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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

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

How to make the perfect running playlist, according to science
Celine Dion, Richie Sambora and Pheobe Bridgers can soundtrack your run
Music

How to make the perfect running playlist, according to science

Marc Almond on being the antidote to Thatcher and why he's probably a queer icon after all
English singer Marc Almond in a low-lit photo with a black background
Music

Marc Almond on being the antidote to Thatcher and why he's probably a queer icon after all

Glastonbury 2024: There's a place for everyone on Worthy Farm
Music

Glastonbury 2024: There's a place for everyone on Worthy Farm

Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
Travis (l-r) Andy Dunlop, Fran Healy, Dougie Payne and Neil Primrose
Music

Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
RuPaul's Drag Race star Thorgy Thor on injecting stuffy symphony orchestras with big queer energy
RuPaul's Drag Race star Thorgy Thor
Music

RuPaul's Drag Race star Thorgy Thor on injecting stuffy symphony orchestras with big queer energy

Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'
Walt Disco. Credit: Izzy Leach
Music

Walt Disco: 'Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone'

How REM helped The Bear go from very good to one of the all-time greats
REM in Chicago in 1983
Culture

How REM helped The Bear go from very good to one of the all-time greats

Spades, moustaches and 3D Tetris: The secrets of Glastonbury's legendary Block9 revealed
A dancer at NYC Downlow, located in Glastonbury Festival's Block9
Glastonbury 2024

Spades, moustaches and 3D Tetris: The secrets of Glastonbury's legendary Block9 revealed

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