Martha Wainwright

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Martha Wainwright: ‘My happiest decade is also my saddest – this decade’
The singer-songwriter on her famous musical family, coping with death, divorce and parenting, and how her childhood was still easier than Prince Harry’s

Kate Kellaway

22, Jan, 2023 @9:30 AM

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Playtime review – quirky gags and mimed mayhem as Tati comedy takes the stage
This adaptation of the classic 1967 film is packed with fun despite losing its way in the second half

Arifa Akbar

08, Sep, 2022 @11:20 AM

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‘I was promiscuous – that’s murder on marriage’: Loudon Wainwright III on sex addiction, booze and family feuds
The singer-songwriter fought with his father, fell out with children Rufus and Martha and drove away his first wife before the honeymoon was even over. At 76, has he finally made some kind of peace with the world?

Simon Hattenstone

05, Sep, 2022 @5:00 AM

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Stories I Might Regret Telling You by Martha Wainwright review – a hilariously candid memoir
She considered herself something of a failure – but the revered singer-songwriter’s autobiography shows her to be one of a kind

Caroline Sullivan

31, Mar, 2022 @10:00 AM

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Stories I Might Regret Telling You by Martha Wainwright review – first-class family drama
Tales of rivalry, love, drugs and difficult births litter the singer-songwriter’s gripping account of life in a dysfunctional music dynasty

Kitty Empire

28, Mar, 2022 @6:00 AM

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Martha Wainwright: ‘Forget rock excess, life on the road was a juggling act for me’
The Canadian-American singer-songwriter on why she needed to tell a different story in her candid autobiography

Edward Helmore

27, Mar, 2022 @9:00 AM

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Rufus and Martha Wainwright: ‘When Mum died, we sewed ourselves together again’
The famous musical siblings revisit their fractious childhood relationship and recreate an old photograph

Harriet Gibsone

16, Oct, 2021 @11:00 AM

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At my first live concert in 18 months, songs about divorce have never felt so joyful | Rick Burin
We weren’t used to being back in a crowd – until Martha Wainwright’s music let us forget about the pandemic, says writer and press manager Rick Burin

Rick Burin

04, Oct, 2021 @8:00 AM

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Martha Wainwright: ‘Divorce has given me wisdom’
The musician, 45, talks about putting down roots, losing her mother, playing music and and how middle age has been a transformative time

James McMahon

07, Aug, 2021 @1:00 PM

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'Socially distanced Venetian gondolas!' – Rufus Wainwright on his dream festival
With festival season cancelled, we’re starting a new series asking stars for their dream lineups. First up is Rufus Wainwright, blending opera and Florence Welch

Interview by Dave Simpson

02, Jul, 2020 @4:00 PM

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Rufus and Martha Wainwright review – quirky, magnificent festive blowout
Chrissie Hynde, Neil Tennant and Sophie Ellis-Bextor joyously topped up the Wainwright siblings’ big-hearted Christmas fundraiser, A Not So Silent Night

Ian Gittins

08, Dec, 2019 @11:36 AM

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Q&A: protesters interrupt debate on Bill Leak, accusing cartoonist of racism
Panellists including the former News Corp chief executive Kim Williams try to distinguish respect for Leak from dismay at some of his work

Joshua Robertson

13, Mar, 2017 @7:52 PM

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