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The rise of the pop girlie: Marketing mediocrity or feminism in action?  

“GIRLS INVENTED PUNK ROCK, NOT ENGLAND”: so reads the iconic green T-shirt of Sonic Youth legend Kim Gordon. The slogan stands in defiance of an unfortunate truth in the music industry: femininity and credibility often exist in contention with one another.

World music after ‘world music’

On the face of it, the term ‘world music’ is perhaps one of the...

NAZA: The most important film of the year

The filmmakers of NAZA clearly know that beyond physical distance, emotional distance is what allows the violence in Gaza to continue, and shows us just how easy it is to ignore what is going on right under our noses.

In conversation with John Kennedy, “one of the most trusted voices in music”

In a media landscape often dominated by gossip, rumours, and sometimes pure hate, it’s undeniably refreshing to listen to John, a man who never lost sight of what really matters.

Review: The Great Gatsby OST

Andrew McLean believes in the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us

Interview: Jamie N Commons

Jack Chown talks Songs, the Stones and Stylists with bluesman Jamie N Commons

The Top 12 – 4th Week

Marc Pacitti looks ahead to the top cultural events of 4th week

Review: The Politician’s Husband

Tom Beardsworth enjoys the drama and duplicity of The Politician's Husband — but it doesn't beat Borgen

Interview: Kirsty Wark

Sophie Hall-Luke speaks to the Newsnight presenter about her illustrious career in journalism

Review: Iron Man 3

Is the franchise getting a bit rusty, or does this sequel prove its mettle?

How would Burke have rated Perry?

Henry Tonks ponders over the meaning of culture to conservative politics

Spotlight on…The Winterling

Interviews with the star-studded cast of a little-known play

Preview: She Stoops to Conquer

This genial and spirited play is sure to be a hit

Review: The Oxford Revue & Friends

A fresh take on last Saturday's show which featured the Revue along with the Durham Revue and Cambridge Footlights

Review: ‘The Emperor’s Tomb’ by Joseph Roth

Alexander Rankine admires Roth's raw, unpolished, new novel

Shrigley and the Turner Prize Shortlist

Nina Black on why David Shrigley's art has more to offer than a laugh

Review: The Apprentice

Anna Spencer finds the egos and the infighting just as watchable as ever

Jammin to… ‘Biggest Fan Ever’ by Filthy Boy

Luke Barratt wants to share this disturbing but enthralling narrative song

Review: 1984

An ambitious but successful performance

Review: The Goat or Who is Sylvia?

This controversial and unsettling play is not for the faint-hearted

Review: Hay Fever

Luvvies and lust in a summery setting: Hay Fever ticks all the boxes

Review: The Trial

The verdict on this stripped-down production of Kafka

Review: Midnight at the Rue Morgue

The verdict on an immersive theatre piece based on the writings of Edgar Allen Poe at the BT

Daft Punk funk? Are you drunk?

Oli Davies launches his defence of the French duo

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