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Letters: Readers respond to Nick Cave’s claim that the Fairytale of New York has been mutilated by BBC censorship

Letters

08, Dec, 2020 @5:42 PM

Nick Cave accuses BBC of 'mutilating' Fairytale of New York

The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl song, to be played in a censored version on some BBC radio stations, will be ‘stripped of its value’, says Cave

Laura Snapes

01, Dec, 2020 @1:04 PM

Nick Cave says political correctness has run amok. Is that the right word for it?

The singer declared recently that political correctness has ‘run amuck’ - but he probably didn’t mean murderous rage

Steven Poole

21, Aug, 2020 @6:00 AM

Nick Cave: 'cancel culture is bad religion run amuck'

Australian musician criticises people’s refusal to engage with ‘difficult ideas’

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

12, Aug, 2020 @6:11 PM

Idiot Prayer: Nick Cave Alone at Alexandra Palace review – utterly magnetic

An intimate and quietly mesmerising livestream event revelled in the range of Cave’s rich back catalogue

Sean O’Hagan

25, Jul, 2020 @1:00 PM

Nick Cave: Idiot Prayer review – livestreamed gig is not just solo, but starkly alone

Cave’s performance in an empty hall, with just piano and voice, seems to try and ward off the terrifying silence of the Covid-19 age

Kate Hennessy

23, Jul, 2020 @4:27 PM

Ivor Novello awards 2020: Dave, Kate Tempest and Stormzy among nominees

Behind-the-scenes talents Dan Carey, Jimmy Napes and Jamie Hartman join Kate Tempest with a pair of nominations each in UK songwriting awards

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

19, Jul, 2020 @11:01 PM

UK could become 'cultural wasteland' due to coronavirus, say leading artists

Letter signed by hundreds of creative figures including PJ Harvey, Anish Kapoor and Rufus Wainwright calls on government support

Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

26, Apr, 2020 @11:51 AM

Nick Cave, Andy Griffiths and the $10,000 suit: how Melbourne's Crystal Ballroom launched a scene

Kirsten Krauth’s new book captures the venue’s anarchic punk ethos. Here she talks to the Storey Treehouse author about their mutual inspiration

Kirsten Krauth

09, Apr, 2020 @5:23 AM

Earl Cave: 'I can do angsty teenager but I think I was pretty pleasant'

Nick Cave’s son was first seen on screen in a pair of intimate documentaries. Now, family tragedy has inspired him to ‘make something beautiful’ in his acting career

Daniel Dylan Wray

27, Feb, 2020 @12:40 PM

True History of the Kelly Gang's cross-dressing punk rock outlaw is not quite as radical as he looks

Stan’s new film undercuts its own attempt to subvert the traditional masculinity in which the Ned Kelly myth is steeped

Jeff Sparrow

08, Jan, 2020 @1:49 AM

Madonna, Motown and Mongolian metal: the music to listen out for in 2020

The queen of pop gets intimate, Taylor Swift feels the sunshine and Stormzy takes on the world … plus, classical celebrations begin for Beethoven’s 250th

Alexis Petridis and Andrew Clements

01, Jan, 2020 @11:00 AM