Review: Police Cops The Musical, at New Diorama Theatre

Review: A Christmas Carol, at Old Vic

From spices to selection boxes, the top independent shops for Christmas

Michael White’s classical news: Messiahs and Nutcrackers; Lang Lang; Christian Gerhaher; St John’s Smith Square

Stellar streets

The importance of remembering Ernest

Different story? Spielberg gives musical a 21st-century twist

The life of brine in Becoming Cousteau

Cheque mate: a love letter to hard currency

Shop front graffiti: it’s a canny idea

Review: The Wife of Willesden, at Kiln Theatre

Review: The Snowman, at Peacock Theatre

Michael White’s classical news: James MacMillan; Highgate Chamber Music Festival; Rameau’s Roots; George Harliono

Grooves: Yungblud; Carnaby Street; Mica Paris; Ashnikko

Jingle-jangle-jazzy bells

Tall orders in There Is No Evil

Times of his life…

Notes on a new museum

Sizzling atmosphere steals the show at Decimo

Review: Rare Earth Mettle, at Royal Court Theatre