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Ed Brown wrote a new post 4 years, 4 months ago

“How can I hate women? My mum’s one,” asks David Brent, chief schadenfreude magnet of Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s classic comedy The Office. Played by Gervais, Brent is a masterclass in character buildin […]

Ed Brown wrote a new post 4 years, 6 months ago

Part of what makes Frank Turner’s music so enjoyable is its irrepressible sense of adolescent vigour. So it feels pleasingly on-brand that we’re less than 30 seconds into our interview before the 39-year-old sta […]

Ed Brown wrote a new post 4 years, 6 months ago

Wolf Alice knew what they were doing when they decided to kick off Blue Weekend with the query—murmured in hushed tones—“when will we three meet again, in thunder, lightning, in rain?”

With the release of thei […]

Ed Brown wrote a new post 4 years, 8 months ago

It was a gritty blues-rock swagger that rocketed Royal Blood to fame with the release of their debut album in 2014. But it’s with a markedly different sound that they return to the stage—socially distanced and […]

Ed Brown wrote a new post 4 years, 8 months ago

On 4 April 2020, Sir Keir Starmer was elected as the new leader of the Labour party. His rise to the top came at a difficult time. The last general election had crushed Labour and disillusioned the membership. […]

Ed Brown wrote a new post 4 years, 12 months ago

What even is this ‘punk’ thing, anyway?

If there’s any musical genre that’s truly transcended the boundaries of mere sound and come to represent a set of ideals – even a lifestyle – then surely it has to be p […]

Ed Brown wrote a new post 5 years ago

Suffering a decade out of power and in dire straits, the Labour party has recently adopted an innovative new electoral strategy. It is a party characterised by division; the boundaries between factions are marked […]

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