Lily Allen

Glastonbury 2022 review: stunning moments, special singalongs and a rumour mill in overdrive

Billie Eilish, Self Esteem, Paul McCartney, Olivia Rodrigo, Noel Gallagher, AJ Tracey, Sam Fender and Wet Leg were all electrifying. But where was Harry Styles?

Alexis Petridis

26, Jun, 2022 @5:23 PM

Why do female musicians have to fake it on TikTok? | Rebecca Taylor

Everyone from FKA twigs to Florence is under pressure to provide viral social media content, but it’s at the expense of building a sustainable fanbase and honing one’s craft

Rebecca Lucy Taylor, Self Esteem

30, May, 2022 @3:39 PM

The week in theatre: Paradise; 2:22: A Ghost Story – review

Lesley Sharp is magnetic in Kae Tempest’s ferocious reworking of Sophocles, while Lily Allen makes a spookily quiet West End debut

Susannah Clapp

15, Aug, 2021 @9:30 AM

2:22: A Ghost Story review – Lily Allen gives you chills in slick, clever horror

The pop star makes her West End debut in a contemporary haunted-house chiller that smartly plays with all the old tropes and leaves the room electric with fear

Kate Wyver

12, Aug, 2021 @8:45 AM

Lily Allen: from chart-topping handbag kid to the heart of London’s West End

The singer is back in front of a live audience this week, playing ‘a woman with a real point of view’ in a spooky new play, 2:22 – A Ghost Story

Vanessa Thorpe

01, Aug, 2021 @6:15 AM

Celebrity buzz: how stars’ bedroom toys have got us all talking about sex

With famous users leading a rebrand, bedroom accessories lose their stigma in a £90bn health and wellness boom

Nosheen Iqbal

13, Jun, 2021 @6:15 AM

Lily Allen to make West End theatre debut in supernatural thriller

Singer to star in ‘bloody scary’ 2:22 – a Ghost Story, written by Danny Robins

Chris Wiegand

10, Jun, 2021 @4:45 AM

Duffy has made peace. But social media won't let her

The singer’s brave statement about her rape shows how powerfully immediate social media can be – but these platforms can also distort the personal narrative of female stars

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

26, Feb, 2020 @4:42 PM

Alfie Allen: ‘The only competition on Game of Thrones was over who had the best six-pack’

The Emmy-nominated actor (and Lily’s little brother) talks new films, family and fatherhood

Martha Hayes

28, Dec, 2019 @3:00 PM

New rules: the destruction of the female pop role model

Somewhere between Britney and Billie Eilish, liberated by social media and their direct relationship with fans, millennial and Gen Z women claimed the right to be complicated pop auteurs

Laura Snapes

25, Nov, 2019 @1:12 PM