if nothing else this was a reminder that The Flood really goes theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

I dug into the budget sheets to have a look at the realities of modern day touring costs for a bunch of artists. Such is the struggle for many established acts to tour profitably, it’s been declared a cost of touring crisis. theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

Wrote about The Tortured Poets Department for Stereogum, a website that thankfully does not affix numerical grades to its album reviews: stereogum.com/2260059/premat…

who will step up to ask this woman what colour Tuesday is and whether her mother plays golf, these boring profiles all let her media training lead the way. pointless words just filling the space where the photos aren’t, why bother

i spoke to the design team who wove amy's worlds for back to black

just dropping in to say that this pet shop boys documentary is a pure and unadulterated delight bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

It’s out. It’s here. It’s a bouncing baby book. Etc. You can buy it from Omnibus or from Hive (which supports local bookshops).

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The bombing of Rafah is a world historic crime right before our eyes. Every single politician who has failed to call for a ceasefire is complicit. Every member of the media who ran cover for this is complicit. They’re live streaming the final solution to the Palestinian question

what pubs will step up and show the traitors final, we NEED this

had a magical time with jess williamson last night theguardian.com/music/2024/jan…

this is truly delightful and full of incredible lines, amelia and this guy forever

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guide singles column: the movie, i'm ready

Wrote about my fantasy, Dalmatian-filled home for FT Property: propertylistings.ft.com/propertynews/u…

RSUK just an absolute joke ofc but magazines in the uk have seen writers as the least important part of the process for decades. commercial teams, photographers, stylists, publishers, events teams etc all compensated richly while writers are out here scrapping about for peanuts

everything about the autumn statement is so gross, just consistently fucking over the vulnerable and framing it as a favour to the middle classes