45 Minutes
West End Girl, Lily Allen
Start getting word-perfect for the Lily Allen live tour, which begins in March, now with new dates added to July. The impossible-to-ignore album airs every last scrap of dirty laundry on the breakdown of Allen’s marriage to Stranger Things actor David Harbour.
Tickets available at here.
Two and a half hours
Nuremberg (Sky Cinema)
James Vanderbilt’s 2025 film Nuremberg arrives on Sky Cinema. An examination of the Nuremberg war crime trials, based on the 2013 book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai. Dr Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek) is tasked with assessing the mental competence of Nazi defendants. The main draw is Russell Crowe as Hitler’s deputy, Hermann Goering – a chilling study of charm, cunning and self-satisfaction.
A lazy afternoon
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Maggi Hambling and Sarah Lucas: Ooo La La, Sadie Coles HQ and Frankie Rossi Art
Time is running out to view this exhibition of conceptual artists, Maggi Hambling and Sarah Lucas, who share a birthday and a decades-spanning friendship. Exhibits include Lucas’s Blue Bunny (2025) and Hambling’s Hello mummy (2025). The artists have dedicated some works to one another.
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Sadie Coles HQ and Frankie Rossi Art, Bury Street SW1 until 24 January. Tickets available here.
An even lazier afternoon
David Bowie Centre, V&A East Storehouse
The V&A has housed Bowie’s voluminous archive since 2023. A small permanent exhibition includes the Space Oddity stylophone and a sniffy rejection letter from Apple Records. There’s a booking system to view objects of your choosing – Ziggy Stardust’s shoes? Life On Mars costume? Blackstar sketches? – from the 90,000-item archive. It’s free but ticketed.
David Bowie Centre. V&A East Storehouse, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London E20. Tickets available here.
A night out
Resolution 2026, The Place
The longstanding festival of UK contemporary choreography is showcasing 60 artists over 20 nights in January and February. The opening weekend features work from Sana El-Wakili, Esther Cheong, Paxton Ricketts, Maya Inniss, Aurora Casatori and Ty Burrows. Expect radical movement, visual art, spoken word and exaggerated reality.
The Place, London, WC1. Until Wednesday 25 February. Tickets available here.
Illustration by Charlotte Durance