Fergal Kinney
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In praise of the DVD
The infinite choice of TV streaming has led to banality and fatigue – it’s time to embrace physical media…
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The contradictions of Arctic Monkeys
In the run-up to their headline Glastonbury set, the band defied the creative arc of their late career by…
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How Succession created TV’s first irredeemable leading man
In Logan Roy, Jesse Armstrong and Brian Cox took the archetypal anti-hero and replaced it with a moral black…
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The conservatism of Nick Cave
Many were surprised when the musician announced he would be attending King Charles III’s coronation. They shouldn’t have been.
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Sam Smith and the return of the Satanic Panic
The conservative hysteria around pop music, sexuality and Satanism has a long history.
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How Busted defined the moody teen pop of the Noughties
The manufactured-yet-rebellious boyband exemplify the accelerated highs and personal lows of British music between the Millennium Bug and the…
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How Happy Valley reveals the reality of austerity
Since 2014, Sally Wainwright’s complex police drama has laid bare the hope and terror of living in the north…
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Why Girls Aloud were the most inventive act in Noughties pop
Twenty years since the release of their debut single, it’s clear that this talent show girl group rewrote the…
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