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Osbourne holds a cross necklace up to the camera.

The incredible impact of Ozzy Osbourne, from Black Sabbath to Ozzfest to 30 years of retirement tours

Lachlan Goold, University of the Sunshine Coast

Kneecap’s stance on Gaza extends a long history of the Irish supporting other oppressed peoples – including Māori

Ciara Smart, University of Tasmania

Kneecap’s stance on Gaza extends a long history of the Irish supporting other oppressed peoples
Music is at the forefront of AI disruption, but NZ artists still have few protections

Dave Carter, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Jesse Austin-Stewart, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University, and Oli Wilson, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Glowing blue musical notation against a black background
On her new album, Lorde creates pop at its purest – performative, playful and alive to paradox

Rosemary Overell, University of Otago

On her new album, Lorde creates pop at its purest – performative, playful and alive to paradox
Who called Shakespeare ‘upstart crow’? Our study points to his co-author, Thomas Nashe

Brett Greatley-Hirsch, University of Leeds; Andrew Hadfield, University of Sussex, and Rachel White, Durham University

A polemical woodcut deriding Nashe as jailbird next to a copper engraving of Shakespeare from the title page of the First Folio.

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The Roman baths at Bath in England

‘Baths, wine, and sex make life worth living’: how ancient Romans used public baths to relax, work out and socialise

Peter Edwell, Macquarie University

Two people dancing at a festival

What Glastonbury is like for deaf people – one of the festival’s DeafZone coordinators explains

Dai O'Brien, York St John University

The spectacular frenzy of 28 Years Later offers a new breed of pandemic storytelling

Lucyl Harrison, University of Hull

Ralph Fiennes hands Alfie Williams a skull.
Myth meets modernity in Aphrodite, a striking opera that dissects the links between beauty, power and desire

Laura Case, University of Sydney

Myth meets modernity in Aphrodite, a striking opera that dissects the links between beauty, power and desire
Monsters reflect our darkest fears, from zombies to werewolves. But they also bring us together

Martine Kropkowski, The University of Queensland

A man in a wolf mask outside, pressing up against glass door to the inside
Do we see colour the same way? What scientists can learn from artists

Sasha Rakovich, King's College London

Close up of hand with background of clouds of colour

John Lithgow reading a prop copy of the Literary Review

Giant: John Lithgow’s masterful turn explores Roald Dahl’s antisemitism – and wider questions about children’s literature

Kristina West, Royal Holloway University of London

Imax technology is a big part of Sinners’ success – what this tells you about the state of cinema

Cassie Brummitt, University of Nottingham

A still from Sinners
Koyo Kouoh – tribute to a curator who fiercely promoted African art

Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti, Rice University

An African woman with long braids stands in a room with art canvasses and easels, her hands held together, pensive in half profile and a long white dress.
How existential philosophy can help you to cope with anguish

Luca Costa, University of Oxford

Painting of a woman sitting alone in a cafe looking glum.
Cockney Yiddish: how two languages influenced each other in London’s East End

Nadia Valman, Queen Mary University of London and Vivi Lachs, Queen Mary University of London

Painting of people milling about a market in London's east end