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September 2024

English Teacher on winning the Mercury: ‘We are proof that arts funding works’

English Teacher are worthy Mercury winners – but the question of the prize’s future hangs heavy

Alexis Petridis

Leeds indie band English Teacher win Mercury prize

TV tonight
TV tonight: from Charli xcx to Cat Burns, who will win this year’s Mercury prize?

July 2024

Mercury prize 2024: Charli xcx, the Last Dinner Party and Beth Gibbons among nominees

The British music industry’s award for outstanding albums features eight debuts, from the likes of Nia Archives and Barry Can’t Swim, as the prize fails to find a sponsor

June 2024

Observer New Review Q&A
DJ Jamz Supernova: ‘I’d always seen Glastonbury as a kind of debaucherous party’
The broadcaster and record label owner on swapping BBC 1Xtra for 6 Music, overcoming her fear of swimming, and leaving the radio on for her dog

March 2024

Nearly half of UK award nominees in last decade were privately educated

‘I don’t want to be a legacy performer’: why Britain’s hottest jazz star is giving up his sax for the flute

September 2023

Take the vitality of diverse Britain, set it to music. That’s why Ezra Collective deserve their Mercury prize

Hugh Muir

Ezra Collective’s Mercury win finally acknowledges a golden age for UK jazz

Alexis Petridis

Mercury prize 2023: London group Ezra Collective secure first ever jazz win

‘We are extreme’ … how Lankum’s heavy mutant folk made them Mercury favourites

July 2023

Mercury prize 2023: Arctic Monkeys tie Radiohead’s record for most nominations

There are first-time nods for the likes of Fred Again, Lankum, Jockstrap and Raye, and repeat recognition for acts including J Hus and Jessie Ware

October 2022

The Guardian view on the Booker: one award with hundreds of judges

Editorial: Many have an opinion on the latest winner of the UK’s top literary prize, Shehan Karunatilaka. It’s a shame not all of them have read his book

Little Simz’s subtle arrangements and fearless lyrics make her a worthy Mercury prize winner

Alexis Petridis
An outlier in UK rap, the north London musician and actor’s patient “10 years in the game”, as she puts it on her winning album, have paid off

Mercury prize: Little Simz wins for Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

Rapper and actor, 28, wins for her fourth album after critical acclaim and a decade as a performer

September 2022

Mercury prize postponed owing to death of Queen Elizabeth II

The music essay
All back to mine: Harry’s House sets domestic tone for 2022 Mercury prize

July 2022

Mercury prize: Sam Fender, Harry Styles and Self Esteem lead pack of first-time nominees

Women including Little Simz and Jessie Buckley dominate this year’s cohort for the best British album of the year, which falters on recent diversity gains

January 2022

Norma Waterson obituary

Celebrated singer of traditional English folk music whose embrace of other musical styles won her a wide following

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