Anatomy of the loser AFL club: when is the sting of sporting failure worse?
To fall just short? To never know how it feels to get close? To land between, avoiding either pole? Emma Kemp, deputy sport editor, recommends Geoff Lemon’s treatise on the losing team
September 2020
Michael Kiwanuka wins 2020 Mercury prize
Folk-soul singer wins £25,000 prize on third attempt for the album Kiwanuka, described by the Guardian as one of the best albums of the past decade
July 2020
Mercury prize 2020: Stormzy, Dua Lipa and Michael Kiwanuka among nominees
More female artists nominated than any other year, including a fourth nomination for Laura Marling
June 2020
Sports Team: Deep Down Happy review – debut album with plenty to say
This six-piece band marry Britpop sensibilities with a US alt-rock sound
April 2020
Lockdown culture
'I'm sharing a bed with the bass player': bands trapped in lockdown together
From a six-strong indie household in Glasgow to a trans DJ thruple in a remote log cabin, we meet the bands weathering the pandemic with each other
December 2019
Sports Team: the indie stars romanticising middle England
The Cambridge graduates have found success with prosaic songs about phones, pubs and motorways, but that doesn’t stop them being rude about their rivals
September 2018
Sports Team review – bright buzz band continue indie revival
The impressive six-piece bring middle England’s romance and ennui to life, and are a reminder of why guitar bands work
