Have a Good Trip: celebrities share wild psychedelic stories for Netflix
In a new documentary, comedy writer Donick Cary pulls together an impressive array of names, from Sarah Silverman to Sting to Ben Stiller, to share their experiences
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‘My studio is an extra limb right now’: bedroom pop, the perfect genre for lockdown
Billie Eilish, Girl in Red and others have clocked millions of streams from music made at home. Mac DeMarco, Ariel Pink and others explain why we need to embrace this lo-fi recording
Lockdown with Gilbert and George: they’ve lost the world, but the walk goes on
For decades the suited pair have spent their days strolling around London. Now due to coronavirus they’ve stoically adapted their routine, as shown in a strangely moving video diary
Midnight Your Time: Diana Quick on motherhood and her ’empty nest’ drama
Despite a knee injury, the actor’s lockdown has been productive – she stars in the Donmar’s online play about a mother’s relationship with her daughter
How we made The Story of Tracy Beaker
Jacqueline Wilson: ‘All my children’s books had sunk without a trace – then I saw an advert for foster children and thought: What a horrible thing’
The best albums of 2020 so far
There’s shaken-up pop from Rina Sawayama, searching rap by J Hus and Jay Electronica, and invention everywhere from KeiyaA’s soul to Beatrice Dillon’s electronics
‘I’m genuine – and a bit strange’: emo rapper Yung Lean bares his soul
Written off as a novelty at first, the 23-year-old Swedish artist reflects on his new status as a pioneer of the hip-hop confessional
‘This made me smile’: our readers’ favourite coronavirus street art
Houses, roads and shops all over the UK have been redecorated and reinvigorated during lockdown
The 100 greatest UK No 1s: No 19, Lil Nas X – Old Town Road
The TikTok phenomenon was a knowingly silly ode to the underdog that spawned a thousand memes – and laid bare bigotry in the country music establishment
The best films of 2020 so far
Adam Sandler is a gem of jewellery dealer, Dev Patel is inspired casting as David Copperfield, while Keira Knightley disrupts the 1970 Miss World contest in these top picks from the UK release schedule this year
Forget Titian, here’s a talking dog! Is this digital art’s big moment?
A film noir about a cluttered flat, an animated canine, Yesterday whistled in a corridor … artists in coronavirus lockdown are making the leap to digital. Can they stop people switching over to Netflix?
Betty Wright, US soul, funk and R&B singer, dies aged 66
Singer with remarkable vocal range had been sampled by generations of hip-hop and R&B artists, including Beyoncé and Mary J Blige