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Where are the rock stars on these strikes?

30.06.11
If you grew up, as I did, in the northern industrial heartlands, you certainly got the best of the culture wars the last time strikes divided the nation... more

Billy Bragg and the Archbishop in 24-hour Bible bash at the Bush

09.06.11
Stellar line-up of writers from the Archbishop of Canterbury to Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka via Stewart Lee, Billy Bragg and Carol Ann Duffy, create epic launch for the new Bush Theatre... more

Billy Bragg dismisses hatemail campaign

06.01.11
Singer Billy Bragg has described a hatemail campaign against him as "the powerless ranting of a bitter individual"... more

'Wave of action' threat as Billy Bragg backs Millbank protesters

12.11.10
Capital faces a 'wave of action' by tens of thousands of people as support grows for the protesters who occupied Tory HQ, students warn... more

Hot Tickets: What to do in London this weekend

24.09.10
Here is a round-up of the best music and comedy in the capital. Plus, a show worth booking in advance ... more

East London identity crisis in Pressure Drop

04.05.10
Up now is identity, tackled topically via a white working-class family in east London whose straitened circumstances leave them toying with allegiance to the BNP... more

Billy Bragg backs Liberal Democrats as Labour 'take voters for granted'

22.04.10
Video: Billy Bragg is backing the Liberal Democrats because they have the 'best manifesto'... more

Billy Bragg: I’m fighting for England’s soul against BNP

09.04.10
Billy Bragg 'declared war' on the BNP, and called the electoral battle for his home town of Barking a 'fight for the soul of the English people'... more

Jamie T feels the love

08.02.10
Jamie T's two Brixton Academy sell-outs confirmed that the 24-year-old is a genuine cult phenomenon set to explode into the mainstream.... more

Billy Bragg takes RBS bonus battle to Speakers' Corner

25.01.10
Billy Bragg will make a speech in Hyde Park in his campaign to stop Royal Bank of Scotland paying “excessive” bonuses... more

I won’t pay tax until RBS bankers’ bonuses are capped, says Billy Bragg

18.01.10
Billy Bragg vows to withhold his income tax unless the Government caps bankers’ bonuses... more

Billy Bragg joins project to uncover human identities

25.11.09
Billy Bragg is taking part in a nine-month investigation into who we are... more

Locals reveal world heritage with museum treasures

28.04.09
Hidden stores of the nation’s museums will be opened up as part of the Olympic cultural legacy in a £6 million scheme... more

Bank rage in the City on Obama's big day

01.04.09
Protesters stormed the Royal Bank of Scotland and besieged the Bank of England as City institutions became the target of mob hatred... more

Bragg still has bite

09.12.08
Coasting after his move to the Dorset coast, this year's Mr Love And Justice has finally re‑engaged Billy Bragg.... more

Bragg strikes a chord for Cultural Olympiad with open air guitar lessons

29.09.08
Billy Bragg helped to kick off the first full weekend of the Cultural Olympiad with an open-air busking session at the Royal Festival Hall... more

Olympic celebration of arts in the capital

26.09.08
Hundreds of events over the weekend will kick off a four-year Olympic celebration of arts. Here are some not to miss.... more

Who will win the Mercury?

22.07.08
The shortlist for this year's Mercury Music Prize for the best British album will be revealed later today. But who will make the cut?.... more

Complacency is the BNP's best friend

01.05.08
On St George's day I was a panellist at a lively public debate on racism, terrorism and the state in London... more

Reclaiming English identity

24.04.08
Britain was framed as fighting fit for its diversity in Billy Bragg's alternative St George's Day celebration.... more

Flying beneath the radar

09.04.08
Get Cape. Wear cape. Fly's Sam Duckworth performed at Shepherd's Bush Empire with a galvanising, jelly-legged energy that gave even his tamest songs a boost.... more

Off the record

07.03.08
David Smyth talks to London rapper Taio Cruz about making it big in America and reveals what Billy Bragg is doing behind bars.... more

Off the record

15.02.08
David Smyth takes a trip to BRIT School, considers the line-up for Massive Attack's Meltdown and checks out what's new on the net.... more

Bragg and Tunstall to play Best of British gig

31.01.08
Singer Billy Bragg is to join forces with KT Tunstall for a one-off "best of British" gig.... more

Remembering Strummer

16.11.07
This anniversary tribute to the punk icon Joe Strummer, Arms Aloft, was a mess until Billy Bragg rescued it with his pre-finale set.... more

'Idol' Kylie honoured at Q Awards

08.10.07
Kylie Minogue was honoured as a music idol at the Q Awards. The star showed off a new Marilyn Monroe-esque hair do and a figure-hugging black frock at the ceremony.... more

250,000 welcome back Festival Hall

11.06.07
More than a quarter of a million people flocked to the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall at the weekend.... more

The Southbank light show

23.05.07
Lily Cole and Thandie Newton have attended a Vogue party to mark the forthcoming reopening of the Southbank Centre, after two years of redevelopment.... more

Why Billy Bragg is feeling electric

24.10.06
British rock is the focus of a new music festival, the Electric Proms, at the Roundhouse. One of its stars, Billy Bragg, tells Nick Curtis: 'We're going back to our roots.'... more

It's time for T

20.10.06
Young, skinny, cocky and with a voice that leaves vowels bludgeoned and bloodied in an alleyway, Wimbledon's Jamie Treays is giving a much needed headbutt to the world of the singer-songwriter. ... more


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