Miranda Collinge
Deputy Editor
Miranda Collinge is the Deputy Editor of Esquire, overseeing editorial commissioning for the brand. With a background in arts and entertainment journalism, she also writes widely herself, on topics ranging from Instagram fish to psychedelic supper clubs, and has written numerous cover profiles for the magazine including Cillian Murphy, Rami Malek and Tom Hardy.
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The New London Restaurant Openings to Book This Week
Celebrate the capital's culinary expansiveness one dish at a time
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'The Bear' Season 3 Review: Carmy and Crew Are Back… and Things Aren’t Going Well!
But if you can’t stand the heat, etc.
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Elmiene is Wearing the "Future of British R'n'B" Mantle Well
Supporting SZA in Hyde Park this weekend? No biggie!
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The Biggest TV Shows of 2024, From ‘House of the Dragon’ to ‘Fallout’
From dragons to detectives, what to watch when you’re not going out this year
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The 43 Best Restaurants in London for 2024
We've rounded up the capital's finest eating establishments, from long-standing favourites to new openings
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‘Presumed Innocent’ Review: Jake Gyllenhaal’s Remake is Slow, Steady, and Exceedingly Watchable
Apple TV+’s take on the 1990 Harrison Ford legal thriller is comfortingly trad
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No, Benedict Cumberbatch's New Show 'Eric' is Not Based On a True Story
The show's star (not including the giant monster puppet), and its creator Abi Morgan, give the low-down on their new dark Netflix drama
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‘Red Herring’ Review: To Life!
Facing a terminal diagnosis in his 20s, documentary-maker Kit Vincent films a paean to the now
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And When Did You Last Go Interrailing With Your Father?
Sure, you could just sit down and talk to your dad, but you could also take the scenic route
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'Drive-Away Dolls' Review: O Brother, Which Art Thou?
Directing without his brother Joel, Ethan Coen puts his solo talent to the test
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With 'Spaceman', Adam Sandler Continues His Mission to Misery
In space, no one can hear you sigh
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Buckle up for Jez Butterworth’s Latest Hot-Ticket Play, 'The Hills of California'
The Blackpool-set black comedy is an emotional rollercoaster, but does it run out track?
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This Awards Season, Underestimate ‘American Fiction’ at Your Peril
Cord Jefferson’s debut film may be a quieter offering, but it’s also brilliantly acted and funny as hell
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The 63 Best Thriller Films Ever Made
Dark and suspenseful classics from Hitchcock, the Safdie brothers, Nolan and more
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Jeymes Samuel: The Greatest Showman
With his debut movie, “The Harder They Fall,” the British writer-director blew apart the staid — and white — conventions of the Western. Now, with his follow-up, “The Book of Clarence,” he takes on the Biblical epic. a man of prodigious energy and ideas, Samuel says he sometimes thinks he might be the “best storyteller in the world”. Who’s to say he’s wrong?
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Jonathan Glazer’s New Film ‘The Zone of Interest’ Proves the Director Is Right to Take His Time
He waits, that’s what he does
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Photographer Kate Simon Remembers Life on the Road With Bob Marley
Fifty years after his breakthrough album, “Catch a Fire”, Bob Marley is the latest megastar to receive the Hollywood biopic treatment, with a new film coming to cinemas in January. An enduring symbol of youthful idealism, a style icon and a songwriter whose music still resonates decades after his death, Marley’s flame continues to burn
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In 'Maestra' – Sorry, ‘Maestro’ – Carey Mulligan Gives a Truly Bravura Performance
Bradley Cooper’s film may be a biopic of celebrated American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein, but it is his wife, Felicia, who sets the tempo
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A Guide to the Perfect City Break in Reykjavik (and Beyond)
In and around Iceland’s capital, cultural and natural wonders abound – here’s how to get the best of both
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Carving a Niche: The Rise of Allday Goods Knives
A former restaurateur makes a sharp practice in east London
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Paul Mescal Takes a Moment
After a whirlwind three years — during which he’s gone from unknown outsider to TV heart-throb to internet sensation to Oscar nominee and Olivier Award winner, with barely a pause for breath — the Irish actor will shortly ascend to mainstream-movie stardom, stepping into Russell Crowe’s sandals with the lead role in Gladiator 2, Ridley Scott’s sequel to his epic blockbuster. On a sunny day in central London, Mescal reflects on the ‘bananas’ experience of his lightning-fast rise to fame
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Five UK Restaurants That Are More Than Worth the Journey
Because what’s a delicious dinner if you haven’t worked up an appetite?
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'Strays' Asks the Question: Is There Anything Funnier Than a Dog D*ck?
Your feelings about Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx’s new comedy will rest entirely upon your answer to this question
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Is 'The Bear' Turning Into 'Ted Lasso' on the Sly?
As the second season of the Disney show kicks off, everyone’s being so…. nice
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Are 'Asteroid City' and 'Oppenheimer' Basically the Same Film?
No of course not! They’re very, very different. But also, in some ways, if you think about it, kind of the same
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The Hollow Man: What Do You Mean 'Just' Ken?
In anticipation of Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie, starring Margot Robbie as the leggy doll and Ryan Gosling as her gelded beau, Esquire gets beneath the plastic of an uncomfortably freighted icon of anti-masculinity
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At London’s Serpentine Gallery, Argentine Artist Tomás Saraceno Weaves His Webs
With his “revelatory” new interactive show, we're asked to consider the social and technological “webs” of our lives
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Playwright James Graham on 'Dear England' and the "Shakespearean" Gareth Southgate
A new production at the National Theatre explores the revitalising impact of the England men's football team manager
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Amid the Darkness of the 'Succession' Finale, Let's Celebrate Peter and His Cheese
Because it really was 'special'
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The Best Books of 2023
Whether it’s the bold return of big literary names or the exciting buzz around debut novelists (including some kid called Tom Hanks), it's time to make some room on your bookcase
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Danny Lee Wynter on Writing and Staging His First Play, 'Black Superhero'
The actor and playwright discusses the joy of putting the Black queer experience on stage (and the pain of turning down 'The Bill')
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A Small Pre-Oscars Shout-Out to ‘My Year of Dicks’
This animated short film Academy Award contender is a high school coming-of-age story of the gentler, pre-Euphoria kind