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UEA, NorwichTouring their exuberant second album, the Leeds band are embracing their dancier side as their barbed observational songs get ever more intimate“Norwich! We wanna consume you! Do you wanna consume us?” drawls singer James Smith with a gri...
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As a new wave of protests sweep Iran, the author explains why she has returned to drawing. Plus: an extract from her new collection of protest cartoonsWhen Marjane Satrapi began drawing again, depicting the violence recently enacted by Iran’s Revolut...
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Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff; Linbury theatre; St Andrew’s church, LondonBritten’s yearning swansong blazes and beguiles in Welsh National Opera’s new production. Elsewhere, the sad tale of ‘Irish Giant’ Charles Byrne, and an enterprising orchest...
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The teenage Mancunian is one of British rap’s finest prospects, with a defiant flow and sly humour that’s won him nods from Drake and moreYou could make a case for British rap being more compelling than its American cousin of late; it’s in its rapid...
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The tenor teams up with Christophe Rousset and co to explore the operas that influenced Wagner, while Gemini excel in LeFanu’s chamber music• Ahead of his debut this summer at the Bayreuth festival, the American tenor and Wagnerian Michael Spyres has...
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Pop stars, politicians, princes all seem to have the same job these days – podcast interviewer. But while these pods are great for brand-building and soft power, are they damaging the industry at large?Things have come a long way since the 2004 Guard...
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A growing movement of artists are embracing the music genre’s Black cultural rootsPierce Jordan’s guttural scream filled the halls of Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church one night last October. He was surrounded on stage by other Black hardcore mus...
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These posh piles hum with violence and confusion. An ideal landscape for fiction, argues the comedian and writer, whose debut novel was sparked by wondering: does Jeeves ever feel class rage?At no point in the past 400 years has anyone campaigned for...
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Sidharth Malhotra fights like a machine in an Indian action film cut from similar cloth as the jingoistic Rambo seriesDepending on your age and perspective, you may or may not have fond memories of the three Rambo films. Where the first one was rathe...
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The singer on being single, a brush with the law in LA, and buying biscuits in bulkBorn in Bristol, Keren Woodward, 62, had a clerical job at the BBC when she formed Bananarama with Sara Dallin and Siobhan Fahey in the early 80s. They have had 25 son...
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The novelist talks about his hit debut There There, and the shocking historical discovery about his tribe that inspired his follow-up novelTommy Orange was in Sweden, promoting a translated edition of his first novel, There There, when inspiration st...
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In Attack from Within, ex-national security prosecutor Barbara McQuade looks at the history of how lies are widely spreadYou might not have heard of Rosanne Boyland. She made the 10-hour drive from Kennesaw, Georgia, to Washington on 5 January 2021....
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Kristen Wiig’s big-budget new drama about infiltrating the catty world of high-society Florida is packed with celebs – from Laura Dern to the singer of La Vida LocaNobody has brought this up for a while, but there are a lot of streaming platforms rig...
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Pub where Black Sabbath played their first gig gains Grade II status after thousands sign petitionA “one-of-a-kind” historic pub where Black Sabbath played their first gig has secured listed status, in a small victory for campaigners trying to save a...
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Production of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of the People halted when protesters warned the audience about environmental damageClimate change protesters disrupted a preview showing of Jeremy Strong’s new Broadway show on Thursday before being forcibly ejec...