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9 of the coolest new CD players in 2026 — from a B&O masterpiece that costs more than a house deposit to ‘the turducken of hi-fi’

Dust off your CD collection and get ready to party like it's 2002.

TechRadar · Aug 23

High-end hi-fi company YBA has made what it claims is the world's first "transportable" CD player for SACDs — it's got the audiophiles in the office very excited, but it's not exactly a handheld model to slip in your jacket pocket

YBA has made what it claims is the world's first "transportable" CD player for Super Audio CDs, but it's not exactly a handheld model.

TechRadar · May 21

‘Tracey Emin said they’re all about death’: Johnnie Shand Kydd on his dog-walk photographs – and capturing the hard-partying YBAs

He shot the YBAs boozing, canoodling – and shaking up the art scene. Now the photographer has found inspiration in some other unruly characters: his lurchers. We join him for walkies in rural Suffolk

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27

Indestructible review – a YBA makes her comeback in art world satire

A feminist artist and teacher is at the centre of Mary Swan’s overstuffed play exploring abuse, sexism and politics

The Guardian - UK · Jan 19, 2024

Shoreditch building where artists Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas had their legendary shop for sale for £1.5m

The property was converted into a four-bedroom house by its current owner who moved in just after the YBAs

Evening Standard · Jan 5, 2024

‘Time is the only valuable thing’: artist Sarah Lucas on slacking, social media and her free bus pass

As Tate Britain opens a retrospective – replete with cigarettes, marrows and fried eggs – the former YBA extols the importance of being idle

The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2023

Big Women review – Sarah Lucas’s gal gang seek to shock

The former YBA has curated a show of 25 female artists – but the effect is superficial and cliquey

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13, 2023

Creation, destruction, sensation: Damien Hirst’s burning desire to destroy art worth £10m

British artist’s new work, The Currency, is a way for the public to participate, he says. But for many, it is the sort of trickery that has given contemporary art a bad name

The Guardian - UK · Oct 2, 2022