Smalltown boy goes global on tiktok

Wendy Rigg is planning a summer of festival fun – but what is it about nostalgic music that makes us feel so good?

They may not match Keats or Heaney for poetic heft, but you’re a hell of a lot more likely to recognise Oasis’s lyrics than anything written by more celebrated wordsmiths. The words penned by the brot

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From pop star to Kitchen Disco icon, Sophie Ellis-Bextor has brought joy to lives and homes across the globe. She talks to Rosamund Dean about marriage, menopause and why the music must go on

Or at least it used to be before our brains and hearts were replaced by algorithms