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Retrospective proves they’re one of the best British bands of recent years
How Aria?: The opera challenging stigma around mental health
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Burial: Tunes 2011–2019 review - Mindblowing compilation by the producer of the century
This collection constitutes arguably the finest compilation of the last 10 years
Is Mark Fisher this century’s most interesting British writer?
Rob Doyle on k-punk, an unmissable, 800-page collection of the late thinker’s work
Kíla ‘Cúl an Tí’ recordings aim to inspire interest in Irish songs
Experimental music launch features animation by Cartoon Saloon and music by Imelda May, Mundy and Mary Coughlan
Slaughtneil retain Ulster club hurling title
Cormac O’Doherty scores 1-10 as Derry champions move on to All-Ireland stage
‘Kill All Normies’: the alt-right’s new turn
The movement that began as a collective of trolls and anti-feminists is changing again
Has the age of instant access finally put an end to the critic?
The great art critic John Berger died this week - he may have been the last of his kind
10 things we learned from this year’s Edinburgh extravaganza
As always, the shows being staged encompass the weird, the wonderful and the wacky
Baz Halpin: the Irishman who made the biggest show on US television
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