As news breaks that the prolific and acclaimed composer Ennio Morricone has sadly died at the age of 91, we compile a Baker's Dozen of artists and writers on their favourite work by Il Maestro, from Jane Weaver and Blanck Mass to Årabrot and Rachel Zeffira
Pop is all over Rainbow Milk, the Gordon Burn Prize-nominated debut novel by Paul Mendez. Here he tells Paul Flynn how a love of Marvin Gaye, Beyonce, Solange, Joy Division and Missy Elliott gave him a clearer understanding of his sexuality and racial identity
At this year's Donaufestival in Austria, Tristan Bath puts together a list of salient points – courtesy of performances from Klara Lewis, Gnod, Emptyset, Ben Frost, and a host of others – on topics from set times to politics and its absence. (Photographs by David Visnjic)