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Baker's Dozen

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Ain’t it the Truth: Robert Lloyd of Nightingales’ Favourite Music

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LISTEN: Dead Fader’s New LPs

Listen to both new albums from Dead Fader's John Cohen, Blood Forest and Scorched, exploring two different sides of the electronic producer's sound; plus win a copy of both albums on vinyl

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The Strange World Of… Billy Childish

Strange World is a semi-regular guide to artists who have produced bewilderingly large bodies of work. Here Helen King meets Billy Childish to discuss punk rock, door-knockers and dusting his mother's dahlias. Billy Childish portraits by Edd Westmacott

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At Leisure: Steve Ignorant On The Sea Palling Independent Lifeboat

In the latest At Leisure film, Luke Turner and Ethan Reid travel to the North Norfolk coast to speak to Steve Ignorant of Crass about his work volunteering for the Sea Palling independent lifeboat

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A Line In The Sand: Untold & Hemlock Discuss UK Dance Music

Hemlock is one of the most enduring labels to have emerged from the shadows of the dubstep scene. With a new compilation just released, Angus Finlayson meets label bosses Untold & Andy Spencer and signee Randomer to talk UK dance music's past, present & future

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