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What it means. Weekly reviews, cultural analysis and reporting on the forces shaping music, politics, culture, film and the arts.

Culture does not operate in silos. Music, literature, film, television and policy move together, influencing each other in visible and invisible ways. We analyse the art, but we also scrutinise the mechanisms that sustain it, from funding bodies and broadcasters to legislation and industry gatekeepers. Our coverage connects creative expression to the structures that enable it, restrict it or reshape it over time.

  • Well, Damn! by The New Citizen Kane

    Well, Damn! by The New Citizen Kane

  • Industry Interview: From Pledge to Power. A Conversation With Keychange on the Future of Equity in Music

    Industry Interview: From Pledge to Power. A Conversation With Keychange on the Future of Equity in Music

  • Golden Thing by Molly O’Mahony

    Golden Thing by Molly O’Mahony

  • Black and Irish: Expanding the Story of Ireland

    Black and Irish: Expanding the Story of Ireland

  • The Friday Dispatch

    The Friday Dispatch

  • 10 Questions With… Ndidi O

    10 Questions With… Ndidi O

  • Tracks Of The Week: March 5th

    Tracks Of The Week: March 5th

  • BLACKPINK — Deadline

    BLACKPINK — Deadline

  • Rosalía — LUX

    Rosalía — LUX