Where have the music festival headliners gone? July 14, 2025 Yoga in the Healing Fields and communal sing-a-longs around the Stone Circle were more popular than ever at Glastonbury this year, after headline writers and audiences slammed the music line-up as the worst in history. Headliners are the most expensive part of the festival experience, with fees for booking the world’s biggest acts running into [...]
Experience the Roman Empire in Bulgaria for history to rival Italy – just without the crowds July 13, 2025 What have the Romans ever done for us?” quipped my partner, Ed, as we stood on the main street of Nicopolis ad Istrum, formerly a Roman town in Bulgaria that is now a glorious assemblage of ruins. “All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water [...]
Superman 2025: James Gunn reboots the DC Universe – is it good? July 12, 2025 After a string of flops, superhero factory DC has hit the reset button. Guardians Of The Galaxy director James Gunn has taken over the newly formed DC Universe, a reboot of the popular superhero roster that begins with the Gunn-directed Superman. Zack Snyder’s Man Of Steel films never quite captured the magic of the character, [...]
The best part of Sri Lanka just got a stunning new hotel July 12, 2025 When the Australian cricket team finished a day’s play against Sri Lanka in Galle in February, they came for a well-earned break at the Radisson Collection hotel, fives miles down the seafront.They liked it so much that when they won the series a few days later, they returned to celebrate into the early hours of [...]
The best sandwich in the City, from Porterford to Dilieto July 12, 2025 There is no better testament to how seriously the Square Mile takes its lunch than the queues snaking out of sandwich shop doors. Workers happily wait, shuffle and press to get their fix of bread and spread, meal deals be damned. Here is a list of Morning Wire’s favourite sandwiches in the City, from wraps [...]
New Corvette E-Ray is a bargain supercar – now on sale in the UK July 11, 2025 The electrified Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray is heading to the UK later this year, and it will be sold in right-hand drive. Officially unveiled at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the E-Ray’s hybrid powertrain makes it the quickest production Corvette to arrive on British shores. Combining all-American V8 muscle with cutting-edge electric tech, the E-Ray [...]
Noughts & Crosses at Regent’s park Open Air Theatre review July 10, 2025 Over the nearly-25 years since the first instalment was published, Noughts & Crosses has become a juggernaut in the world of Young Adult literature. Across six novels, three novellas and a two-series BBC adaptation, Malorie Blackman imagines an alternate history in which colonial powers from Africa conquered the west, subverting global power dynamics. This is [...]
Girl From the North Country review: Lightning doesn’t strike twice July 10, 2025 When Conor McPherson’s Girl From the North Country was first staged in 2017, its combination of foot-tapping Bob Dylan arrangements and depression-era drama made it a critical and popular darling. It returns eight years later with a new cast, at least one new song (added during its run on Broadway) and more of the same [...]
Where to watch Wimbledon in London this weekend July 10, 2025 Whether indulging in strawberries and cream, clinking Pimm’s, or oogling the royals in the stands, for many watching Wimbledon has become a quintessentially British tradition. This weekend, the oldest tennis tournament in the world comes to a close, with the finals set for Saturday 12 July and Sunday 13 July. If you don’t have tickets [...]
Forget WeWork and Airbnb: inside the company nailing remote working July 10, 2025 From the Summer issue of Morning Wire The Magazine: inside the remote working company appealing to a new generation of digital nomads Rows upon rows of cookie-cutter houses fill the boujee neighbourhood of Abbot Kinney in Los Angeles. In front of one, a basketball hoop stands by a double garage. It looks like all the [...]