Arts & Entertainment

Six reasons why solo gig-going is cool and not desperate, by a man without friends

SHARING a live music experience with friends is overrated. Here's why it's actually better and cooler to go by yourself.

It doesn't matter if they find Traitors early, and other glaring issues with the game

BRITAIN is allegedly hooked on The Celebrity Traitors, the show where celebrities pretend to be cunning strategists while being outwitted by Alan Carr. But is it time to admit the game makes no sense?

Why I'm the perfect choice to host Strictly, by Gregg Wallace

TESS and Claud leaving Strictly doesn’t mean the show has to end - it can easily continue if a beloved household name like me takes over. Here’s why I’m the obvious choice.

BBC launches inquiry into what working-class people like

THE BBC, having sewn up middle-class viewership with The Celebrity Traitors, is to launch a multi-million pound investigation into the tastes of the poor.

'Abject terror makes me horny,' he whispered: Jilly Cooper's unpublished bonkbuster about an affair with Thatcher

A NEW book is claiming Margaret Thatcher had not one but two affairs. And by an amazing coincidence Jilly Cooper was working on a novel about this very subject. Here are some extracts.

Single decent show feeling the pressure to justify streaming subscription

A STREAMING platform’s sole worthwhile show is struggling to justify a monthly fee of £14.99, it has admitted.

The 6Music dad's guide to pretending you've heard all the Mercury nominations

THE Mercury Prize is announced tomorrow, and nobody will be asking your opinion because you’re 53. Nonetheless, prepare for imaginary conversations with this guide.

Kylie Jenner, and six other people with no interest in music who released music

KYLIE Jenner has released a single as a bid for attention that is only music-based by happenstance. She joins these artists in her indifference.