Elizabeth Aubrey

Bruce Springsteen Live In Manchester Reviewed: Blistering, anti-Trump broadsides fire up the most political set of The Boss’ career The opening night of Springsteen’s Land Of Hopes And Dreams tour was characterised by a series of broadsides against President Trump.

“The last check on power, after the checks and balances of government have failed, are the people, you and me...” @aubreywrites.bsky.social on a momentous new era for Bruce Springsteen. The first night in Manchester reviewed at @mojomagazine.bsky.social www.mojo4music.com/articles/sto...

Photograph of Jon King of Gang of Four from his new memoir To Hell With Poverty!

From how bass guitars make excellent weapons to why feminist artists were so inspiring, Jon King tells Elizabeth Aubrey about the things he learned bashing the fash with Gang Of Four

#GangOfFour’s Jon King on Fighting Fascism

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I haven’t either 😣😣😣 I’m hoping it’s just delayed

Labour mollifies the rich, targets disabled people and claims moral justification. There isn’t any | Frances Ryan Ministers run away from a wealth tax and then concoct a punitive benefits system. They have made that choice and it’s immoral, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Choosing to take money from disabled benefit claimants rather than levy a wealth tax is simply immoral 👇

Absolutely. With such a big majority they could make some real change and progression but there’s been so v little. I have more hope via Lisa Nandy but rest of it has felt awful

Nothing feels different from when the Tories were in. The most depressing time :(

It feels like the everlasting winter in Thrones rn! Hope you’re well John x

Gah! I know. It feels like winter has lasted 876 years

Great piece!

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Ahhh yessss! That’s on my list too: a classic!

I started an X Files re watch recently - still going!

Just like the rest of the economy, discussions around growth, GDP, etc, show an expansion at the top

The success of wealth extraction, rather than a mutually beneficial functioning economy

We need to end the reporting of data points without context. And even AI could quickly provide that context

The UK music industry is reporting record revenues. The reality is much gloomier | Eamonn Forde We’re apparently spending more on music than any time since the CD era – but the calculation methods are archaic, and don’t reflect the low incomes for many artists

SELF-PROMOTION POST. Clouds and concrete: why the record business *really* needs to stop using “albums” as units of measurement/metrics of success. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...

Hero!! (This was also me!)

‘Shaun of the Dead’ Oral History: Zombie Trust Exercises, Getting Egged on Set, and Helen Mirren’s Unforgettable Turndown Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and more look back on 'Shaun of the Dead' and its 20th anniversary in IndieWire's wide-ranging oral history.

I had a blast writing an oral history of Shaun of the Dead for its 20th birthday for IndieWire - a joy to chat to all the cast for this! www.indiewire.com/features/int...

Rick Astley: I have a sense of ‘thank Christ’ for that song The Eighties pop star on the trauma of witnessing his dad’s abuse, blazing a storm at Glastonbury and a run-in with the Prince of Darkness

I also had a very emotive chat with Rick Astley for The Telegraph about his new autobiography that explored his challenging childhood, his rise to fame and his much loved Glastonbury set www.telegraph.co.uk/music/interv...

Taylor Swift comes to London: 'I've never seen this level of excitement' The pop megastar is playing a series of concerts at Wembley and London is rolling out the red carpet

Over the summer I had the joyous job of writing this cover feature for the Evening Standard about Taylor’s big arrival in London last summer for the Eras tour:

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INTERVIEW: The National's Bryce Dessner on All Of This Unreal Time After teaming up with Jon Hopkins and twin brother Aaron for a score to a Max Porter-penned and Cillian Murphy-starring film, The National's Bryce Dessner speaks to Elizabeth Aubrey about the project ...

One of my favourite chats of the year came when I spoke to The National’s Bryce Dessner about his wonderful film score/solo work. Read it here over on The Quietus: thequietus.com/news/bryce-d...

Ebon Moss-Bachrach interview: ‘We’re nearing the end of The Bear’ The Emmy-winning actor on kitchen chaos, taking on Star Wars and the Marvel Universe, plus waiting on a call from Taylor Swift

Next, a feature for the Telegraph with The Bear’s Ebon Moss-Bachrach around the last season of The Bear www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2024/07/0...

Anya Taylor-Joy | That Nomadic Depth of Feeling Via Issue 192, Gettin' Around

And here’s some of my work from last year to give you a taster of my writing! First up, a cover with the wonderful Anya Taylor Joy where we talked all things Furiosa: www.flaunt.com/post/anya-ta...

Ah Happy New Year Chris! Great to see you over here and hope you’re well! X

It was lovely thanks Lou, properly switched off from everything and feel much better for it! Glad you had a good one mate!

Happy Birthday!! Have a most excellent day!

Absolute scenes! Hope you’ve had a great Christmas Lou!

Gromit reading A Room of One’s Own has made my year

Word of the day is ‘hibernacle’ (18th century): a hibernating animal’s winter retreat.

I believe it works on a human level too.

Observer posts £3m profit ahead of potential sale to loss-making start-up Sunday title outstrips forecasts despite claims it must be offloaded to protect the Guardian

Telegraph reports that the Observer made £3.4m last year, according to internal figures. An interesting new fact www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...