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Latest restaurant and bar reviews

AngloThai
Restaurants

AngloThai

5 out of 5 stars
Thai flavours meet British, seasonal ingredients in a fancy fine dining setting
Artusi Soho
Restaurants

Artusi Soho

4 out of 5 stars
Much-loved Peckham-born Italian goes to Soho
Singburi
Restaurants

Singburi

5 out of 5 stars
A blisteringly good, family-run Thai cafe

Latest art, theatre and culture reviews

‘The 80s: Photographing Britain’
Art

‘The 80s: Photographing Britain’

3 out of 5 stars
The 1980s was a decade of massive social upheaval around the world, but especially in the UK, and these photographers were there to capture the chaos.
Millbank
The Merchant of Venice 1936
Theatre

The Merchant of Venice 1936

3 out of 5 stars
Tracy-Ann Oberman’s East End-set attempt to confront the antisemitism in Shakespeare’s play is thrillingly bold
Whitehall
Mary Ramsden: 'Desire Line'
Art

Mary Ramsden: 'Desire Line'

4 out of 5 stars
Your parents told you that if you got too close to the TV your eyes would go square, but no one warns you about what happens when you get too close to a...
Trafalgar Square

Latest film reviews

Wicked
Film

Wicked

4 out of 5 stars
Sure, it’s only half the story but Jon M Chu’s stage-to-screen musical is still a thrillifying ride
Layla
Film

Layla

3 out of 5 stars
A London drag queen meets a strait-laced guy in an endearing debut from a fresh new voice
Gladiator II
Film

Gladiator II

4 out of 5 stars
Ridley Scott’s sequel is a thunderous sword-and-sandals epic with the devil in its eye
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