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David Squires takes on 'festival season' in his latest comic

6+ hour, 18+ min ago  (226+ words) As the football season comes to an end, it is suddenly rendered a rather pastoral and calming nine months of relatively mild hooliganism and hardships once the "festival season" starts up. From Glastonbury to the local one-dayer, this is when…...

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faroutmagazine. co. uk > cmat-fascism-rise-politically-charged-ivor-novello-acceptance-speech

CMAT warns "fascism is on the rise" after scooping huge award

9+ hour, 51+ min ago  (337+ words) CMAT called on her fellow artists to use their platform for political resistance while highlighting worsening levels of global fascism at the Ivor Novello ceremony in London. The Irish musician was in attendance at the award ceremony, which took place…...

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faroutmagazine. co. uk > the-living-memorial-of-oradour-sur-glane-a-village-left-untouched-since-wwii

Oradour-sur-Glane: The village left untouched since WWII

10+ hour, 33+ min ago  (542+ words) France is one of the world's great tourist countries, with Paris the third most-visited city on the planet, but it's not all croissants and wine, as the country is also home to some fascinating dark tourist spots. The Paris Catacombs,…...

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faroutmagazine. co. uk > belly-and-echobelly-90s-indie-gender-politics

Belly, Echobelly, and the gender politics of 1990s indie rock

23+ hour, 33+ min ago  (1064+ words) Nostalgia tours, especially ones that involve shoe-horning in the random anniversary of an old album release, are exceedingly common these days, and for understandable reasons. The phenomenon might have reached its peak moment last year, however, when my algorithm began…...

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The billion-dollar movie Peter Jackson refused to direct twice

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (501+ words) If you've already directed a billion-dollar movie twice, can you really be arsed doing it again? If you're Peter Jackson, then the answer is a resounding no; twice over, in fact. As well as The Lord of the Rings: The…...

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faroutmagazine. co. uk > dave-clark-five-band-counterculture-forgot

The Dave Clark Five: the band that counterculture forgot

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (333+ words) It might have taken The Beatles a few years to sprout moustaches and get their hands on some LSD, but the British invasion of the mid-1960s was the root of the American counterculture era that soon followed " a fact signified by…...

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faroutmagazine. co. uk > riots-curry-powder-and-priests-at-isle-of-wight-festival-1970-the-british-woodstock

Riots, curry powder, and priests at the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (657+ words) We put this festival on, you bastards, with a lotta love! We worked for one year for you pigs! And you wanna break our walls down? And you wanna destroy it? Well, you go to hell," came the outcry from…...

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faroutmagazine. co. uk > gurriers-announce-new-album-nobodys-coming-to-save-you

Gurriers announce new album, 'Nobody's Coming To Save You"

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (286+ words) Dublin's Gurriers have announced their return with their highly anticipated second album, Nobody's Coming To Save You, slated for a September 25th release. Along with the exciting news, the band has released the fierce title track, which they say is a…...

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How Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' changed travel forever

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (681+ words) How Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness' changed travel forever Far Out Magazine How Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness' changed travel forever Heart of Darkness isn't just one of the great British books of all time, but it's also a piece…...

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faroutmagazine. co. uk > garbage-album-bruce-springsteen-couldnt-stand

The "garbage" album Bruce Springsteen couldn't stand

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (582+ words) For every legendary artist, there is a defining moment when everything aligns, and their star is launched into the stratosphere. For some, this happens right away'a single catches fire, and the whole world latches on. For others, it's a slower…...