Music
How to make the perfect running playlist, according to science![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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
Travis frontman Fran Healy on unfinished business and why being working class is a superpower
RuPaul’s Drag Race star Thorgy Thor on injecting stuffy symphony orchestras with big queer energy
RuPaul’s Drag Race star Thorgy Thor on injecting stuffy symphony orchestras with big queer energy
Walt Disco: ‘Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Walt Disco: ‘Politicians would rather talk about trans people than things affecting everyone’
How REM helped The Bear go from very good to one of the all-time greats![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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How REM helped The Bear go from very good to one of the all-time greats
Spades, moustaches and 3D Tetris: The secrets of Glastonbury’s legendary Block9 revealed![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘It’s not boring s**t for old people’: How Glastonbury is trying to get festivalgoers to use their vote
Overgrown lads should act their age – even at a Liam Gallagher gig![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Overgrown lads should act their age – even at a Liam Gallagher gig
Even though I have Down’s syndrome, I know how to party. I’m the first and last on the dance floor![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Even though I have Down’s syndrome, I know how to party. I’m the first and last on the dance floor
‘No song written about football is actually any good’: The best and worst Euro 2024 songs, ranked![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Blue Note Records opens first ever Glasgow store as jazz festival fever hits town
Blur: To The End review – poignant new music film shows a band of brothers reunited![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Blur: To The End review – poignant new music film shows a band of brothers reunited
‘This country is run by idiots and fools’: Paul Weller on politics, God and the state of everything![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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?’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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 ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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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![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘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’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Bikini Kill star and riot grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna: ‘I was singing to my younger self on Bikini Kill’s early songs’
Bob Vylan: ‘Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there’s not space to be vulnerable’![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Bob Vylan: ‘Is it OK for me to cry? As a man you can feel there’s not space to be vulnerable’
‘Whose voices have the right to be heard?’: Censorship of Black culture has existed for decades![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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‘Whose voices have the right to be heard?’: Censorship of Black culture has existed for decades
Soweto Kinch on ripping up the jazz rulebook and how his new BBC show is building community![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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Soweto Kinch on ripping up the jazz rulebook and how his new BBC show is building community
How the Northern Ballet’s empty orchestra pit perfectly sums up UK’s arts crisis ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=)
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