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Nine Perfect Strangers

A series of disproportionate events: the rise of the TV miniseries

How short-form telly took over the airwaves

Charlie Watts

In celebration of stars who, like Charlie Watts, don’t give a damn about fame

No more gushing about how everyone was wonderful to work with, please

triple j tweet did it hurt when you aged out of the youth radio station

triple j and the tweet heard around Australia

How the youth broadcaster’s jokey take on a meme raised serious questions about ageism and sexism in music

The brilliant people on the front row for Disclosure at Reading 2021. (Photo: Andy Ford)

I did the whole of 2021’s festival season in a week. Here’s what I learned

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