Cyrus cdi

UK CD sales peaked in 2001, when we bought 225.9 million discs worth £2.2 billion. Convenient, affordable and genuinely excellent in quality, the compact disc was, and remains, a format valued by list

Spurred on by my wife’s wish to revisit her old CDs, but to ‘not get too hi-fi about it, Chris’, I needed something compact and engaging for her tiny home office. This little beauty ticks all the boxe

CITROEN’S positivity about occupant comfort is laudable but – like the England cricket team or Rachel Reeves’ Budget – eventually it’ll make contact with a brutal reality, in this case British roads.

Genesis, Crowded House, Simon & Garfunkel: some bands are so middle of the road that a white line should be painted straight down the middle of their album covers. But that doesn’t make their music an

High–end desktop speakers with plenty of power

What an incredible 2025 it’s been in the world of prog. This year, we’ve taken a different approach to our Critics’ Choice and instead of printing our writers’ Top 20 lists, we’ve pooled them to create a definitive Top 50 with profile pieces on some of the key players. Did your favourite make the cut? We look forward to reading your thoughts on the results.