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Fred Again, EDM’s everybro

How did the unassuming producer of polite, emotive dance music become social media’s superstar DJ?

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Fred Again, EDM’s everybro

TV

Gavin & Stacey, the sitcom New Labour built

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Music

The confessions of Robbie Williams

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Music

The fatal flaw in the “final” Beatles song

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Music

It’s time to scrap the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

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The retromania election

The retromania election

Has the future of British politics ever looked more like the past?

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Blur and the strange death of Britpop England

Blur and the strange death of Britpop England

Their gig at Wembley Stadium was their biggest yet. But do the nostalgic guitar sounds of the 1990s have…

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In praise of the DVD

In praise of the DVD

The infinite choice of TV streaming has led to banality and fatigue – it’s time to embrace physical media…

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The contradictions of Arctic Monkeys

The contradictions of Arctic Monkeys

In the run-up to their headline Glastonbury set, the band defied the creative arc of their late career by…

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How Succession created TV’s first irredeemable leading man

How Succession created TV’s first irredeemable leading man

In Logan Roy, Jesse Armstrong and Brian Cox took the archetypal anti-hero and replaced it with a moral black…

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The conservatism of Nick Cave

The conservatism of Nick Cave

Many were surprised when the musician announced he would be attending King Charles III’s coronation. They shouldn’t have been.

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Sam Smith and the return of the Satanic Panic

Sam Smith and the return of the Satanic Panic

The conservative hysteria around pop music, sexuality and Satanism has a long history.

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How Busted defined the moody teen pop of the Noughties

How Busted defined the moody teen pop of the Noughties

The manufactured-yet-rebellious boyband exemplify the accelerated highs and personal lows of British music between the Millennium Bug and the…

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