YouTube rewind 2020: Quarantine edition
I plumbed the depths of YouTube so you don't have to.
Music
The US presidential election just got whackier
Kanye West’s sudden entry into the presidential race makes an already bizarre contest much more so
Hamilton: how two songs fill history’s gaps
Broadway sensation Hamilton makes its long-awaited debut on Disney+ today. The filmed production, starring the original cast, is one of the new stream…
Flood of muesli-munchers fails to dampen Glastonbury Festival’s attraction
This weekend, tens of thousands of Glasto revellers were set to pour into Worthy Farm in Somerset to celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the worl…
Why Queen are being honoured by Royal Mail and which other celebrities have been on postage stamps
Queen (not Her Majesty, but the rock band) are set to feature on a series of postage stamps in the UK for the summer. Following the Beatles and Pin…
Jean-Michel Jarre: Sight and sound of the future of music?
The gig was billed as the world’s first live virtual 'avatar' concert
Are we seeing meaningful change after Black Lives Matter protests and what comes next?
Does any of this constitute meaningful change? Are we really seeing a world reborn, cleansed of the taint of racism?
Staying afloat: live music fans keep in touch with much-loved boat club via new podcast
Live music venues need our support more than ever, and Bristol's famous ship-club Thekla has found a great way to keep in touch with music fans.
AI is changing the way we make music - we should embrace it
In an interview from late 2019, musician Grimes proclaimed that ‘we’re approaching the end of human art, once there’s Artificial General Intelligence,…
Tributes pour in for Dame Vera Lynn
Tributes to Dame Vera Lynn, the Forces’ Sweetheart who boosted morale during the Second World War, have poured in after the singer died aged 103. D…