The music licensing company PPL has revealed its Most Played charts for 2022, with Ed Sheeran once again securing the title of Most Played Artist of the year in the UK. PPL licenses the use of recorded music on radio, TV and in public places in the UK and receives extensive airplay reporting from broadcasters … [Read more…]
Crikey has apologised to Brittany Higgins and to its revolted readers over an opinion piece written by one of its top journalists. The article by Guy Rundle titled “The Brittany Higgins case: we’re not required to leave our brains at the security entrance” sparked furore online after it demanded that the settlement paid to Brittany … [Read more…]
Not all of Nairn’s buildings were post-war – the oldest featured in the 1935-built London Zoo Penguin Pool, by Daniel Lubetkin. Nairn says: ‘At the time it would have been impossible to provide something as convenient and amusing for human beings…the penguins walk solemnly up and down their interlocking concrete spirals, a parody of every … [Read more…]
Not all of Nairn’s buildings were post-war – the oldest featured in the 1935-built London Zoo Penguin Pool, by Daniel Lubetkin. Nairn says: ‘At the time it would have been impossible to provide something as convenient and amusing for human beings…the penguins walk solemnly up and down their interlocking concrete spirals, a parody of every … [Read more…]
Book sales have steadily increased since the pandemic and while there are many factors likely involved in this, one that publishers and booksellers have been delighted about is #BookTok. BookTok is a subcommunity on TikTok dedicated to making content and sharing recommendations around all things bookish. These videos include book hauls, bookshelf tours, and recommendations … [Read more…]
Emma Cline (Chatto & Windus, $32.99) Emma Cline’s first novel, The Girls, was the hit debut of 2016, garnering critical and popular acclaim for its assured, atmospheric account of a teenage girl drawn into a Manson Family-inspired cult in late 60s California. Seven years later, the US author’s talent for evoking mood and tone is … [Read more…]
“Are you telling me you’re secretly naughty, Jude?” Turning 88 in July, and releasing her third album in seven years this month, Shirley Collins is in an impish mood. This is standard. We’re discussing the rebelliousness at the heart of her life as a carrier and disseminator of traditional songs; many of them are repositories … [Read more…]
Absolute, DJ Paulette, Gerd Janson, Faithless’ Sister Bliss (DJ set), and many more complete the stacked bill for Secret Garden Party 2023. The popular festival situated in a picturesque 10-acre landscaped garden, bordering a river and lake, Near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, returns between July 20 and 23. The music, wellness and art extravaganza boasts headliners Underworld, … [Read more…]
“I, itch of ink, think of thing, plucked open at her start; no bigger than a capillary, no wiser than a cantaloupe, and quite optimistic about what my life would come to look like.” The opening sentence of Maddy Mortimer’s debut novel, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, is sheer poetry—it cascades off the tongue in … [Read more…]
Smoke Over the Waters: Fires in Alberta, Canada, sent smoke across some of the Big Lake neighborhood this week and lit the Sun with an unearthly (can you say “unearthly” about the Sun?) red glow. Wet weather was expected at least on the western shores today, which may help the smoke situation. Air quality concerns were … [Read more…]