Kae Tempest

Kae Tempest: ‘I used to read David Icke. Imagine that’

The poet on being inspired by rappers, learning from Ursula K Le Guin, and the life-saving Leslie Feinberg

Kae Tempest

15, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM

‘A hero to millions’: Benjamin Zephaniah remembered by Michael Rosen, Kae Tempest and more

The acclaimed writer and poet for children and adults has died aged 65. Here, leading contemporaries pay tribute

Michael Rosen, Colin Grant, Kae Tempest, Diane Abbott, Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Hattenstone, Joseph Coelho and Abdul Malik Al Nasir

07, Dec, 2023 @2:36 PM

The week in TV: The Couple Next Door; Slow Horses; Being Kae Tempest; The Doll Fctory – review

Kink meets kitchen sink in C4’s swinging neighbours thriller; Gary Oldman takes dishevelment to the next level; inside the ‘ferocious’ mind of Kae Tempest; plus, some full-tilt gothic Victoriana

Barbara Ellen

03, Dec, 2023 @9:30 AM

Being Kae Tempest review – an extremely well-deserved good news story

This pleasingly hype-free documentary about the rapper and writer’s life shows them in a far happier place than in recent years. It’s very nice to see – even if it can tend towards the dull

Rachel Aroesti

29, Nov, 2023 @10:00 PM

The Guardian view on spoken word poets: powerful voices that are needed today | Editorial

Editorial: Traditionally looked down on by the poetry establishment, those specialising in performance deserve their new chance to shine

Editorial

07, Jul, 2023 @5:25 PM

Brit awards: all-male best artist category reveals wider music industry sickness

Out of the 71 acts eligible for the gender-neutral award, only 13 were female or non-binary. The dearth exposes the British industry’s inability to develop anyone but young men

Laura Snapes

16, Jan, 2023 @3:14 PM

‘Adele gave us hope’: the inside story of the Brit School

Vital springboard for the likes of Adele and Amy Winehouse? Or conveyor belt for beige pop? Staff, famous alumni and critics of the Brit performing arts school consider its complicated legacy

Michael Cragg

02, Sep, 2022 @10:00 AM

Green Man festival review – the absurd, the wonderful and the otherworldly

From the magisterial glam rock of Yves Tumor to the comedy surf-pop of Melin Melyn, Green Man froths with positivity and subversion

Sophie Walker

22, Aug, 2022 @2:28 PM

Freedom: 50 Years of Pride review – a messy, invigorating reminder to be vigilant

The dry wit, righteous anger and boundless energy that made UK Pride such a force is powerfully captured in a documentary featuring Ian McKellen and Olly Alexander

Rebecca Nicholson

02, Jul, 2022 @8:30 PM

On Connection by Kae Tempest audiobook review – inside the creative impulse

The performance poet narrates their first nonfiction work, mixing memoir with musings on how creativity brings people together

Fiona Sturges

13, May, 2022 @11:00 AM

Kae Tempest: This Line Is a Curve review – sensitive and punchy

Dealing with themes of love and isolation, Tempest’s genre-blending fourth album is their most grounded project to date

Kadish Morris

10, Apr, 2022 @2:00 PM

Kae Tempest: ‘I was living with this boiling hot secret in my heart’

Speaking for the first time about coming out as non-binary, the hip-hop poet and playwright recalls the pain of adolescence, and how lyricism, rapping and music provided a lifeline

Michael Segalov

12, Mar, 2022 @9:30 AM