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Lily Allen’s radically self-contained one-woman show

Tue 3 Mar 2026

Lily Allen’s radically self-contained one-woman show
Patrick Kidd
Éliane Radigue, abstract composer

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Éliane Radigue, abstract composer
Oliver Franklin-Wallis
An hour with… Aidan Zamiri

Thu 26 Feb 2026

An hour with… Aidan Zamiri
Rooksana Hossenally
How Pigalle got its groove back

Sun 22 Feb 2026

How Pigalle got its groove back
Lily Isaacs
Playlist of the week: songs inspired by literature

Thu 19 Feb 2026

Playlist of the week: songs inspired by literature
Anna Prendergast
Listening rooms are rekindling our love of hi-fi

Sun 15 Feb 2026

Listening rooms are rekindling our love of hi-fi
Austin McCoy
What to read to understand hip-hop

Thu 12 Feb 2026

What to read to understand hip-hop
Barbara Ellen
Bad Bunny: the planet’s biggest star has Trump fuming

Sun 8 Feb 2026

Bad Bunny: the planet’s biggest star has Trump fuming
Frank Skinner
I feel for Harry Styles’s fans, tickets for West Brom’s ’68 cup final were out of my league too

Sat 7 Feb 2026

I feel for Harry Styles’s fans, tickets for West Brom’s ’68 cup final were out of my league too
Kitty Empire
When protest came to the Grammys

Mon 2 Feb 2026

When protest came to the Grammys
Phoebe Davis
English family’s protest song strikes a chord in the US

Sun 1 Feb 2026

English family’s protest song strikes a chord in the US
Craig McLean
The eternal life of Jeff Buckley

Thu 29 Jan 2026

The eternal life of Jeff Buckley
Kitty Empire
David Bowie’s Blackstar: urgent, contemporary and elliptical

Fri 9 Jan 2026

David Bowie’s Blackstar: urgent, contemporary and elliptical
Gail Ann Dorsey
David Bowie, remembered by Gail Ann Dorsey

Thu 8 Jan 2026

David Bowie, remembered by Gail Ann Dorsey
Vanessa Thorpe
Allegations against predatory tutors reveal an ‘endemic’ culture of abuse at conservatoires

Mon 29 Dec 2025

Allegations against predatory tutors reveal an ‘endemic’ culture of abuse at conservatoires
Warren Ellis
Marianne Faithfull, remembered by Warren Ellis

Thu 25 Dec 2025

Marianne Faithfull, remembered by Warren Ellis
Miranda Sawyer
Miranda Sawyer’s year of gigs with her daughter

Tue 23 Dec 2025

Miranda Sawyer’s year of gigs with her daughter
Xavier Greenwood
Lucky, lucky, lucky! After 37 years Kylie lands her first UK Christmas No 1

Sun 21 Dec 2025

Lucky, lucky, lucky! After 37 years Kylie lands her first UK Christmas No 1
Eva Wiseman
Lily Allen: the aftermath of an album

Sat 20 Dec 2025

Lily Allen: the aftermath of an album
Stephen Armstrong
Steve Cropper was the country-soul backbone of Stax Records

Wed 10 Dec 2025

Steve Cropper was the country-soul backbone of Stax Records
Xavier Greenwood
Spotify rapped: results don’t reflect the music we like

Sun 7 Dec 2025

Spotify rapped: results don’t reflect the music we like
Vanessa Thorpe
‘It’s like finding myself again’: Julian Lloyd Webber picks up his cello after 10 years

Sat 6 Dec 2025

‘It’s like finding myself again’: Julian Lloyd Webber picks up his cello after 10 years
Killian Fox
Arinzè Kene: ‘The film My Father’s Shadow had me in tears’

Fri 28 Nov 2025

Arinzè Kene: ‘The film My Father’s Shadow had me in tears’
Finn Blythe
The place where music history is made

Sun 23 Nov 2025

The place where music history is made
Matthew Bishop
Ticket touting ban may backfire

Sun 23 Nov 2025

Ticket touting ban may backfire
Killian Fox
Maggi Hambling: ‘I was warned to drink only one but I had three and a half’

Fri 21 Nov 2025

Maggi Hambling: ‘I was warned to drink only one but I had three and a half’
Evan Moffitt
Please release me: pop’s brightest stars learn to take fans by surprise

Sun 16 Nov 2025

Please release me: pop’s brightest stars learn to take fans by surprise
Dmitry Sitkovetsky
A week in Baku: music, memory and football

Sat 15 Nov 2025

A week in Baku: music, memory and football
Patrick Kidd
Gilson Lavis, Squeeze drummer and reformed wild man

Sat 15 Nov 2025

Gilson Lavis, Squeeze drummer and reformed wild man
Vanessa Thorpe
How The Traitors became a national institution so quickly

Sun 27 Apr 2025

How The Traitors became a national institution so quickly
Simon Barnes
My week as an Orange-tip butterfly

Sun 27 Apr 2025

My week as an Orange-tip butterfly
James Tapper
Injured Gazan children will be allowed into the UK for treatment

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Injured Gazan children will be allowed into the UK for treatment
Simon Barnes
‘Wait for the sun. Hope to survive’: my week as an Orange-tip butterfly

Sun 27 Apr 2025

‘Wait for the sun. Hope to survive’: my week as an Orange-tip butterfly
Susannah Clapp
Gary Oldman is extraordinary in Krapp’s Last Tape

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Gary Oldman is extraordinary in Krapp’s Last Tape
Andrew Rawnsley
There’s no courting king Donald IGNORE

Sun 27 Apr 2025

There’s no courting king Donald IGNORE
James Tapper
Tributes pour in for Virginia Giuffre, a ‘light for survivors’

Sun 27 Apr 2025

Tributes pour in for Virginia Giuffre, a ‘light for survivors’
Peter Pomerantsev
‘Trump and Putin want to destroy Europe’

Sun 27 Apr 2025

‘Trump and Putin want to destroy Europe’
Andrew Rawnsley
There’s no courting King Donald

Sun 27 Apr 2025

There’s no courting King Donald
Joanna Moorhead
The Catholic Church is at a generational crossroads

Sat 26 Apr 2025

The Catholic Church is at a generational crossroads

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