Last summer, Albarn’s “Dr Dee” premiered as a work-in-progress at the Manchester International Festival. The story was a terrific one, even though it could be a struggle to follow Albarn’s ...

As a young indie band on the rise, 1988-91, Blur were rowdy and puppyish. Rhythms were a war between drummer Dave Rowntree’s heads-down flailing and Alex James’ pert, elasto-poppy bass lines. Graham ...

Last week, the UK government proposed a new policy that would allow tech companies to use copyrighted works to train their artificial intelligence algorithms. Under the proposal, artists and ...