I’m dreaming of a mild and slightly damp Christmas, just like the ones we know
Snow probably won’t be glistening this Christmas, but the influence of the best-selling single of all time still looms
George Michael
Wham! and the hell of the modern Christmas number one
Last Christmas is odd-on favourite to top the charts again this festive season. It would be a hollow victory
Róisín Ingle: I’m not ashamed to admit I have a serious parasocial relationship with Taylor Swift
I view it as a wholesome relationship, rather than a problematic one. But I would say that, wouldn’t I?
At Vicar Street, Kae Tempest unpicks the snarl of emotions that soundtrack his life
Review: At his Dublin gig this often matchless rhymer makes art from alienation – and finds his joy in doing it
Five stars for Taylor Swift’s Life of a Showgirl: Travis Kelce at the heart; as is disdain for fellow star
The Life of a Showgirl: Actually Romantic lyrics take aim unnamed pop star who called Swift a ‘Boring Barbie’
The sudden, surprising rise of beard transplants: ‘This industry is a wild west’
Evidence of male insecurity around facial hair abounds online but demand for beard surgery is soaring – despite the dangers that lurk in an unregulated industry
Bob Geldof defends Band Aid as 40th anniversary single released: ‘This little pop song has kept millions alive’
Band Aid 40 remix of Do They Know It’s Christmas? blends voices of Bono, Harry Styles and George Michael
George Michael takes centre stage on new collectable coin
Coin follows similar ones celebrating David Bowie, Sir Elton John and Queen
The Super Models: Up close and impersonal with Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington
Television: This documentary knows it is an absorbing portrait of an era when models eclipsed movie stars and beauty was the ultimate commodity
TV guide: 15 of the best new shows to watch, beginning tonight
Neighbours returns for a new era, while The Continental delves into the world of John Wick
Wham! on Netflix: Two ordinary boys mucking around who happened to write some of the greatest pop songs ever
Television: The story of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley’s rise to pop stardom may lack a neat finish, but it is great fun and brims with teenage nostalgia
Kanye West barred from performing at the Grammys after ‘troubling behaviour’
The musician, nominated for five awards, told he cannot perform at the ceremony on April 3rd
Walking through a Dublin city I no longer recognise
Things that made life possible in my 20s have been gentrified out of existence
Alexandra Burke: ‘I got asked to bleach my skin after X Factor’
Singer on speaking out for BLM, her time on Strictly, and making history in the West End
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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