4 hours ago Why can’t politics in the UK or US get to grips with Taylor Swift? Because she is a force in her own right | Gaby Hinsliff

On each side of the Atlantic, so much rests on what she says, positions she takes and who meets her approval. She is where pop meets politics nowWhen people say that music can change the world, they don’t usually mean songs that capture with bright, sharp intimacy how girls feel.They mean protest songs, political songs, anthems against the Vietnam war; not the soundtracks to aching teenage summers or to eight-year-olds’ dance routines in the playground. They don’t, in short, mean Taylor Swift songs. But that was what Malala Yousafzai, the Nobel peace prize-winning campaigner for women’s right to an education, used to sing with her friends growing up in Pakistan. Music, she posted on Instagram, after attending one of Swift’s London gigs this summer, “made me and my friends feel confident...

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23 hours ago Taylor Swift 'request for armed police guard for Wembley gigs was refused by Met'

Taylor Swift was given a blue light escort to her Wembley gigs but police reportedly assessed she did not warrant an armed guard

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26 hours ago Taylor Swift suffers wardrobe malfunction on stage in Miami as her dancers rush to her aide

Taylor Swift suffered a wardrobe malfunction this weekend when performing in Miami as her Vivienne Westwood gown unzipped on stage - with the star's dancers quick to come to her aid.

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31 hours ago Travis Kelce's former NFL teammate hits out over treatment at Taylor Swift concert

Taylor Swift's "Eras Tour" resumed with a show at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida with a number of NFL stars in attendance

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32 hours ago Jeffrey Archer moans that Taylor Swift fans have ruined his local pub The Black Dog after she made it world famous on her latest album

James Archer has bemoaned that Taylor Swift fans have ruined his local boozer after her latest hit album sparked thousands of fans to descend on the Black Dog. 

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