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You can see London from a whole new topsy-turvy view at Alexandra Palace’s new exhibition
16+ hour, 7+ min ago (395+ words) Hermione Blandford is the Content Editor for Shortlist’s social media which means you can usually find her scrolling through Instagram and calling it work, or stopping random people in the street and accosting them with a mini mic. She has…...
"It was never a phase": Speaking to London’s multi-generational emos at My Chemical Romance’s Wembley Stadium extravaganza
14+ hour, 42+ min ago (1053+ words) No gatekeeping, just unity. As an “elder emo”, My Chemical Romance riding into London to perform The Black Parade in full is a big deal. For many of us, it wasn't just another album. It was the soundtrack to awkward…...
Pop, pots and prints: V&A museums' full exhibition schedule for 2027 and beyond revealed
17+ hour, 35+ min ago (437+ words) A bit of chintz, a bit of George Micheal, and a whole lotta culture The V&A has announced its line-up of major exhibitions for 2027, covering off a decent chunk of 2028 too. V&A’s London South Kensington museum is getting…...
Running up that hill (with robot legs): I took the new Hypershell X exoskeleton hiking aids for a test drive up London’s most picturesque peak
20+ hour, 35+ min ago (1216+ words) Iron Man, eat your heart out I’ve been running up the hill from Greenwich Park’s St Mary’s Gate to the breathtaking peak at the Royal Observatory since probably the age of four. It was a local park for my family…...
Cook like The Bear: We tried to make the show’s signature dishes
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (654+ words) We attempt our own twists on Carmy and Syd’s fine dining Most of all, these characters - who made me laugh a lot and I wanted to hang out with - were expressing themselves, their ideas, family histories, relationships through the dishes…...
The best Christopher Nolan movies, ranked: from The Following to The Odyssey
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (239+ words) The Prestige? Memento? Inception? Can anything beat Nolan’s Batman? Pre Oppenheimer in 2023 and the fabulous Dark Knight trilogy, Nolan made his mark with the time-twisting, mind-bending trio of Following, Memento and The Prestige, and to date has made 13 feature films....
Bob Dylan goes classy with five night London Royal Festival Hall residency
3+ day, 17+ hour ago (403+ words) Tickets go on sale soon Legendary crooner Bob Dylan is going out on tour yet again, including a string of upcoming London dates later this year. Testament to the confidence in Dylan’s continuing ability to shift tickets, a five night-residency…...
London's indie gaming dev scene is buzzing: Here's three new must-play games to prove it
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (347+ words) London gaming in the faraway towns… Amid the big gaming noise of bland triple-A bluster, big-publisher mergers and even bigger mass layoffs, you can sometimes forget that there’s thousands of small creative teams around the world slaving away on some…...
This legendary London music joint is bringing a street party to Soho this summer
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (309+ words) Swap rock n roll for a touch of soul Usually you’d associate a street party with union jack bunting, a bank holiday, warm beige dips that no one is sure the provenance of, and kids riding a dangerous sugar rush....
From The Bear to Brixton Market: Edwin Lee Gibson talks wrapping season five and his favourite foodie spots
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (754+ words) The Bear has been one of the biggest cult TV shows of recent years, leading to an epidemic of people squeezing past one another in kitchens, on buses, and in workplaces yelling “behind!” and “corner!” and hoping the recipient gets…...