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Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love
Never Understood by The Jesus and Mary Chain
Books

Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain by William and Jim Reid review – brotherly love

Tom Grennan on wake-up call after finding himself in a 'bad place': 'I was doing all sorts of s**t'
Tom Grennan
Tom Grennan

Tom Grennan on wake-up call after finding himself in a 'bad place': 'I was doing all sorts of s**t'

Wah Wah 45s record label turns 25. From breaking new acts to releasing great songs, this is its legacy
Music

Wah Wah 45s record label turns 25. From breaking new acts to releasing great songs, this is its legacy

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: 'I'm looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii'
DJ and producer Sigala
Music

Chart-topping DJ Sigala: 'I'm looking after myself after seeing where it went wrong for Avicii'

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'I'd tell my younger self to just be happier'
Gary Lightbody Receiving an award in 2019 for Chasing Cars being the most played song of the 21st century on UK radio
Letter To My Younger Self

Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody: 'I'd tell my younger self to just be happier'

Labour MP Rupa Huq looks back (not in anger) on interviewing Noel Gallagher for Big Issue in 1999
Rupa Huq

Labour MP Rupa Huq looks back (not in anger) on interviewing Noel Gallagher for Big Issue in 1999

Oasis tickets row highlights how music fans are 'taken advantage of' amid a cost of living crisis
Music

Oasis tickets row highlights how music fans are 'taken advantage of' amid a cost of living crisis

End of the Road festival review – a beautifully-curated feast for music lovers
IDLES perform at End of the Road 2024
Music

End of the Road festival review – a beautifully-curated feast for music lovers

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices
Jean Cocteau
Music

Oedipus Rex and the emerging trend of operas using a mix of amateur and pro voices

Hip-hop pioneers Kneecap on peace, Super Noodles and bringing Irish into the modern day
Kneecap
Film

Hip-hop pioneers Kneecap on peace, Super Noodles and bringing Irish into the modern day

Nick Cave on wild swimming, sons' deaths and why a broken world can be beautiful at the same time
Music

Nick Cave on wild swimming, sons' deaths and why a broken world can be beautiful at the same time

Inside the Big Issue: Nick Cave and his wild, wild ways
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: Nick Cave and his wild, wild ways

Fontaines DC, TikTok crazes and trouser chains: The unsettling return of nu metal, explained
Fontaines D.C.
Music

Fontaines DC, TikTok crazes and trouser chains: The unsettling return of nu metal, explained

Vulfpeck at Montreux Jazz Festival: 'It's probably the most beautiful place I've ever seen'
Montreux Jazz Festival

Vulfpeck at Montreux Jazz Festival: 'It's probably the most beautiful place I've ever seen'

From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 
Music

From Oasis to… who? Why we need help nurturing our next generation of northern music stars 

1984: The Year Pop Went Queer by Ian Wade review – a celebration of gay visibility in music
Books

1984: The Year Pop Went Queer by Ian Wade review – a celebration of gay visibility in music

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Postcards From Scotland by Grant McPhee review – a bittersweet tribute to Scottish indie bands
Books

Postcards From Scotland by Grant McPhee review – a bittersweet tribute to Scottish indie bands

IDLES superfan with Angelman syndrome performs onstage with favourite band
Punk band IDLES and superfan Alastair Smith
MUSIC

IDLES superfan with Angelman syndrome performs onstage with favourite band

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she's creating 'science you can dance to'
Environment

Jayda G went from environmental toxicology to the Grammys. Now she's creating 'science you can dance to'

How classical music is taking cues from pop's taste for retro
Tenor Ian Bostridge, pianist Steven Osborne and cellist Alban Gerhardt recreate the 1961 recital at Aldeburgh
Music

How classical music is taking cues from pop's taste for retro