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5 days ago

The best graphic novels of 2025 ⊕⊕

Alison Bechdel and Joe Sacco return; plus Black Country cowboys, vengeful gods and an angling classic reimagined

Many of 2025’s best graphic novels looked to the past with mixed emotions. Growing up i…

11 days ago

Teenage dreams are never practical. But where would we be without the people who chased theirs? | Adrian Chiles

It can feel wrong to encourage young people to shoot for the stars – yet if no one did, our world would be empty of the artists, actors, athletes and visionaries who give it so much pleasure and mean…

4 months ago

For a Brummie like me, Ozzy Osbourne’s voice mattered | Adrian Chiles

Unlike other rock stars of the 70s and 80s, Osbourne talked like a bloke from Birmingham should talk. The teenage me loved it

In the olden days, you could listen over and again to your musical heroes …

6 months ago

7 months ago

‘The Citizen Kane of rock movies’: glam rockers Slade and their bid for cinema greatness

Fifty years ago, the Black Country legends made Slade in Flame, about a band screwed by the music business. It tanked and almost finished them. Now, as it’s re-released, the film is being seen as a p…

8 months ago

Black Country, New Road: Forever Howlong review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week

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After losing their frontman, the band’s third studio album shows how resilient and adaptable they are, with luscious melodies, fantastical lyrics and lots of recorders

The last time Black …

On my radar: Georgia Ellery’s cultural highlights

The Black Country, New Road and Jockstrap musician on a YouTube philosopher, the power of Munch and her love of saunas and Japanese onsen

Born in Cornwall in 1997, Georgia Ellery attended the Guildhal…

9 months ago

Where tourists seldom tread, part 15: three more UK towns with unsung stories

Our tour of unheralded towns continues with Black Country legends in Dudley, Renaissance-style architecture in Enniskillen and Middlesbrough, birthplace of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

  • Where tourists sel…

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