An ode to the Great British music festival
From Green Man to Glastonbury, the best festivals are UK festivals.
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Trainwreck: Woodstock ’99 overlooks the festival’s most disturbing problem – sexual assault
This Netflix documentary treats violence against women as an afterthought and mythologises a toxic environment.
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Are football songs the new folk music?
From the trumpet blasts in “Sweet Caroline” to the many chants based on the tune of “Vindaloo” – sports songs…
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Beyoncé’s Renaissance album is an exultant, daring return to sticky dancefloors
Referencing ballroom culture and Seventies disco, her new album will see you emerge from the club sweaty, bruised and ecstatic.
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When Joni Mitchell surprised the world
In her first full live show in 20 years, her voice was rich and brown with age and fags.
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What does it mean for the UK to host the Eurovision Song Contest?
It is a bittersweet decision that next year’s competition will not be held in Ukraine, but if you have the…
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Vaughan Williams’ vision of Englishness is not the one we need
The composer dominates the BBC Proms this year, the 150th anniversary of his birth. But if this is our national…
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