The Music is Black: A British Story @ V&A East ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ An ambitious exhibition launching the V&A’s new outpost shies away from the hardest parts of the social history behind the tunes, but tells its story with verve, writes music critic @damienmorris.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/review-the...

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The UK tech energy grab: how AI data centres are delaying the building of new homes Report by Nicole Kobie - @njkobie.bsky.social - for the Nerve www.thenerve.news/p/ai-data-ce...

observer.co.uk/style/featur... absolutely beautiful piece about Rachel Cooke by her husband.

As Black Friday looms, I’ve done a deep dive into the origin of this curious name for my latest Substack. Have a look-see. shorturl.at/Uhxvf

Wonderful tribute by @timadamswrites.bsky.social Rachel was always a wonderful colleague and over the past 14 months, during we experienced a horrendous period at the Guardian together, she became a cherished friend…. /cont. 🧵 observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

I am sad beyond words about Peter Shapiro. Turn the Beat Around is the best-written book on disco, period. He was a writing hero.

I wrote about the ongoing idea that you can’t make jokes about certain things any more. I don’t make strong conclusions, but I do have some personal examples to throw into the debate. And some jokes. Which I hope are permissible… open.substack.com/pub/samj/p/t...