2 h. ago Taylor Swift, the Sylvia Plath of her generation? Maggie Nelson has got this one wrong in The Slicks

There are plenty of curious ideas to pursue when examining the global phenomenon of Swift in 2025. The patriarchy hating prolific female artists in a pop world dominated by women doesn’t feel like one of them, writes Hannah Ewens

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17 h. ago Children In Need's most iconic moments: From Joanna Lumley's striptease to Taylor Swift performing and Louie Spence's twerk

BBC's Children In Need returns to screens this Friday night at 7pm, with the UK's most beloved presenters back at the helm.

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18 h. ago 9 best jewellery gifts to give this Christmas with prices starting from £15

From earrings loved by Princess Kate and necklaces by Stacey Solomon to rings that give Taylor Swift's rock a run for its money, here are some lovely gift ideas for jewellery fans

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38 h. ago Taylor Swift compares job with Travis Kelce in never before seen phone call

A new clip from Taylor Swift's upcoming docuseries has been released and it shows a sweet moment behind the scenes

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39 h. ago Taylor Swift's sweet phone call with Travis Kelce exposed in new Eras Tour series clip

A new docuseries will show fans what really goes on behind the scenes during the singer's concerts

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41 h. ago Taylor Swift says she wanted to ‘overserve’ fans in Eras Tour series trailer

The star says she is ‘very aware of mysterious forces at play that I will never have any control of’.

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42 h. ago Celeste: Woman of Faces review – from chanson to prewar jazz, this timeless song cycle defies the easy sell

(Polydor)It’s a difficult second album for the chart-topping singer, in more ways than one – but her sombre songcraft ends up being spectacularIn theory, the making of Celeste’s second album should have been plain sailing. Boosted by a win in the BBC Sound of 2020 poll, and her single A Little Love appearing on the John Lewis Christmas ad the same year, her debut album Not Your Muse entered the charts at No 1, spawned two big hits – Stop This Flame and Strange – and ultimately went gold. That’s the perfect starting place from which to make a second album: success, acclaim and attention, but not on the kind of overwhelming scale that seems ultimately paralysing, where it’s impossible to work out how you can follow it up.And yet, the making of Woman of Faces has clearly been attended by some difficulty. Celeste has talked openly about butting heads with its producer, Jeff Bhasker, whose hugely impressive CV includes work with Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and Kanye West: she commissioned...

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48 h. ago Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce preparing for 'wedding to end all weddings'

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are tipped to tie the knot next year in what experts predict will be a day to 'dwarf any celebrity nuptials we’ve seen before'

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66 h. ago Southport families support further investigation into attacker’s parents

The mother and father of Axel Rudakubana gave evidence to the Southport Inquiry in early November.

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3 d. ago Taylor Swift’s hidden messages to Travis Kelce after ‘training her fans’

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's engagement announcement set the internet on fire - here's a closer look at some of the secret messages fans are trained to spot

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3 d. ago Taylor Swift was ‘the most phenomenal house guest’ says Marcus Mumford

Pop icon had a ‘killer candle game’ says the Mumford and Sons star

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3 d. ago Marcus Mumford says Taylor Swift was ‘the most phenomenal house guest’

The 38-year-old singer described Swift’s ‘candle game’ as ‘excellent’ when she came to his home studio to record her 2020 album Evermore.

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3 d. ago Massive sum Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift and Charli XCX helped to add to UK economy last year revealed

DUA Lipa helped music boost the UK economy to the tune of £8billion last year.  The singer — whose hits include New Rules and Levitating — was one of the industry’s biggest money-makers as its contribution to the country’s coffers leapt by five per cent.  She saw album Radical Optimism debut at No1 in the...

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3 d. ago Joe Alwyn’s secret London date sparks buzz as Taylor Swift enjoys her engagement bliss with Travis Kelce

Joe Alwyn’s secret London date sparks buzz as Taylor Swift enjoys her engagement bliss with Travis Kelce  The Times of India

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift responsible for one of 2026's biggest emojis without even knowing

Keith Broni, editor-in-chief of Emojipedia, explains what he thinks will be the biggest emoji trends next year and why viral online moments can make them popular

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4 d. ago Taylor Swift's official 2026 calendar shots as star enters 'deeply personal' era

Taylor Swift's 2026 calendar is a striking juxtaposition to her latest album and embraces a quieter, more introspective tone, which could be a clue to the tone of her wedding

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5 d. ago Taylor’s Swift gives rare insight into unlikely trad wife home life with 'weird obsession'

Taylor Swift admits her 'hobbies could be categorised as hobbies you could have had in the 1700s' in rare insight into her life at home with her fiancé Travis Kelce

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5 d. ago Taylor's Swift reveals unlikely trad wife home life with her 'weird obsession'

EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Swift admits her 'hobbies could be categorised as hobbies you could have had in the 1700s' in rare insight into her life at home with her fiancé Travis Kelce

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5 d. ago Blur's Alex James slams charts and can't work out why a few artists have multiple slots

Blur star Alex James has taken a pop at the charts and the bassist reckons it's a shame that huge stars such as Taylor Swift and Lily Allen dominate the mainstream charts, with a distinct lack of bands in the Top40.

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5 d. ago ‘Ambition is a punishing sphere for women’: author Maggie Nelson on why Taylor Swift is the Sylvia Plath of her generation

What do Swift and Plath have in common, and should Kamala Harris have spoken out about her political ambitions? The Argonauts author turns her lens on poetry, pop and patriarchyMaggie Nelson is an unapologetic Taylor Swift fan. She knows the discography, drops song lyrics into conversation and tells me she took her family to the Vancouver leg of the Eras tour. So she’s a dyed-in-the-wool Swiftie? Nelson seems not entirely comfortable with the breathless connotations of that term but yes, the love is real. So much so, she has written a book about the billionaire singer-songwriter, or rather, a joint analysis of Swift and Sylvia Plath, who recurs in much of Nelson’s oeuvre.The notion of uniting these two cultural titans, who are seemingly poles apart in sensibility – one a melancholic American poet, the other an all-American poster girl – came to her when she heard Swift’s 2024 album, The Tortured Poets Department. Alongside its literary references to F Scott Fitzgerald...

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