere, that is). And sure, the dark evenings and cold weather can be really hard work, but the post-holiday slump in activity also makes January a brilliant time to get away.  Think about it: whether you’re after somewhere where the weather is hot and the drinks are cheap (Vietnam, Malaysia, Zanzibar), or you’re looking to absorb the beauty of winter – because admit it, the season can be glorious – in a destination that knows how to do it properly (Iceland, Shetland, Yellowstone), January has got plenty to offer us. So, from South American beaches to European mountain ranges, here are favourite places to travel in January. RECOMMENDED: ✨The world’s best places to spend New Year’s Eve❄️The best places to visit in February🌤️The best winter destinations in Europe At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines and check out our latest travel guides written by local experts. This guide includes affiliate links, which have no influence on our editorial content. For more information, see our affiliate guidelines. 

It’s never too early to start planning for the new festival season, as while we agonisingly wait for the announcement of headliners for some of the world’s finest festivals (Glasto, we’re looking at you), others have already got themselves together (Primavera Sound, NOS Alive, Coachella, we thank you) with brilliant programmes of who are set to be some of 2025’s hottest artists.  And no matter your music taste, who you’re going with, your weather preference or your capacity for camping, the world will have a festival that’s right for you, from Europe to the USA, Canada to Japan and Australia to India. Overwhelmed? Don’t sweat – here’s our comprehensive roundup of the best festivals in the world taking place in 2025. RECOMMENDED:🌤️The best festivals in Europe in 2025🎪The best festivals in the UK in 2025🎭The best things to do in the world this year🌃The best cities in the world right now At Time Out, all of our travel guides are written by local writers who know their cities inside out. For more about how we curate, see our editorial guidelines. 

With Hollywood still regaining its footing after a 2020s it’d probably describe as a personal low, the field has been open for streaming shows to monopolise the cultural conversation. And this year it’s been well-established thoroughbreads that have been dominating our social feeds (Succession, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Bear, Industry, Bridgerton, Slow Horses), as well as some unexpected bolters (Baby Reindeer, Rivals, Fallout)/. And with a second run of Squid Game about to end the year with a big pile of bodies, the pressure to cram in eight or ten episodes’ worth of must-see TV is not relenting anytime soon. Our advice? Shake off the pressure to ‘see everything’ – it’s impossible, short of ripping a hole in the fabric of time – and find the shows that really hit your sweet spot. To help with this, we’ve taken a backwards glance over the best and most all-round enjoyable new binges, curating our definitive list 2024 favourites. And as any fan of ace Aussie comedy Colin From Accounts will tell you: it’s not always about the number of Emmys on the shelf, as the sheer joy on screen that makes something worth your precious time. That said, definitely do watch Succession too. RECOMMENDED: 🎥 The best movies of 2024 (so far)🔥 The best TV and streaming shows of 2023📺 The 100 greatest ever TV shows you need to binge

If it exists, there’s a song written about it, but no feeling has quite as many songs written about it as lurrve. After all, being in love does tend to make you want to shout from the rooftops about how great it all is. So why not sing about it? Choosing the very best love songs, then, is no easy task. The genre is, as we know, an incredibly saturated market (we’ve been writing these tunes since the Dark Ages). But we’ve gone ahead and done it anyway. You’ll find a few classic heartbreak tunes in here, and maybe the occasional bit of yearning, but mostly these are lovey-dovey, feel-good tunes that celebrate all things lovin’. Here are the best love songs ever written.  RECOMMENDED:🍆 The best sexy songs of all time💋 The best R&B love songs💔 The best breakup songs🎙️ The best karaoke songs This guide was updated by NYC-based arts and culture journalist Alessandra Schade. Entries are by Time Out Editors. For more about how we curate, have a look at our editorial guidelines. 

It’s officially the depths of winter, and that means spending as little time as possible outdoors and as much time as possible being warm, cosy and preferably in pyjamas. And those long, wintery nights call for one thing: some good snacks, and a really good podcast. Luckily, we’ve got them coming out of our ears.  Whether you’re a grisly true crime guy or after something more chatty, there’s a podcast out there for you. And here at Time Out, we’ve been bingeing all of them to bring you the very best (and stop you wasting precious time). For giggles, celeb sightings, world history, investigative journalism and a hell of a lot more, here are our favourite podcasts out right now, picked by our editors. Happy listening! ️‍🔥 November 2024: We’ve just added a bunch of great podcasts to this list, including the gripping ‘Wrongly Accused’ and the hilarious chatty-comedy ‘Comedy Bang! Bang!’. We update regularly with new releases, so check back for more podcast recommendations from the Time Out team.  RECOMMENDED:🎧 The best news podcasts🗞️ The best history podcasts🔪 The best true crime podcasts

Here at Time Out, we really believe locals know best. It’s easy to find out about a city’s biggest attractions, but if you want to really get to know somewhere, you’re going to want to know its secrets; the hidden bars, the tiny galleries, the family-run restaurants that don’t take bookings. The stuff you’ll brag to your pals about for years to come. So that’s where we come in. We have a huge network of writers based all over the world, and every one of them is obsessed with finding and trying out the latest in food and drink, culture and more in their cities. When a local has just worked on one of our city guides, that’s when it’s at its absolute freshest. And that’s what you’ll find here on this page. These guides are brand-new, fresh-off-the-press, and stuffed full of new openings in our favourite cities, all over the world. If you’re looking for holiday inspo, start here. Enjoy! 🔥 We update this list every time a local adds some brand-new hotspots to one of our travel guides, so make sure to come back for more! RECOMMENDED:🌎 The best cities to visit in the world in 2024🏘️ The coolest neighbourhoods in the world for 2024🚶 The coolest streets in the world for 2024🍲 The world’s best cities for food in 2024

Thanksgiving gets no respect. As soon as Halloween ends, the skeleton window decals go back into storage, the decorative gourds get tossed in the trash, and out come the stockings and candy canes, as Mariah Carey begins warming up her vocal chords. How rude! There’s a whole other holiday in between October 31 and December 25, one based entirely on overeating, watching football and yelling at your relatives. What could possibly be more American? And yet, we often skip right over it. So it is with the movies. Horror flicks get an entire month, while cheesy Hallmark-style Christmas movies are their own cottage industry. Meanwhile, you have to strain to think of many good films set on Thanksgiving, let alone find more than a handful that don’t regard the holiday as a painful obligation. But great Turkey Day movies do exist – even if a lot of them indeed focus on the arguing and dysfunction that goes along with gathering with extended family.  What makes a great Thanksgiving movie? As noted, Thanksgiving is predominantly a holiday about family togetherness – and the difficulties of being together as a family. Most great Thanksgiving movies reflect that dynamic, in one way or another. Tensions frequently boil over, grievances are aired, and sometimes, a turkey goes flying out a window. But it’s also important not to wallow in anxiety, no matter how relatable it might be. In fact, many of the best Thanksgiving movies qualify as dark comedies rather than painful trauma-dumps. Also, d

Sex sells. It used to, anyway. Thirty years ago, it seemed like you couldn’t walk into a movie theatre without encountering a creaky bed, an icy femme fatale and Michael Douglas’s bare ass. The 1990s were the glory days of the erotic thriller – movies designed to titillate and scandalise in equal measure. Sure, they were frequently ‘problematic’ in their conception of sexual power, and almost always self-consciously campy, but damn, they could be a lot of fun. And for a while, they could bring in the big bucks at the box office. And then, at some point, they just… disappeared. Studios stopped making them, and soon, sex vanished from the screen altogether. In the interim, moviegoing audiences became wary of cinematic sexuality, leading to online debates over what narrative purpose a simulated roll in the sheets serves at all. Thankfully, there are signs of a pushback to that line of thinking, from the tense ménage à trois of Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers to the queer neo-noir of Love Lies Bleeding to the gritty Pretty Woman update of Sean Baker’s Anora. And even if a full-on erotic thriller revival never comes to fruition, the ’80s and ’90s produced enough to keep us satisfied. Here are 36 of the steamiest ever made. Recommended: 🍆 The 101 best sex scenes in movies😬 The 100 best thriller movies of all-time😍 The 100 best romantic films of all-time 🕵️ 40 murder mystery movies to test your sleuthing skills to the max🔥 The 100 best movies of all-time