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“I’m a death-to-genres guy. I’m not like, ‘Let’s do country now, let’s do rock.’ It’s like, ‘Let’s do music’”: Is it country, bluegrass, folk, rock? The Rose City Band don’t play within a genre, but they do play with them

Ripley Johnson and Barry Walker on recording Sol y Sombra in a dark, vibey basement like the Stones, the irony of working hard to make a song feel mellow, and avoiding complex setups to deliver the music

Guitar World · Feb 20, 2025

The Parent Agency review – David Baddiel’s derivative musical goes for the obvious jokes

A disgruntled child enters a parallel universe where he can select new parents. It has a spirited cast, but the songs are simplistic, stompy and uninspired

The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2025

23-year-old serial entrepreneur Steven Wang dropped out of Harvard and raised $17 million for his brokerage. He says he made his worst stock investment in elementary school

Steven Wang, founder and CEO of the trading platform dub, spends $150 a year on a meditation app, doesn't cook to optimize time and wears the same two shoes everyday.

Fortune · Feb 11, 2025

Gavin & Stacey: The Finale review: We’ll miss these characters – Oh my Christ, they were lush

3/5 This Christmas special is about half an hour too long and the script recycles the least interesting elements of what’s gone before, but it still makes for lovely festive telly

The Independent UK · Dec 25, 2024

Gavin And Stacey: The Finale features happily ever after

The festive special kicked off in both Billericay and Barry.

Evening Standard · Dec 25, 2024

All the London fitness studios and gyms that are open over Christmas and New Year

If you want to keep on working out over the festive period, here’s where to do it

Evening Standard · Dec 24, 2024

‘It’s all starting to get very emotional’: how Gavin & Stacey became one of TV’s most beloved comedies

It’s back this Christmas … for the final time. But how did the naughty, surreal sitcom charm Britain so much that new episodes are a national event with viewing figures akin to a royal wedding?

The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2024

‘To me, to uzi’: why Paul Chuckle as a gangster isn’t such a dramatic career change

The children’s comic’s role in a drama of ‘death, deceit and carnage’ shouldn’t be a stretch for an established master of destruction

The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2024

2024’s TV heroes on their unmissable cultural picks of the year

2024 IN REVIEW: Some of the best stars to grace our televisions this year, from Katherine Parkinson to Lennie James, single out their favourite shows, films, music and cultural moments of the past 12 months

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2024

Fifa channels Barry from EastEnders to cue up the Saudi World Cup

In today’s Football Daily: Like it or not, the Saudi World Cup is coming

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2024