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This new opera influenced by homeless children shines light on UK’s housing crisis
Opera

This new opera influenced by homeless children shines light on UK’s housing crisis

Garsington Youth Company puts the spotlight on homelessness and its effects on children
Notes on Stereophonics, nostalgia and why you can’t keep a good banger down
Music

Notes on Stereophonics, nostalgia and why you can’t keep a good banger down

Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks II is 83 songs long – and proves sometimes less is more
Bruce Springsteen
Music

Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks II is 83 songs long – and proves sometimes less is more

Top Stories

Before Oasis, Radio 1 were as likely to play a guitar band as they were a badger being strangled
Oasis

Before Oasis, Radio 1 were as likely to play a guitar band as they were a badger being strangled

Cigarettes, alcohol and sunsheeeeeine: How the UK has changed since Oasis first hit the big time
Oasis

Cigarettes, alcohol and sunsheeeeeine: How the UK has changed since Oasis first hit the big time

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty

Interviews

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‘Oasis was like being on Concorde for six years’
Oasis

‘Oasis was like being on Concorde for six years’

James Arthur: ‘It’s too scary to even think about where I’d be if I didn’t do music’
Onside Takeover

James Arthur: ‘It’s too scary to even think about where I’d be if I didn’t do music’

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’
Onside Takeover

James Arthur gets candid about mental health with young superfan: ‘I struggled with fame’

‘There’s no magic bullet’: The battle to keep Cardiff’s vital music scene from dying out
Grassroots music venues

‘There’s no magic bullet’: The battle to keep Cardiff’s vital music scene from dying out

Classical music

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This new opera influenced by homeless children shines light on UK’s housing crisis
Opera

This new opera influenced by homeless children shines light on UK’s housing crisis

Ben and Imo: Restoring the legacy of Imogen Holst
Classical music

Ben and Imo: Restoring the legacy of Imogen Holst

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason: ‘Britishness should be something that we all have a part in’
Music

Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason: ‘Britishness should be something that we all have a part in’

The music that kept London going through the blackouts and bombings of the Second World War
Music

The music that kept London going through the blackouts and bombings of the Second World War

Jazz

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Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson’s 100th birthday is a chance to reinstate his legacy
Jazz

Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson’s 100th birthday is a chance to reinstate his legacy

Why Louis Armstrong is the defining figure of the 20th century
Music

Why Louis Armstrong is the defining figure of the 20th century

Jeff Goldblum: ‘The universe is a wondrous, mysterious place – appreciate it’
Letter To My Younger Self

Jeff Goldblum: ‘The universe is a wondrous, mysterious place – appreciate it’

Saxophonist Alabaster DePlume: ‘I want to make music that the world invents a special insult for’
Music

Saxophonist Alabaster DePlume: ‘I want to make music that the world invents a special insult for’

The Music That Made Me

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Jason Donovan on how Kylie inspired his pop career and Joseph opened the door to the stage
Jason Donovan smiling
The Music That Made Me

Jason Donovan on how Kylie inspired his pop career and Joseph opened the door to the stage

Five Star’s Deniece Pearson: ‘I kissed Smokey Robinson’s lips off’
Deniece Pearson Five Star in a bright feather outfit
The Music that made me

Five Star’s Deniece Pearson: ‘I kissed Smokey Robinson’s lips off’

The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst: ‘I’m making a playlist for my funeral. It’s about five hours’ worth’
A black and white picture of The Cure from 1986 with Lol Tolhurst on the right
the music that made me

The Cure’s Lol Tolhurst: ‘I’m making a playlist for my funeral. It’s about five hours’ worth’

David Duchovny: ‘I dare you not to be moved by Puff, the Magic Dragon’
David Duchovy in a white t shirt
The Music That Made Me

David Duchovny: ‘I dare you not to be moved by Puff, the Magic Dragon’

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