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Charli XCX wins five Brit Awards for Brat

Charli XCX wins five Brit Awards for Brat

Charli XCX won five Brit Awards this year, taking home best artist, album and song of the year. Her victory lap is a testament to authentic pop music and reflects Brat’s meteoric rise to mainstream success in 2024. The musician and artist Charli XCX has swept up the accolades at this year’s Brit Awards, taking home five trophies including best artist, album and song of the year for ‘Guess.’ While accepting...

By Bristol, UK
Why did the BBC take down ‘Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’?

Why did the BBC take down ‘Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’?

The British broadcaster has pulled its documentary on life in Gaza after reports it had featured a child whose father was Hamas minister. Until these claims are verified, officials from the BBC say the documentary will stay off the air. A documentary featuring children’s perspective on Israel’s war in Gaza was pulled from BBC iPlayer in light of swirling accusations that the film’s narrator is the son of Hamas’ minister...

By London, UK
New trend sees TikTokers poke fun at millennial burger chains

New trend sees TikTokers poke fun at millennial burger chains

The latest online generational feud is directed at ‘rustic’ millennial burger chains, with TikTokers hopping on to the trend to poke fun at all their distinct quirks. It’s funny, if not extremely accurate. Another week, another generational battle of cringe. The previous TikTok trend saw Gen Zers poking fun at cave divers and their apparent desire to fit into any gap imaginable, seemingly out of nowhere and for no particular...

By Bristol, UK
Rock en Seine to rock on sustainably

Rock en Seine to rock on sustainably

If you’re looking for an environmentally conscious music festival that will deliver as much in terms of good vibes, great music and delicious food as it does in offsetting your carbon footprint, you need look no further.  This year, as many keen music festival goers will already know, is the last year for the globally acclaimed annual Glastonbury festival - at least for a “fallow year”. Over summer 2026 the...

By Manchester, UK