Entertainment

It’s autumn, people. The season of layers and sour, public transport BO is upon us. While you’re considering that mid-level tog duvet on the John Lewis website (*note: I may not know this site’s audience) enjoy some of September’s seasonally-melancholy bangers in our latest playlist round-up. The highlights here? Well, The Smashing Pumpkins are good again, which is a Halloween miracle. Fizzy Blood have gone all garage fuzz and written a total earworm, and Canterbury doomsters OHHMS are gearing up...

The Half Moon in Putney is gearing up to host the Music Makers Festival this weekend. Bands from across the UK and Ireland are set to descend upon West London for the two day event which features artists such as AKA George, Michele Stodart from The Magic Numbers and Kim Hayden. Kicking off on Saturday 6th October with sets from Hope, Jack O’Rourke and Two Ways Home the festival will see some 14 artists taking to the stage across the...

Zoe, 47, said it is a "honour and privilege" to become the first woman to host the flagship programme

If there’s one thing that the members of Newcastle based doomed out stoner rock unit Pigs x 7 (or Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs if you want to take a big Ace Ventura style breath and have a go) have a pedigree in, it’s producing unhealthy amounts of noise. Featuring current and former members of rumbling drone outfit Khünnt, their more porcine pursuits see them upping the tempo and doling out troughfuls of groove without losing any of...

Performers from all over the UK, Europe, United States and even Australia descended on Porthcawl in Wales

A beating heart flutters against the centuries of Ghent history in Lam Gods, a show working with the people of the Belgium City, most of whom are non-actors. It is a heart formed by a group of people coming together in a world premiere with Milo Rau at the helm, a Swiss director known for putting world violence centre stage. This dynamic work incorporates the lives of modern-day Belgiums into the depictions of city dwellers as biblical and religious figures...

To mark the 30th anniversary, a statue of Roald Dahl’s beloved fictional character, Matilda Wormwood, has been unveiled facing the man voted the person she would be most likely to stand up to in 2018, President Donald Trump. Inspired by Matilda’s courage and the battle she picks with Miss Trunchbull in the novel, the Roald Dahl Story Company gave the general public the chance to decide who they thought she would be taking a stand against in 2018. Topping that list...

Photographer Jan Sedlacek, 39 snapped the images over two Autumn mornings this year/

Glenn Tilbrook announces that his upcoming solo tour dates, starting on 17th October at The Ropetackle in Shoreham, will be promoting awareness and donations for The Trussell Trust, the charity that supports a network of foodbanks around the UK.  At most venues there will be food drop points and collection boxes, and Glenn will also be donating all profits from his merchandise, including an exclusive 4 track EP, to the organisation. Glenn Tilbrook is one of the founding members and lead...