Is this the voice of Banksy? | Old interview rediscovered
A new BBC podcast and Radio 4 series may have rediscovered the voice of the world’s most famous anonymous artist, Banksy.
A new BBC podcast and Radio 4 series may have rediscovered the voice of the world’s most famous anonymous artist, Banksy.
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With Protea, Kota the Friend is back with an upbeat rap album that sounds as good as it feels, but lacks the consistency or focus to elevate it beyond ‘vibes’.
Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, has encouraged the UK and Greece to "come to an accommodation" to share the Elgin (Parthenon) Marbles.
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Pink Tape is as distinctive as it is extensive, running over 90 minutes and fusing genres under a peculiar umbrella that is Lil Uzi Vert’s and Lil Uzi Vert’s alone.
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The first Ashes Test match of the summer gets underway today, but cricket’s greatest spectacle is crammed into the start of the summer to make room for the game’s most offensive degradation: The Hundred.
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Gordon Brown has encouraged “every politician” to watch Steve McQueen’s film Grenfell, recently exhibited at the Serpentine, on the six year anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire.
The final portrait by Gustav Klimt, Dame mit Fächer (Lady with Fan), is expected to sell for £65m at a London auction later this month.
In another seismic use of the technology, Sir Paul McCartney has revealed that artificial intelligence has been used to create a “final Beatles record”, due out later this year.