Festivals
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Grime’s most successful crew turn their pirate-scene experience into a heaving mass congregation as Pharrell and Skepta help demonstrate the genre’s commercial potential
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Police say Rolex-stamped pills that were linked to several deaths in 2013 may be back in circulation
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A four-hour set underlines Wonder’s stupendous star quality, presenting in full his political masterpiece Songs in the Key of Life, plus mega-hit encores and a bit too much jazzy noodling
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Thanks to the terrible weather and selfish punters, staff are still clearing the site at Worthy Farm of everything from abandoned tents and gas bottles to debit cards and clothing. The good news is that you might still get your lost phone back
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Strathallan Castle, Perthshire
Disclosure, Calvin Harris and Jamie xx on terrific form as controversy plagues festival -
Nicola Benedetti and her proficient trio give their Mark-Anthony Turnage ‘love duet’ a solid airing, while Australian pianist Zubin Kanga took us in new musical directions
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This month, a new festival will boldly go beyond the same old weekend lineups with a boundary-breaking blend of science, music, technology and comedy
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Deaths of man and woman at Scotland’s biggest music festival being treated as separate and unexplained
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Fine singing and playing make Garsington’s production a powerful experience but director Tim Albery has missed an opportunity to offer a sharper critique
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The Young Adult literature convention (AKA Yalc) is just around the corner – but what are you going to wear? Teen authors including Malorie Blackman, Juno Dawson and Lucy Saxon share their book-related costume ideas
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The Horniman’s Festival of Brasil is a cocktail of culture, costumes and chaos – and carnival spirit is just what we need this British so-called summertime
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This two-woman update of Life Is a Dream is brilliantly performed and looks at the Spanish play from a fresh perspective
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Body paint artists from all over the world descended on Poertschach am Woerthersee in Austria for the 2016 bodypainting festival, showing off their creations with living displays
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Herr pioneered reporting that infused Full Metal Jacket and Apocalypse Now. Tim Page, who inspired Dennis Hopper’s character in the latter, pays tribute
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Art community hails appointment of Japanese curator Mami Kataoka as a recognition of Australia’s changing demographics and ‘a clear signal that we are now looking north rather than to our colonial past’
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Celebrated Iranian director, whose Taste of Cherry won Cannes’ top prize in 1997, remained in the country after the Islamic revolution and continued to flourish
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Live art legend Joan Jonas, Turner prize-winning Laure Prouvost, plus two human rabbits among those wowing and confusing the all-nighter crowds
Club culture Sunfall review – festival aces billing as the muso's choice