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Fall's Posthumous Album Sparks Bitter Dispute Over Legacy and Authenticity

A posthumous Fall album assembled from Mark E Smith's archived vocals has sparked a bitter dispute between the late frontman's former fiancée and the musicians who created it, raising questions about artistic legacy and commercial exploitation.

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Ed Sheeran addresses 'mistakes' as tour resumes amid Macklemore removal fallout

Ed Sheeran addressed the Macklemore removal controversy at his Philadelphia concert on 19 September 2026, apologising for 'mistakes' as pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside the venue. Four support acts had withdrawn in solidarity with the rapper.

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Alderman's The Strangers blends grief memoir with eco-horror in ambitious new novel

Naomi Alderman's new novel The Strangers weaves personal grief over her mother's death and failed pregnancies into a speculative narrative about mysterious creatures called mimmoths. Published in September 2026, the work explores how we process loss and allocate emotional resources across the liv...

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Derek Owusu's The Recovery House: A Raw Meditation on Mental Health and Art

Derek Owusu's The Recovery House is a 176-page meditation on mental health, creativity and faith, drawing on his own experience in a recovery house. The novel follows Jamal, a writer recovering from breakdown, as he navigates institutional life and forms a transformative friendship grounded in vu...

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Kevin Powers on Gatsby, Dylan Thomas, and the Books That Made Him a Writer

American author Kevin Powers reflects on the books that shaped him—from Dylan Thomas and F. Scott Fitzgerald to David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest—and discusses his new novel Children of the Wild.

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Writers and readers share their August reading picks

Writers Irvine Welsh and Janice Hallett, alongside readers, discuss the books that engaged them in August, ranging from contemporary fiction exploring love and art to true crime investigations and historical narratives.

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Safe Spaces by Tice Cin: A Kaleidoscopic Novel of Precarity, Music and Grief

Tice Cin's inventive sophomore novel follows an unnamed Turkish-Cypriot songwriter navigating love, loss and precarity in London. Blending spoken-word poetry, journalism and songbook elements, it explores grief, creative survival and community through kaleidoscopic perspectives and formal innovat...

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Deborah Levy's Paris Portrait Captures Gertrude Stein's Fearless Vision

Deborah Levy's inventive ninth novel, narrated by Kristin Atherton, explores Gertrude Stein's fearless modernism through the eyes of a contemporary British author in Paris, blending biography with personal reflection in this gripping audiobook portrait.

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Sway, Mobo-winning British rapper and mentor to KSI, dies aged 44

British rapper Sway, a Mobo Award winner and mentor to KSI, has died aged 44 at his home in Ghana. He was the first unsigned artist to win Best Hip-Hop Act at the MOBO Awards in 2005 and influenced a generation of Black British musicians.

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Welsh valleys project turns local stories into songs, replacing doomscrolling with community creativity

A Welsh heritage project is transforming local stories into original songs, with community members and schoolchildren collaborating to celebrate their area's cultural identity through music and songwriting.

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MPs to probe UK's Eurovision struggles as committee examines song selection

UK lawmakers are launching a parliamentary inquiry into why the country consistently underperforms at Eurovision, examining song selection processes and recent last-place finishes.

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Celia Birtwell Brings Human Touch to Burberry's Iconic Check at London Fashion Week Finale

Textile designer Celia Birtwell collaborated with Burberry to close London Fashion Week's spring-summer 2027 calendar, bringing hand-painted florals and vintage doodles to the brand's iconic check. The collection, presented on 21 September 2026, reflects Burberry's ongoing commercial recovery and...

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