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How to make the perfect running playlist, according to science
Music

How to make the perfect running playlist, according to science

Here’s how to pick your ideal soundtrack for busting a gut

Marc Almond on being the antidote to Thatcher and why he’s probably a queer icon after all
Music

Marc Almond on being the antidote to Thatcher and why he’s probably a queer icon after all

Marc Almond speaks to Big Issue on the heels of his 27th solo LP – yes, really

Glastonbury 2024: There’s a place for everyone on Worthy Farm
Music

Glastonbury 2024: There’s a place for everyone on Worthy Farm

Electronica and jazz fans were well catered for at this year’s Glastonbury festival

Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
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Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower

‘The Jazz Bar is too important to fail’ says the couple who saved an Edinburgh institution
Venue Watch

‘The Jazz Bar is too important to fail’ says the couple who saved an Edinburgh institution

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RuPaul’s Drag Race star Thorgy Thor on injecting stuffy symphony orchestras with big queer energy
Music

RuPaul’s Drag Race star Thorgy Thor on injecting stuffy symphony orchestras with big queer energy

Who is composer Fanny Mendelssohn? The musical sister finally being given her due
Music

Who is composer Fanny Mendelssohn? The musical sister finally being given her due

Walt Disco: ‘Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone’
Music

Walt Disco: ‘Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone’

Spades, moustaches and 3D Tetris: The secrets of Glastonbury’s legendary Block9 revealed
Glastonbury 2024

Spades, moustaches and 3D Tetris: The secrets of Glastonbury’s legendary Block9 revealed

‘It’s not boring s**t for old people’: How Glastonbury is trying to get festivalgoers to use their vote
Glastonbury Festival

‘It’s not boring s**t for old people’: How Glastonbury is trying to get festivalgoers to use their vote

‘Music is an important creative outlet’: IDLES answer questions from superfan with Angelman syndrome
Music

‘Music is an important creative outlet’: IDLES answer questions from superfan with Angelman syndrome

‘No song written about football is actually any good’: The best and worst Euro 2024 songs, ranked
Euro 2024

‘No song written about football is actually any good’: The best and worst Euro 2024 songs, ranked

Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
Glasgow International Jazz Festival

Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town

After the pandemic years, audience are more appreciative of intimate musical experiences than ever
Music

After the pandemic years, audience are more appreciative of intimate musical experiences than ever

‘This country is run by idiots and fools’: Paul Weller on politics, God and the state of everything
Music

‘This country is run by idiots and fools’: Paul Weller on politics, God and the state of everything

This is what happens to a local economy when Taylor Swift comes to town
Music

This is what happens to a local economy when Taylor Swift comes to town

How the UK’s jazz explosion led to a rebirth of cool
Music

How the UK’s jazz explosion led to a rebirth of cool

Paul Weller: ‘Keir Starmer’s just a slightly softer version of the Tory party, isn’t he?’
Politics

Paul Weller: ‘Keir Starmer’s just a slightly softer version of the Tory party, isn’t he?’

Washed Out music video controversy shows the hardest part is accepting AI is here to stay 
Music

Washed Out music video controversy shows the hardest part is accepting AI is here to stay 

‘Queer women aren’t for the male gaze’: Girli on queerness and why Tories ‘don’t give a s**t’ about Gen Z
Music

‘Queer women aren’t for the male gaze’: Girli on queerness and why Tories ‘don’t give a s**t’ about Gen Z

Bikini Kill star and riot grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna: ‘I was singing to my younger self on Bikini Kill’s early songs’
Letter to my Younger Self

Bikini Kill star and riot grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna: ‘I was singing to my younger self on Bikini Kill’s early songs’

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Soweto Kinch on ripping up the jazz rulebook and how his new BBC show is building community
Music

Soweto Kinch on ripping up the jazz rulebook and how his new BBC show is building community

Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson: ‘You don’t need some rock star saying war is a bad thing’
Letter To My Younger Self

Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson: ‘You don’t need some rock star saying war is a bad thing’

How a band formed in an asylum hotel is giving refugees hope: ‘Each note comes from the heart’
Music

How a band formed in an asylum hotel is giving refugees hope: ‘Each note comes from the heart’

Grassroots music venues need your help to survive now more than ever. Here’s why
Venue Watch

Grassroots music venues need your help to survive now more than ever. Here’s why