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Brat Star, Nori, synecdoche new york, Bathing Suits and Florence Rose Broomfield lead this week's New Music Discovery playlist

With most Friday playlist updates dominated by the same big songs and returning names, we're always trying to go way beyond that to find the exciting new artists taking their first steps who we think will do amazing…

On Star Trek, Patrick Stewart could make anyone feel hopeful for humanity

Their decision may well have opened up an entirely new future for Gene Roddenberry's enduring, resolutely utopian space saga. Prior to the casting of the classically trained Yorkshireman in 1987, Star Trek was best known…

‘Ignorance towards immigration is horrible. It’s not British’: Skepta on his long-awaited return – and his anger at the racist right

"But I can be conscious." The self-proclaimed king of grime has always been a serious person, wary of fools and time-wasters. Focus is important to him, perhaps because he's often multitasking: balancing his music…

Sir Patrick Stewart: Actor who moved effortlessly between Star Trek and Shakespeare

While many actors are typecast, he moved effortlessly from Shakespeare and Dickens to the command of the USS Enterprise and his famous wheelchair in X-Men. In a career that spanned seven decades, Sir Patrick received…

Sir Patrick Stewart: A life in pictures

He was 86. Sir Ian McKellen leads tributes to 'beloved actor' Sir Patrick Stewart after his death at 86 Sir Patrick Stewart: Actor who moved effortlessly between Star Trek and Shakespeare 'A big loss' - Fans react to…

Patrick Stewart: Much loved actor remembered – as it happened

He was 86. The Star Trek: the Next Generation and X-Men star died on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles after "a brief and poignant journey with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia", said Kelly Bush Novak, his…

Bombshell confession in The Traitors as faithfuls finally turn the screw

With the traitors still riding high following last Friday's episode, could they really just walk it to the final? It was time to find out. Having been bestowed with the almighty power of the double dagger - well…

Chloe Qisha – ‘Fantasize’ review: horny, theatrical and irresistibly catchy

At that point, she was just about to release her second EP ‘Modern Romance’, which showed off the Malaysian-British singer’s ambition, quick wit and slick pop sound. Since then, she’s supported Coldplay , Sabrina…

Chloe Qisha's Fantasize mixtape is a finely tuned pop machine

And, for the most part on Fantasize , her mixtape debut, the results are hard to find fault with. Qisha has never hidden her admiration for Swedish pop icons ABBA and their influence is salient right from the get-go.…