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Bears, burlesque and Phil Collins: the Disney songs that ruled our youths
As Disney celebrates its centenary – and a decade of Frozen shows no sign of dimming Let It Go’s hold on tots – we remember the cursed cats, R&B hounds and self-actualisation anthems that defined our childhoods
Rachel Aroesti, Peter Bradshaw, Alexi Duggins, Ammar Kalia, Rebecca Liu, Alexis Petridis, Laura Snapes, Joe Stone and Sophie Walker
24, May, 2023 @7:22 AM
‘Our red line is: are they funny?’: free speech comedy clubs and the battle over onstage offence
Graham Linehan and Dapper Laughs walk into a club ... It sounds like the setup to a bad joke, yet platforming comics who may cause offence is a winning formula. But can a night run by a GB News host claim to be anti-establishment?
Rachel Aroesti
20, May, 2023 @10:55 AM
Madison McFerrin: I Hope You Can Forgive Me review – an elegant and intricate debut LP
The Brooklyn singer (and daughter of Bobby McFerrin) conjures moments of spine-tingling atmosphere, but struggles to truly distinguish herself
Rachel Aroesti
12, May, 2023 @8:00 AM
‘A lot of people said Becky’s poo set the show back’: how we made Him & Her
‘Becky and Steve don’t do anything. They don’t care about anything. They just live in this eden of drink, food, sex, going out, hangovers. It’s a wonderful period – but it does have to end’
Interviews by Rachel Aroesti
08, May, 2023 @11:22 AM
Black Ops review – can you really make a hilarious comedy about police racism? Yes you can!
This series about feckless community support officers infiltrating a drug gang is a pitch-perfect, star-packed joy. It spotlights racism while being a brilliantly fresh farce
Rachel Aroesti
05, May, 2023 @9:00 PM
Best podcasts of the week: What really happened when Elon Musk took over Twitter
In this week’s newsletter: Why has the social network been in total chaos since the world’s richest man took control? Flipping the Bird investigates. Plus: five of the best podcasts about planet Earth
Alexi Duggins, Hannah Verdier, Hollie Richardson and Rachel Aroesti
04, May, 2023 @8:45 AM
‘Set up for failure’: the wild story behind the car crash interview which destroyed Prince Andrew
From Beatrice attending his meetings to proposing cinema get-togethers at Buckingham Palace, a new documentary digs into how the Newsnight debacle happened
Rachel Aroesti
27, Apr, 2023 @5:00 AM
Nelly and Nadine: Ravensbrück, 1944 Storyville review – a radical tale of lesbian love in a concentration camp
Through startlingly poetic memoirs and intimate footage of a woman discovering her grandmother’s incredible life, this documentary delivers a gut punch of a story
Rachel Aroesti
25, Apr, 2023 @10:30 PM
Alfa Mist: Variables review – his own universe of genre-transcending music
Warm, subtle jazz rubs shoulders with hip-hop and R&B in an evocative album that hits the sweet spot between accessible and experimental
Rachel Aroesti
21, Apr, 2023 @7:00 AM
Best podcasts of the week: Inside the ‘death denial’ movement’s quest to find the secret to eternal life
In this week’s newsletter: Journalist Frank Swain investigates those who want to reverse ageing to live forever in Buying Time. Plus: five of the best relaxing podcasts
Alexi Duggins, Hannah Verdier and Rachel Aroesti
20, Apr, 2023 @8:51 AM
Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words review – the incredible woman who made us check our poo
In this moving and powerful film, the trailblazing cancer campaigner shares her story hilariously and candidly – right up to the moment of her death
Rachel Aroesti
17, Apr, 2023 @9:20 PM
Recognition at last for male divas. But if Elton John qualifies, why not Drake – or Kendall Roy? | Rachel Aroesti
A new V&A exhibition sweeps aside connotations of misogyny and scorn. Let’s hope the diva’s joyful silliness survives, says the pop culture writer Rachel Aroesti
Rachel Aroesti
13, Apr, 2023 @3:31 PM
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