Maya Jama "buzzing" as she signs huge Netflix deal – as former Love Island star favourite to replace her as host

The agreement, first revealed by Variety , covers a number of new projects that are still being kept under wraps, with neither Jama nor Netflix disclosing details or terms. "I'm absolutely buzzing to be working with…

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Random Magic: ML Buch Interviewed

Over its 50 minutes, the performance brought sculptural lighting and spatial design into dialogue with Buch’s enigmatic vocal and guitar work, to conjure what she describes as “random magic”. It was nothing short of…

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‘I’m looking for faces which surprise me’: how Richard Avedon photographed the soul of his subjects

The Dalai Lama burst into laughter. That was when Avedon snapped two more frames and announced: "Oh, I got it!" Avedon's assistant, Sebastian Kim , was baffled. "I was like, what the hell happened? There's only four…

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Sex Pistols album art, Brian Eno's Roxy Music costumes and more to be displayed as part of V&A Punk to Pop exhibiton

The exhibition takes place across three acts. Act One: Grey Britain and Glam introduces visitors to the social and political landscape of the 1970s with a collection of posters, photographs, newspapers and archive…

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Tom A. Smith Announces Debut Album ‘The Golden Gates’

The songwriter has decided to fully embrace his story on the incoming record, built alongside some close friends. Tom A. Smith was born with a rare heart condition, and extensive surgery as a child left him with scarring…

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Kofi Stone is getting comfortable with life’s contradictions

Sowing verse-shaped seeds in the soil, he’s nourished them with the faith that one day his unseen visions will blossom into something tangible for the world to witness. Dialling in from a hotel room across the Atlantic…

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Richard Lloyd, 1951-2026: celebrated guitarist at the heart of the punk explosion

Indeed, the dual and duelling guitar lines of Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd sparked off each other so vibrantly that, to paraphrase their seminal stand-off ‘Marquee Moon’, the lightning seemed to strike itself. As one…

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Olivia Dean Is Apple Music’s Artist Of The Year

The UK singer has enjoyed a truly incredible 12 months, shattering chart records and conquering the globe. Now adored in the United States, Olivia Dean has played a string of historic shows, including four nights at…

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Matt Bellamy thinks ‘Cryogen’ is better than these classic Muse songs – watch his blind-ranking

From that album comes the powerful single ‘Cryogen’, which frontman Matt Bellamy has placed above some of Muse’s biggest hits in a blind-ranking for NME . What songs were bested by ‘Cryogen’? Find out in the video below.…

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Tom A. Smith tells us about his rare heart condition as he announces debut album ‘The Golden Gates’

Check out our interview with the singer-songwriter below, along with lead single ‘Carry That Weight’ co-written by The Maccabees’ Hugo White . The Sunderland singer-songwriter has never spoken publicly about being born…

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