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Lost Irish musical genius finally getting recognition
Michael O’Shea, a talented experimental musician who died in 1991, was the definition of enigmatic
Switched-On Bach: How a transgender synth pioneer changed music
Wendy Carlos’s 1968 album of Bach music for Moog synthesiser brought electronic music into the mainstream and influenced artists from Giorgio Moroder to Daft Punk
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Donald Clarke: The Who’s ‘Tommy’, ‘Quadrophenia’, Pink Floyd’s ‘The Wall’, Lloyd Webber. Enough
Freemasons launch campaign to shake off secret society image
As London lodges for journalists and MPs revealed, organisation says ‘enough is enough’
Mushroom? Or blue algae? What your latte says about you
Forget espresso with hot milk – there is a whole world of extreme lattes out there. So are you the Albert Camus or the Jackson Pollock of cafe culture?
Frankfurt motor show: Big debuts but low-key feel
For all the new metal on show there is a sense of uncertainty about the motor industry’s future direction
Starmus: a festival of the stars
At Starmus Festival in Tenerife, the superstars of science and megastars of music bring cosmology to earth
Players have bought into feeling of being part of something huge in Brazil
The true heir to Maradona arrived at this World Cup in São Paulo last Thursday night – Luis Suarez
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