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Glastonbury, Doctor Who and the rise of Chappell Roan: These are the best cultural moments of 2024
Glastonbury, Doctor Who and the rise of Chappell Roan: These are the best cultural moments of 2024
The music, books, plays and films that lit up 2024
Drag Race star Tia Kofi: ‘We need to stand side-by-side with trans people more than ever’
Drag Race star Tia Kofi: ‘We need to stand side-by-side with trans people more than ever’
Drag queen, singer, podcaster, host – what’s next for Tia Kofi?
I wound up living in my car after coming out as a lesbian. Now I use music to help people heal
I wound up living in my car after coming out as a lesbian. Now I use music to help people heal
The Big Issue spoke to Onye Ezeh, aka OneDa, about her deeply personal debut record – and about what the future holds
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘It wasn’t the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music’
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘It wasn’t the easiest thing to be a new mum at 25 making pop music’
Lobster for dinner, anyone? Stars from music, TV and sports share their bizarre Christmas traditions
Lobster for dinner, anyone? Stars from music, TV and sports share their bizarre Christmas traditions
Myrrhder on the dancefloor: Who will triumph in the race for Christmas number one in 2024?
Myrrhder on the dancefloor: Who will triumph in the race for Christmas number one in 2024?
‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
‘There’s a war against buskers’: Inside the crackdown on buskers – and why street artists are at risk
‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
‘It’s changed our life’: These modern slavery survivors are finding hope at Christmas through music
James Blunt: ‘Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years’
James Blunt: ‘Nostalgia and misery have been my mainstays for over 20 years’
I’m in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here’s why
I’m in a struggling band but I keep giving our money away – here’s why
‘Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas’: Celebrating 40 years of Wham!’s festive classic
‘Last Christmas is woven in the fabric of Christmas’: Celebrating 40 years of Wham!’s festive classic
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
The Making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? review – spine-tingling scenes alongside camp and chaos
BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024
BBC 6 Music’s Deb Grant: These are the albums, gigs and books that brought me joy in 2024
X Factor star Grace Davies on music, mental health and Liam Payne: ‘I’m glad that show isn’t on now’
X Factor star Grace Davies on music, mental health and Liam Payne: ‘I’m glad that show isn’t on now’
Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: ‘There’s a sadness now to Christmas’
Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley on losing George Michael: ‘There’s a sadness now to Christmas’
I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera
I committed a cardinal sin at the Wexford Festival Opera
Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’
Reverend and the Makers release Samaritans charity single: ‘You don’t have to be on your own at Christmas’
New Order’s Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I’m mad for it
New Order’s Transmissions podcast digs up wild new stories of the band – and I’m mad for it
Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand
Sells like teen spirit: Nirvana stopping being a band when Kurt Cobain died – now they’re a brand
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie: ‘I had a young family – children and hard drugs don’t mix’
The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’
The Selecter’s Pauline Black: ‘I had an uncle who thought Enoch Powell was the way to go’
The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie: ‘I’d rather not be remembered for Three Lions’
The Lightning Seeds’ Ian Broudie: ‘I’d rather not be remembered for Three Lions’
I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father’s heart
I composed a piece of music made from the dying beats of my father’s heart
Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes
Inside the Leeds International Piano Competition: Where uprights are turned into half-pipes
Colin Greenwood: ‘I never let my brother Jonny forget it was me that got him into Radiohead’
