Plan B
Keep wearing masks, charities urge as Covid measures are lifted in England
Groups supporting vulnerable people say they ‘feel abandoned’ by government as plan B restrictions come to an end
James Tapper
22, Jan, 2022 @3:00 PM
Top UK court overturns block on Heathrow's third runway
Earlier ruling said expansion plan was illegal as government had not considered its climate commitments
Damian Carrington Environment editor
16, Dec, 2020 @4:43 PM
Tracks of the week reviewed: Jess Glynne, Plan B and the yodelling kid
A pop star is back with a conga-ready breezer, there’s an epic soul-rave walloper and the meme-able Mason Ramsey makes his terrible, terrible debut
Peter Robinson
04, May, 2018 @10:00 AM
Plan B: Heaven Before All Hell Breaks Loose review – Drew's fourth searches for template
This long-trailed fourth album from Ben Drew finds him too often ending up in platitudes
Michael Hann
04, May, 2018 @9:00 AM
Plan B review – Bard boy makes good
The Globe proves an inspired backdrop for Ben Drew’s dramatic live return, complete with gremlins and groundlings
Kitty Empire
30, Jul, 2017 @8:00 AM
Plan B review – limp comeback for would-be bard of modern soul
Ben Drew’s surefooted rap flow and melodic falsetto is used in conservative material that rings hollow in a venue unsuited to furious guitars
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
25, Jul, 2017 @1:10 PM
Time for a new Plan B: puppets, politics and parenthood
Five years after Ill Manors, Ben Drew is back, transformed yet again, this time by the birth of his daughter and a ‘complete identity crisis’
Kate Mossman
26, May, 2017 @5:00 AM
Readers recommend: songs about knives results playlist
RR regular Shoegazer has picked this week’s playlist, which you can read about and listen to here as we continue our slightly tweaked format
Shoegazer
25, Feb, 2016 @12:13 PM
Readers recommend: songs that sample, recycle and reinvent – results
Ralph Brown: Paid in Full to Rapper’s Delight, Beck to Holger Czukay, RR’s magicman recreates his own list from last week’s topic thread
Ralph Brown
27, Nov, 2014 @2:17 PM
See me after the show: when pop stars attack their own audiences
From Kanye West’s face-off with a fan over a diamond-encrusted mask to Badly Drawn Boy’s on-stage meltdown, why do so many musicians pick fights with their own crowds?
Danny Wright
09, Sep, 2014 @11:52 AM
Thanks to David Brent we cannot see the new poor | Jonathan Freedland
Jonathan Freedland: Maybe it's because white-collar jobs are often the butt of the joke, but we are forgetting too many victims of the downturn
Jonathan Freedland
13, Dec, 2013 @7:30 PM
Musicians decorate Converse for charity – in pictures
The National, Prof Green, Red Hot Chili Peppers and New Order are among the musicians who have hand-decorated Converse sneakers for charity
16, Oct, 2013 @3:20 AM
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