The Independent [Latitude series]: Beta Band’s Steve Mason spent 12 years writing memoir he feared ‘read like a primary school essay’
Beta Band frontman Steve Mason has revealed he spent 12 years writing his memoir, Failure is Always an Option, while worrying much of that time that it read “like a primary school essay”.
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The Independent: Pop pioneer Peaches: ‘We’re told to be ashamed of our bodies – I want people to find the joy in resistance’
Radical artist warns that society is going in ‘the direction of white supremacy or bust’
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Newsworks: The World Cup in News Brands – The stories that defined the beautiful game
From the very first tournament in the 1930s to the global cultural behemoth it is today, news brands' World Cup coverage has become a cornerstone of football fans' experience of the tournament for generations.
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