Dave’s lament for the Grenfell atrocity, Dua Lipa’s bedroom disco for a locked-down nation, Kneecap’s Badenoch-riling rap, Elbow’s hymn for asylum seekers … here are the tracks that defined 14 years of Conservative rule

The poet on being inspired by rappers, learning from Ursula K Le Guin, and the life-saving Leslie Feinberg

This pleasingly hype-free documentary about the rapper and writer’s life shows them in a far happier place than in recent years. It’s very nice to see – even if it can tend towards the dull

Vital springboard for the likes of Adele and Amy Winehouse? Or conveyor belt for beige pop? Staff, famous alumni and critics of the Brit performing arts school consider its complicated legacy

From the magisterial glam rock of Yves Tumor to the comedy surf-pop of Melin Melyn, Green Man froths with positivity and subversion

The dry wit, righteous anger and boundless energy that made UK Pride such a force is powerfully captured in a documentary featuring Ian McKellen and Olly Alexander

The performance poet narrates their first nonfiction work, mixing memoir with musings on how creativity brings people together

Dealing with themes of love and isolation, Tempest’s genre-blending fourth album is their most grounded project to date