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You and I are gonna live forever: why 2024’s pop was all about sharing the moment

Pop may be full of solo artists and individually tailored streams, but the Eras tour, Brat summer and Oasis reunion showed we still long to be part of a crowd

The past year brought with it intriguing …

There’s nothing meek or mild about childbirth: why have male artists sanitised the Virgin Mary?

She may be the most painted woman in history, almost always portrayed as subservient, pure, chaste – and never actually giving birth. Thank goodness female artists like Paula Rego and Esther Strauss …

The Guide #170: All of Us Strangers to Charli xcx – our completely partial best of culture 2024

In this week’s newsletter: After a year packed full of content, I’ve picked my favourite shows, films, records, podcasts and books for you to feast on

2024, then. It’s time to look back at a year of p…

The Golden Globes gift bag contains gin, treadmills and a facelift – but there’s a catch

The Globes’ gift bags are worth $1m – but hopefuls such as Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett and Daniel Craig are advised to read the first come, first served small print

More than a fortnight before the …

Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 1 – The Brutalist

Brady Corbet’s ambitious saga starring a fantastic Adrien Brody as a Hungarian architect seeking a new life in the US, is a colossal achievement

The Childhood of a Lead…

European city mayors urge Ursula von der Leyen to tackle EU’s housing crisis

Leaders of 10 major cities call for action to address ‘one of the most pressing challenges’ facing society

The mayors of 10 major European cities – between them representing more than 13 million peopl…

Freed double killer given whole-life sentence for murder of neighbour in Welsh village

Brian Whitelock, 57, tortured and killed Wendy Buckney, 71, who had given him odd jobs to help his rehabilitation

A double killer freed from prison after being deemed low risk by the Parole Board has …

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