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• Sweet nothings, lazy slurs and rhyming slang | Brief letters

  03-06-2018 18:50
  Brian McFadden’s dress sense | Antimaterialism | Amazon jargon | Restaurant names | Marshmallow test | Brian CloseI’m so sorry Brian McFadden found it difficult to make good clothes choices when he went solo but I didn’t appreciate him saying he “looked like an old lesbian aunt” (Boys to men, G2, 30 May). I’m a lesbian aunt (who at 58 I’m sure he would deem ancient), I’ve never worn a suede shirt, and I have a great hairdresser. Time to cut the laz
  
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• From Kim Kardashian To Ashton Kutcher: 10 Celebrities Who Used Their Fame To Make A Difference In The World

  03-06-2018 18:07
  This is what we like to hear.
  
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• From Blac Chyna To Taylor Swift: 7 Celebrities Who Found Themselves At The Centre Of A Social-Media Storm

  03-06-2018 16:36
  Time to log off and take a break?
  
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• Patti Smith review – so charismatic she can goof up all she likes

  03-06-2018 15:20
  Brighton DomeThe punk rock poet’s snarl was nowhere to be seen and she even got away with telling fans this was a London warmupIt feels a little strange to hear Patti Smith, poet laureate of punk rock, expounding on her love of the Sunday evening Inspector Morse spinoff Endeavour between songs, but here we are. Confined to her hotel room on Friday night by a heavy Brighton sea mist, she says – “I couldn’t see shit” – her evening was enlivened by watching an ep
  
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• Bavarian State Orchestra / Petrenko review – Rattle's heir thrills with wild intensity

  03-06-2018 14:19
  Barbican, LondonKirill Petrenko’s rapport with the awesome Bavarian players delivered a truly dazzling Mahler Seventh, and underlined why his move to Berlin is hotly anticipated Coincidence? Surely not. In the very week that Sir Simon Rattle gave his farewell visiting concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic across London in the Royal Festival Hall, who should turn up at the rival Barbican Hall but Rattle’s heir and successor Kirill Petrenko, in company with the Bavarian State Orchestra
  
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• Marnie Simpson Credits Her Surgeon As She Sunbathes Totally Naked In Greece

  03-06-2018 14:18
  That's quite a view...
  
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• Field Day review – shifting sounds tighten up London's festival scene

  03-06-2018 13:28
  Brockwell Park, LondonUnder orders not to upset new neighbours, Field Day got strict with its headliners – pulling the plug on an overtime Erykah Badu – while serving a jazzy lineup of fresh starsWhen the sound gets shut off on the first night of Field Day, Erykah Badu has just peeled herself off the floor, where she’s been serenading us on her belly like a teenager on a late-night phone call. The neo soul queen may be upfront about her age – tweaking the lyrics of Me to
  
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• Abbie Holborn Saves The Day After Sophie Kasaei Makes The Worst Holiday Mistake On Record

  03-06-2018 12:58
  The Geordie Shore lass is surprisingly organised...
  
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• Fans Think Khloe Kardashian Shaded Kanye West With The Help Of A Taylor Swift Song

  03-06-2018 12:09
  Ummmm, what's going on here?
  
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• Scott Disick And Sofia Richie Have 'Split' Amid Rumours That He Cheated On Her

  03-06-2018 11:36
  It's over.
  
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• Summer 2018 playlists, chosen by Goat Girl, Justice, Hot Chip and more

  03-06-2018 11:00
  Musicians reveal the songs they turn to when the sun hits the sky – listen to their hot tracks belowBandleader and saxophone and clarinet player; member of the Comet Is Coming and Sons of Kemet Continue reading...
  
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• On my radar: Don Letts’s cultural highlights

  03-06-2018 11:00
  The BBC 6 Music DJ on Afrofuturism, Father John Misty, and why he owes his show’s success to the crew at Rough Trade WestBorn in London in 1956, Don Letts is a film-maker, musician and DJ who straddled the dub-reggae and punk scenes in the 70s, introducing the latter to the former through his King’s Road shop, Acme Attractions, and influential DJ sets at the Roxy. He directed music videos for the Clash and in 1984 formed Big Audio Dynamite with ex-Clash member Mick Jones. His documen
  
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• Oneohtrix Point Never: Age Of review – a subversion of expectations

  03-06-2018 10:00
  (Warp)The twinkling baroque harpsichord that opens producer Daniel Lopatin’s latest album is a perfect representation of his unpredictable work. Having made his name over the past decade with albums that encompass noise music, synthesiser-heavy electronics, and luscious harmonies, his ninth record continues his legacy of off-kilter composition and unexpected instrumentation.Lopatin, AKA Oneohtrix Point Never, has become increasingly collaborative in recent years, producing for David Byrne,
  
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• Father John Misty review – papa ain’t got a brand new bag

  03-06-2018 10:00
  Vicar Street, Dublin
  If Josh Tillman’s quietly released new LP suggested trouble in paradise, there is no sign of it in this lush, entertaining setFather John Misty released an album on Friday. On it, a number people – hotel concierges, Misty’s own sainted muse, Emma, AKA Honeybear, and Americana singer-songwriter Jason Isbell – express concern for Misty’s wellbeing.People might not know about God’s Favorite Customer, because publicity for it has been dialled
  
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• Jamie Isaac: (04.30) Idler review – an unlikely heir to Sade

  03-06-2018 09:00
  (Marathon Artists)From Bon Iver to the Weeknd via our own James Blake, sad boys have stamped their imprimatur on the early years of this century. The latest exponent finds the subgenre subtly levelling up. Jamie Isaac is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist infused with the smoky sensibility of south London – the bass of dubstep, the loneliness of the night bus – as well as jazz and granular digitals. His 2016 debut, Couch Baby, found the twentynothing lolling on soft furnishi
  
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• Fatoumata Diawara: Fenfo review – a seductive marriage of ancient and modern

  03-06-2018 09:00
  (Wagram/Montuno)Pierced of lip, electric guitarist Fatoumata Diawara has verve to spare, and a dynamic voice whose partial cloudiness is fundamental to its appeal. The singer released her debut album, Fatou, in 2011; an intervening aeon has seen the Mali-born, Paris-based artist act in films and collaborate extensively; Ultimatum, her Disclosure feature, was released earlier this month. In the wake of the discovery last year of slave markets in Libya, she recorded a powerful anti-racism track, D
  
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• With his band The The, Matt Johnson lit up the 80s. Now pop’s bright light is shining again

  03-06-2018 01:05
  As The The tour for the first time in 18 years, its frontman explains how his brother’s death motivated him to write againThe The were among the most critically acclaimed and politically engaged bands of the 1980s. Albums such as Soul Mining and Infected are considered among the decade’s finest releases. But for almost 20 years, Matt Johnson, the band’s founder, singer and songwriter, vanished from public view, refusing to write, record or perform. “I intentionally fell o
  
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• Tchaikovsky and the secret gay loves censors tried to hide

  03-06-2018 01:03
  New volume includes once-hidden passages about the composer’s homosexualityThe words are tender and passionate, describing in raw detail the powerful emotions felt by one of the world’s best-loved composers. But until now some of the letters of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, in which he tells of his sexual desires, have been hidden from the world because the objects of those desires were other men.Now the letters have been published in English for the first time, restoring sensitive passa
  
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