Studies in light and dark

The chiaroscuro of life permeates this week's reviews, plus the last-chance-to-see shows

Dec 16 • Nancy Durrant

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Sweeter than a marmalade sandwich

This might be the loveliest musical I've ever seen

Dec 8 • Nancy Durrant

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What a difference a day makes

A pretty much perfect play, a difficult end, and a wild ride

Dec 3 • Nancy Durrant

November 2025

The best recs all year for less

Enrich someone's life with The London Culture Edit

Nov 26 • Nancy Durrant

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Which witches work?

This week's journey into London's bubbling cauldron of culture

Nov 24 • Nancy Durrant

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Turns out destroying things is indeed easier than making them

Yes that's a quote from The Hunger Games

Nov 17 • Nancy Durrant

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Too much of a good thing

My mind is already sufficiently untranquil thanks

Nov 10 • Nancy Durrant

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October 2025

Captivating cruelty

Shows that subverted my expectations, plus what to book now in London

Oct 27 • Nancy Durrant

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A sniff of something different

Tate's Turbine Hall commission, London Korean Film Festival, Joe Locke's London stage debut and more

Oct 21 • Nancy Durrant

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A hot night that left me cold

Plus all this week's London book-nows and don't bothers

Oct 13 • Nancy Durrant

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He's back. I'm ready.

To thine own self and all that

Oct 8 • Nancy Durrant

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September 2025

Still waters

The Weir in the West End, and more cultural treats

Sep 29 • Nancy Durrant

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