By Sara Bright Two years ago, Magnus Carlsen was invincible. In a tournament he described as a gruelling marathon of willpower, the Norwegian maestro shook…
By Sara Bright On 12 December 2024, a small, unassuming volume in a faded red leather binding changed hands at Sotheby’s London for £576,000. The…
By Sara Bright When Sue Tilley first trudged up the three flights of stairs to Lucian Freud’s Paddington studio in 1991, she was a benefits…
By Sara Bright Sir Antonio Pappano describes the moment he first raised a baton to the London Symphony Orchestra as though he were recounting a…
By Sara Bright In June 2026, Christophe Leribault stood before the French Senate’s Culture Committee and delivered a verdict that would have been unthinkable a…
By Sara Bright Sara Bright West End box office revenue topped £1.07 billion in 2023. In 2025, London’s theatre district pulled in 17.64 million theatregoers…
By Sara Bright Sara Bright When Frieze London opens its doors in Regent’s Park this October, it will do so at a moment of genuine…
By Sara Bright In the summer of 1998, a 30-year-old dyslexic filmmaker from Hatfield released a crime comedy made for less money than a single…
By Sara Bright When Lily Allen told her Miss Me? podcast audience on 28 April 2025 that she wanted to apologise for “being mean about…
By Sara Bright When Latymer Upper School entered the top ten of the Sunday Times Parent Power league tables for the first time in December…