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The Wizard of Booze: How a pantomime is helping people overcoming addiction this Christmas
Theatre

The Wizard of Booze: How a pantomime is helping people overcoming addiction this Christmas

Hits, flops and Kylie Minogue: How NOW That's What I Call Music! endured for 40 long years
Music

Hits, flops and Kylie Minogue: How NOW That's What I Call Music! endured for 40 long years

Hozier on being authentic, Ireland and speaking out for queer youth: 'All I can do is be honest'
Hozier
Music

Hozier on being authentic, Ireland and speaking out for queer youth: 'All I can do is be honest'

Charlatans star Tim Burgess raises thousands serving coffee to help homeless people
The Charlatans Tim Burgess working as a barista to support homeless people
Music

Charlatans star Tim Burgess raises thousands serving coffee to help homeless people

Merry Xmas Everybody at 50: How a mother-in-law and John Lennon inspired Slade's festive cracker
Slade performing Merry Xmas Everybody
Christmas

Merry Xmas Everybody at 50: How a mother-in-law and John Lennon inspired Slade's festive cracker

Sparky Deathcap on September, Los Campesinos! and becoming an overnight TikTok phenomenon
Music

Sparky Deathcap on September, Los Campesinos! and becoming an overnight TikTok phenomenon

'Rail against the pain': Shane MacGowan's most unforgettable quotes on life, death and music
Shane MacGowan
Music

'Rail against the pain': Shane MacGowan's most unforgettable quotes on life, death and music

'Rave on': Touching tributes after legendary Pogues singer Shane MacGowan dies at 65
Music

'Rave on': Touching tributes after legendary Pogues singer Shane MacGowan dies at 65

Noddy Holder on possible Slade reunion and defying cancer: 'I'm still alive, thank god'
Noddy Holder in 2011
Letter to my younger self

Noddy Holder on possible Slade reunion and defying cancer: 'I'm still alive, thank god'

This orchestra is giving dementia sufferers something to sing about: 'Music changes lives'
Two people dance in front of a small orchestra in a church
Dementia

This orchestra is giving dementia sufferers something to sing about: 'Music changes lives'

Leonard Bernstein: Exploring the American composer behind Bradley Cooper's musical biopic Maestro
Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in Maestro
Music

Leonard Bernstein: Exploring the American composer behind Bradley Cooper's musical biopic Maestro

The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight
Britney Spears - The Woman In Me
Books

The Woman in Me review – Britney Spears finally sets the record straight

Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores
Books

Karma by Boy George review – Culture Club singer settles scores

'Being over-sexualised as a teen has grave consequences': NXKXTA on grooming and the Lolita myth
NXKXTA

'Being over-sexualised as a teen has grave consequences': NXKXTA on grooming and the Lolita myth

Duran Duran pick the scariest movies to watch at Halloween – from Dracula to Silence of the Lambs
Duran Duran in spooky black and white for Halloween
Halloween

Duran Duran pick the scariest movies to watch at Halloween – from Dracula to Silence of the Lambs

Madonna's Celebration tour proves this is the Material Girl's world – we're all just living in it
Music

Madonna's Celebration tour proves this is the Material Girl's world – we're all just living in it

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: 'I kept it very low key'
Noddy Holder waving
Exclusive

Slade star Noddy Holder breaks silence after throat cancer diagnosis: 'I kept it very low key'

As war rages, music forces us to confront political complexity. We mustn't look away
Music

As war rages, music forces us to confront political complexity. We mustn't look away

Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: 'The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see'
big zuu
Food poverty

Rapper and TV chef Big Zuu: 'The more people give back, the better the world we’ll see'

Mick Jagger might give away his fortune. Imagine what a windfall tax on oil states could do instead
Paul McNamee

Mick Jagger might give away his fortune. Imagine what a windfall tax on oil states could do instead

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