The Leicestershire Press

12/06/2026

By Carter Smith

It's the critically-acclaimed play "that every single person should see” - and the four-time Olivier Awards-nominated show Punch is heading to Leicester next year as part of a national tour

12/06/2026

Feature by Aiden Pearce

Andrew Cassara was just six-years-old when he first fell in love with music. It was this life-long love of music – writing, singing, performing – that has

12/06/2026

Preview by Fidele Lungieki

Grammy-winning global pop-star Bruno Mars is to perform six nights at London’s Wembley stadium next month.

12/06/2026

By Carter Smith

It’s been four years since the conclusion of Peaky Blinders' six-season run, writes Carter Smith, and it was hard to know whether anyone still cared about the

12/06/2026

By Sara Doktorova

Feature writer Sara Doktorova tells the story of Dusi band, a gypsy band who starred on Czechoslovakia's Got Talent

25/03/2026

Caught between two worlds: 'For a city I know like the back of my hand, has never made me feel more out of place.'

Growing up as a child of immigrants means navigating two cultures. Columnist Shukri Bashir explores identity, expectations and belonging, revealing the

25/03/2026

They were the odd-couple detectives who drew a TV audience of millions in the 1990s and 2000s, and now hit cop show Dalziel and Pascoe is set to be reborn – with a fresh twist in the tale.

They were the odd-couple detectives who drew a TV audience of millions in the 1990s and 2000s, and now hit cop show Dalziel and Pascoe is set to be reborn -

23/03/2026

She was one of the most innovative fashion designers of the 1920s, who transformed women’s wear as we know it. Now, more than 50 years after her death, Elsa Schiaparelli is finally getting the blockbuster exhibition her legacy richly deserves. Ellie Astill reports.

She was one of the most innovative fashion designers of the 1920s, who transformed women's wear as we know it. Now, more than 50 years after her death, Elsa Schiaparelli is finally getting the blockbuster exhibition her legacy richly deserves

23/03/2026

What's it like to be in the BBC Question Time audience? A DMU Journalism student finds out ...

DMU student Hannah Wiles takes us behind the scenes of Question Time, sharing the behind-the-scenes of being an audience member in one of Britain’s most iconic political debate shows.

18/03/2026

Launching next month: The Music is Black: A British Story at the new V&A East Museum in London, tracing the origins of era-defining genres including 2 Tone, jungle, trip hop, UK garage, grime and more.

Picture credit: Skin performing in C**t Rock suit made by Daniel Pollitt at Glastonbury, 2022. © Photo by India Fleming.

The Music is Black: A British Story opens at V&A East Museum, East Bank, on April 18, 2026