It’s 1 March 1994, and at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, the 36th annual Grammy awards are under way. Though Cypress Hill’s Insane in
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Compared with the award-winning The Earth Is As Blue As an Orange from 2020, which charted a Ukrainian family’s attempt to make a film during
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In December 2022, the four members of Blur reconvened to discuss the possibility of a reunion. This surprised bassist Alex James, as he admits in
My criticism of the Band Aid charity single caused a storm. Now let’s talk about the way forward for Africa | Fuse ODG
This Christmas, something significant is unfolding. I believe that in decades to come, the world will look back at the 2024 festive season as a
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There are some big personalities in the class of seven-year-olds in an inner city Vienna primary school in this rather lovely and compassionate documentary. It
War’s Lonnie Jordan: ‘We don’t shoot bullets; we shoot rhythms’
In the mid 1960s a young African American R&B group from Long Beach, California were struggling to find a fitting name for themselves. Originally called
Neale Fraser, Australian tennis great and Davis Cup captain, dies aged 91
Australian tennis is mourning the loss of legendary player and Davis Cup captain Neale Fraser AO, MBE. Fraser, who won 19 grand slam titles, has