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Nice throwaway line on Brad Pitt in the F1 movie by ⁦Peter Bradshaw⁩: “the star in an unreasonably priced car”

Part of an interview with the always thoughtful Booker T Jones by Stephen Deusner in the new ⁦Uncut Magazine⁩. There’s a lot of American history between the lines of these responses.

A Blue Moment recommendation for 'The Ballad of Wallis Island', a charming little film about the attempted reunion of a folk-pop duo: thebluemoment.com/2025/06/18/the…

There may never be a wholly satisfactory outcome, but the quality of the debate on the Assisted Dying Bill from all sides is enough to give the House of Commons a good name.

A Friday evening in South Wales. Rugby lives on.

Good interview with Springsteen by Will Hodgkinson in today’s Sunday Times to coincide with the release of seven albums from the Bruce archive.

A happy 90th birthday to the great composer and keyboardist Terry Riley, now living in Japan. Such a profound and benign influence on modern music. (photo: Fabio Falconi)

A fascinating piece by Matthew Guerrieri Matthew Guerrieri on the meanings of Brian Wilson's harmonies: sohothedog.com/2025/06/12/ple…

A loving and enlightening tribute to Louis Moholo-Moholo by Alexander Hawkins, a member of his last band: ukjazznews.com/10-tracks-i-ca…

This won't be the last Tour de France, of course, but it feels a bit like it as ITV4's nonpareil broadcasting team -- Gary Imlach, Ned Boulting 🏳️‍⚧️, David Millar, Daniel Friebe etc -- prepare for their lap of honour. Nice piece on a sad farewell. theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun…

More than a little ironic that the news of Lotus’s Chinese owners preparing to move production from UK to US appears on the weekend the Jim Clark Trust celebrates the 60th anniversary of the great man’s finest season, winning the F1 title and the Indy 500, both with Lotus.

If you want inspiration, Femi Koleoso’s speech about youth clubs and youth workers during this brilliant Glastonbury set by Ezra Collective might be just the thing. (Match that, Rod “I quite like Nigel Farage” Stewart.)

A Blue Moment memory of the day in 1988 when Brian Wilson turned up in a West London church hall to perform for 325 fans: thebluemoment.com/2025/06/29/bri…

A beautiful Guardian obituary of the great South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo by John Fordham: theguardian.com/music/2025/jun…

The Blue Moment on four outstanding new releases on the ECM label, each one exemplifying an aspect of the label's 55-year tradition: thebluemoment.com/2025/07/01/und…

As someone who edited Time Out in the 70s, when it had a weekly Agitprop column and campaigned for more left-wing causes than you could shake a Met bobby’s truncheon at, this made me laugh out loud, albeit in a despairing sort of way.

I had no ties to Diogo Jota and never met him, but this piece makes me feel as though I did. Well played, Barney Ronay theguardian.com/football/2025/…

By a piece of magical timing, ⁦Ned Boulting 🏳️‍⚧️⁩’s new book dropped on the mat exactly 15 minutes before the start of today’s ⁦ITV Cycling⁩ coverage of stage one of the 2025 Tour, with Ned, Gary Imlach, ⁦David Millar⁩, ⁦Daniel Friebe⁩ et al. Three weeks spoken for.