Gwilym Mumford

Have you, like me, got an incurable case of World Cup fever? Have you spent hours staring intently at the wallchart, attempting to memorise the

In this week’s newsletter: The last time they were a British screen staple was the mid-90s. Once a genuine cultural phenomenon, the Wombles could be successfully resurrected – or derided as woke

Gwilym Mumford In any other year this week's Guide would be arriving into your inbox from Worthy Farm, home of Glastonbury festival.

The festival always comes back fresher after allowing Worthy Farm to recover from its yearly musical extravaganza. Star Wars and Charli xcx could learn a thing or two

Gwilym Mumford Hurrah! Today is the Guide's 250th instalment, an anniversary celebrated the world over, with concerts and ticker tape parades

In this week’s newsletter: After a slow burn for many years, the football shirt has crossed over into the world of music fandom in a big way

Gwilym Mumford Something sartorially strange is happening at gigs across the country.

Gwilym Mumford This July, competitors are running scared – like Ithacans fleeing the cyclops Polyphemus – from The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's humongous staging of Homer's epic poem.

Gwilym Mumford Back in 2015, when I worked on the old print version of the Guide, we ran a cover calling on readers to “Stay inside this

In this week’s newsletter: The release calendar is more shaped by award seasons than what viewers might be looking for, with even the big platforms offering little to get excited about