Cryptic crossword No 3,630

Excellent, nice use of a theme and some tricky clues

Thanks Karol, I enjoyed this. Clever kick-off with 1a and plenty of topical stuff inside. I don’t know how long you’ve been at it but you clearly know how it all works, enabling you to achieve good surfaces without compromising the grammar. Good difficulty level I thought. I particularly liked 1a, 10a, 13a, 15a, 14d, & 17d. Let’s hope 25d isn’t prophetic! Cheers.