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Doctor’s Orders: Peter Capaldi’s Favourite Albums
As he prepares to embark on his first ever headline music tour, Peter Capaldi takes Jude Rogers through 13 records that have defined his life, from the parallels between Talking Heads and Doctor Who, to the time he found himself in a room with Kate Bush
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DIY Against the Oligarchy: Underground Music in Tbilisi, by Nick Hudson
Nick Hudson reports from Georgia with his guide to the gripping, eclectic and unpredictable music currently being produced in the Tbilisi underground, and how the city's musical communities are stepping up in the face of significant repression
Monthly Playlists
Specially curated sonic bulletins to accompany tQ’s essential editorial
Monthly Playlists
tQ’s Exclusive Monthly Round-Up Playlist: October 2025
The dearly beloved tQ supporters can catch up with everything we've written about this past month here
Low Culture Essay
Illuminating treasured cultural artefacts
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Tariq Goddard on Jeremy Brett, the Perfect Sherlock Holmes
Tariq Goddard declares that in Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, the actor delivered one of the greatest TV performances of all time – one that was so total, it arguably destroyed him
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Duncan Wheeler on Ozzy at the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival
Although they went to the same primary school, Duncan Wheeler knew little about Ozzy Osbourne until Jon Bon Jovi led him to a VHS of a gig that counts as one of the strangest live events in rock history
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Tariq Goddard on Jeremy Brett, the Perfect Sherlock Holmes
Tariq Goddard declares that in Jeremy Brett's portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective, the actor delivered one of the greatest TV performances of all time – one that was so total, it arguably destroyed him
Low Culture Essay
Low Culture Essay: Duncan Wheeler on Ozzy at the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival
Although they went to the same primary school, Duncan Wheeler knew little about Ozzy Osbourne until Jon Bon Jovi led him to a VHS of a gig that counts as one of the strangest live events in rock history
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Our editors John & Luke bring their insight to an essential album, book, film, etc.
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Low Culture Podcast: John & Luke Reflect on 2025
In the final pod of the year, tQ’s founders tremble in the face of the coming cheese apocalypse as they dive into their musical highlights from the past 12 months
Organic Intelligence
Your virtual guide through the record shop racks
Organic Intelligence
Organic Intelligence LI: Laura Cannell’s Guide to Early-ish Christmas Music
It's a seasonal special for the final antidote to the algorithm of 2025, as guides us through melancholic Medieval, rousing Baroque and stolen carols
