I was living and working in Africa at the time of Band Aid 1984. I found the song Do They Know it’s Christmas? cloying, but I recognised that it was mobilising ordinary citizens towards concern and compassion…
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Two stories in the news this week are more closely-linked than you might have thought. First, Taylor Swift has pulled her entire catalogue from free music streaming service, Spotify, and second, the white…
It really doesn’t matter if you don’t like this song. It doesn’t matter if you hate the artists. What matters is that you buy the record. So said the Irish songwriter Bob Geldof last weekend, in anticipation…
