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Jude Rogers is the author of “The Sound Of Being Human: How Music Shapes Our Lives” (White Rabbit)

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How Kraftwerk’s Autobahn remade pop

Half a century ago, the art-rock band introduced the world to the vocoder. Their sound – and pop music – was forever changed.

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How Kraftwerk’s Autobahn remade pop

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Oasis: tribunes of the people

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Pop’s gay revolution

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Bernie Taupin: good lyricist, bad writer

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Book of the Day

Bob Dylan’s problem with women

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Britain after a nuclear attack: the BBC film that shocked a generation – Audio Long Reads

Britain after a nuclear attack: the BBC film that shocked a generation – Audio Long Reads

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Britain after a nuclear attack: the BBC film that shocked a generation - Audio Long Reads

Britain after a nuclear attack: the BBC film that shocked a generation – Audio Long Reads

Inspired by the leaked Protect and Survive films, in 1984 a BBC team set out to create a relentlessly…

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Fifty years on, Newsround is still helping children understand the world

Fifty years on, Newsround is still helping children understand the world

The BBC children's bulletin plays the vital role of handling frightening subjects sensitively for a young audience.

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The chaotic life and bruising songs of Mark Lanegan

The chaotic life and bruising songs of Mark Lanegan

The musician survived addiction and the excesses of the 1990s grunge scene to leave behind a legacy of creativity…

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What makes a great public information film?

What makes a great public information film?

As the most significant series of public information films in decades rolls out across the UK, we turn to…

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Singing for a lost tomorrow: Britain’s lockdown choirs

Singing for a lost tomorrow: Britain’s lockdown choirs

Why political choirs are on the rise, even in the face of a pandemic.

By Jude Rogers

Forgetting how it feels to be me

Forgetting how it feels to be me

Personal accounts of the trauma and joy of becoming a mother are also a persistent and flourishing trend.

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Personal Story: Last of the hearts of steel

Personal Story: Last of the hearts of steel

Forty years ago this week, my dad and grandpa went on the 1980 National Steel Strike, the first of the…

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Burning Down the Haus: how punk changed Berlin

Burning Down the Haus: how punk changed Berlin

Tim Mohr’s history of East German punk is full of vivid characters and raging teenagers.

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