Author: Emily Davis
Morrissey donates £50,000 to Salford Lads Club fundraiser
Morrissey has donated £50,000 to the Salford Lads Club, the institution pictured on the inner sleeve of the Smiths’ 1986 album The Queen Is Dead. [more…]
Weather tracker: More rain forecast in Spain as storms push in
The low-pressure system responsible for Spain’s most devastating floods in decades in Valencia also set new rainfall records across south-eastern Spain. In Jerez de la [more…]
Autre Ne Veut: Love, Guess Who?? review – long-awaited return is like peak Magic FM
Arthur Ashin, AKA Autre Ne Veut, emerged in 2010 with a self-titled instant classic of underground pop: think Prince had he lived alone in a [more…]
‘Downright terrifying’: readers on their scariest horror villains
Dr Freudstein – House by the Cemetery As a film it tends to be considered the weakest of Fulci’s big four or five, but a [more…]
‘Somebody’s up there saying: good karma!’ Phil Manzanera on Roxy Music, Cuban grooves and making a fortune off Jay-Z and Kanye West
In the booklet that accompanies Phil Manzanera’s career-spanning, 11-CD box set, 50 Years of Music, there is a photocopied page of small ads from a [more…]
Annarella and Django: Jouer review – flute and west African lute shine in expressive new partnership
The plucked melodic twang of the ngoni, a west African lute, has long added an unexpected texture to fusion records. Jazz trumpeter Don Cherry featured [more…]
Not one government has paid into fund for victims of Uganda warlord, says ICC
Not a single country has contributed towards reparations for the victims and survivors of the Ugandan warlord Dominic Ongwen, despite the international criminal court awarding [more…]
Marielle Franco murder: ex-police jailed for decades over crime that shook Brazil
Two former police officers who confessed to the murder of the Rio city councillor Marielle Franco have been sentenced to decades in prison for their [more…]
Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug and gun charges
Rapper Young Thug pleaded guilty Thursday in Atlanta, Georgia, to gang, drug and gun charges. The 33-year-old Grammy-winning artist, whose given name is Jeffery Williams, [more…]
Jack Draper runs out of steam at Paris Masters as Alex de Minaur wins three-setter
It was not until 10pm on Wednesday night that Jack Draper finally returned to the locker room after his tenacious victory over the world No [more…]
