Arts & Entertainment

Seven Nation Army, and other songs ruined by being sung at football matches

EVER loved a song until you heard it being murdered by 10,000 pissed-up football fans? They’ve probably ruined these others for you too.

Five jazz albums that are a gateway to not liking jazz

EVER feel like you should grow out of shit chart music and try to get into jazz? These albums will put you off very quickly.

What to do if you're the only person in the audience at an Edinburgh Fringe show

THOUGHT you’d check out an exciting new comedian or play at Edinburgh, only to discover you’re the only person there? Here’s how to cope with the embarrassment.

Filming a mid-song TikTok, and other ways Gen Z are f**king up gigs

FROM camping outside for eight hours, to blocking your view in increasingly inventive ways, here’s how youngsters are ruining concerts.

The shittest jokes of the Edinburgh Festival 2023

IT’S that time of year for articles entitled ‘The best jokes of the Edinburgh Festival’. Here standup Martin Bishop talks you through his favourite incredibly laboured gags.

Number of Scottish people in Edinburgh now down to three

THE number of genuine Scots resident in Edinburgh has hit a new August low of three, surveyors have confirmed.

Hip hop middle-aged, fat and knackered

HIP hop is 50, tired, has nothing new to say and makes a little yelping noise when it has to get up out of an armchair, it has emerged.

Menswear, and other bands no one would give a shit about if they reformed

REFORMING to cash in on nostalgia is a common way for bands to make some money in their twilight years. Although these unmissed acts really needn't bother.

My insufferably smug career plans after Edinburgh. By a posh girl

EDINBURGH is being invaded by middle-class students hoping their dire fringe shows will lead to comedy or acting success. Here Charlotte Phelps outlines her slightly nauseating plans.

'Holly put dogshit in my hair': Inside the bullying culture of This Morning

YOU wouldn’t expect an ultra-bland daytime show like This Morning to have a ‘toxic culture’, but the allegations keep on coming. Here former researcher Carl (not his real name) reveals what went on.