What is Polari? The secret language Martin Kemp has been praised for speaking IN FULL The Independent UK · Jun 4
"Discharge meets GBH and Motörhead at an anti-Nazi demonstration after drinking cider all afternoon in a Hackney squat." Ten obscure and criminally under-rated UK punk albums There's more to British punk rock than Never Mind The Bollocks and London Calling Metal Hammer · Apr 21
Aurora take down The MongolZ at BLAST Open Rotterdam A firepower-led dominant win over The MongolZ for Aurora. Dot Esports · Mar 28
Pam Hogg obituary Fashion designer whose idiosyncratic mix of glam and DIY couture was worn by Björk, Siouxsie Sioux and Taylor Swift The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2025
Strange days: how the Blitz club changed the 1980s – and fashion A new exhibition looks at how the legendary London club spawned acts such as Spandau Ballet and Boy George – but also provided a petri dish for fashion and style to grow The Guardian - UK · Sep 20, 2025
Blitz: Iconic nightclub that made the New Romantics famous celebrated in groundbreaking show Spandau Ballet, Siobhan Fahey, Princess Julia and Boy George were all regulars Evening Standard · Sep 16, 2025
Brockington warning as Breakers star sweats on injury New Zealand recruit Izaiah Brockington has already turned NBL rivals' heads and fellow import Parker Jackson-Cartwright believes there's plenty more to come. AAP · Sep 4, 2025
Spandau Ballet unearth lost Blitz Club-era gem Eyes ahead of new box set Spandau Ballet's new early years box set Everything Is Now – Vol 1: 1978–1982 is released on September 12. BANG Premier · Aug 22, 2025
Oi! la la: meet the new wave of French punks making noise The controversial, rabble-rousing strain of punk known as Oi! is once again giving voice to a nation’s working-class and disaffected youth. Luminaries of this new ‘Cold Oi’ scene explain the music’s eternal, anthemic appeal The Guardian - UK · Jul 15, 2025
UK Blitz chess final pits grandmasters against a golden generation Juniors make up nearly half the field, including a nine-year-old top seed, while in Kolkata Magnus Carlsen surged to victory in the Tata Steel Rapid The Guardian - UK · Nov 15, 2024
Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London celebrates the optimism, hedonism and style of the new romantics The Fashion and Textile Museum’s new exhibition, Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London, surveys the glamorous and often outrageous fashion, music and clubbing scene in the capital more than 40 years ago. It’s an affectionate and nostalgic celebration of new romantic London and the people who came to define it. The Conversation · Nov 6, 2024
Trump ground game faces new fraud claims as video shows door-knock hack Exclusive: clip from canvasser for Musk’s America Pac reveals apparent ease in which GPS location can be spoofed The Guardian - US · Oct 22, 2024
Trump ground game operation now largely run by Elon Musk-backed group Exclusive: America Pac has up to 400 employees in each of the seven key states, with the campaign dependent on it The Guardian - US · Sep 26, 2024
Harrison shines for unbeaten Bullets at NBL Blitz Coach Justin Schueller's Brisbane Bullets showed they could be a force to be reckoned with during the upcoming NBL season after going unbeaten in the Blitz. AAP · Sep 14, 2024
Louder · Sep 9, 2024 "I've not done Taylor Swift's numbers, but I don't give a sh*t because I'm proud of the songs I did": As Fish prepares to leave the business behind, he reflects on Marillion, going solo and life after music After next year's farewell tour Fish is leaving music and the bright lights behind to live with his wife (and 13 sheep) on a Scottish island
Wallpaper · Jun 24, 2024 Remembering Rusty Egan's Blitz Club: a place to 'avoid the mob and the homophobes', where the New Romantics were born As he releases new vinyl boxset, 'Blitzed!', Wallpaper* meets DJ Rusty Egan to talk about London's scene-building Blitz club – the antidote to the late 70s punk scene and a hot-bed of experimental fashion
The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2024 Fendi kicks off Milan fashion week with nod to Roman heritage with a British twist The Blitz Kids and New Romantics inspire designer Kim Jones’s latest collection along with classical Italian imagery
The Times of India · Feb 20, 2024 Prime Volleyball League: Chennai Blitz stun Kochi Blue Spikers with dominant performance NEW DELHI: In a display of continued dominance, the Chennai Blitz secured a convincing victory over the Kochi Blue Spikers with a 15-10, 15-12, 16-14 win in the third season of the RuPay Prime Volleyball League at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Chennai.
The Guardian - UK · Jul 14, 2023 Magnus Carlsen hits two maximums as carefree world No 1 continues his surge The Norwegian scored 11/11 in chess.com’s Titled Tuesday, then 9/9 in the Zagreb Grand Tour blitz, and is now contending for victory in the online Aimchess Masters
The Hindu · Jul 10, 2023 Grand Chess Tour: Carlsen wins; Gukesh finishes 5th, Anand settles for 7th in Blitz event Young Indian Grandmaster D. Gukesh finished fifth while his illustrious compatriot Viswanathan Anand could only manage a tied seventh place in the third leg of the 2023 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament.
The Times of India · Jul 10, 2023 Grand Chess Tour: Gukesh finishes 5th, Viswanathan Anand settles for tied 7th in Blitz event ZAGREB (Croatia): Young Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh finished fifth while his illustrious compatriot Viswanathan Anand could only manage a tied seventh place in the third leg of the 2023 SuperUnited Rapid and Blitz chess tournament.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 1, 2022 Terrell Davis interview: ‘[Video games are] the only thing I have now’ Former Broncos running back Terrell Davis reflects on how NFL Blitz helps players, including him, live out their NFL fantasies
The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2022 ‘We are everything that scares curtain twitchers’: the bands resurrecting the spirit of Oi! The hardcore movement grew from working-class angst in the late-70s, but got tainted by racist aggro. Now a new wave of bands are reviving its cathartic anger – without the far-right associations
The Guardian - UK · Aug 24, 2022 Visage outside Blitz nightclub … Sheila Rock’s best photograph ‘Blitz was where all the New Romantics hung out. If you didn’t look good, you didn’t get in. Steve Strange is at the front of the shot – with big hair’
Manchester Evening News · Jul 30, 2022 Lost underground Manchester club with six dancefloors 'like Aliens movie lair' Basement nightclub Pips was an iconic venue for Manchester's goth, new wave and new romantic music fans