Politicians and musicians clash over Glastonbury chants and Anna Wintour steps away from the role that's defined her career

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UK punk duo Bob Vylan have the political world in an uproar after their set at Glastonbury Festival, which included some inflammatory language about Israel and Gaza. But Bob Vylan were far from the only act to speak out from the stage. UK journalist Ash Sarkar takes us into the battle of words between the government and musicians in the UK.
Anna Wintour is stepping back from her role as editor-in-chief of American Vogue after 37 years. Wintour isn't moving away from the industry, but it marks a significant shift for Wintour and for the magazine. Former Vogue Australia editor-in-chief Kirstie Clements explores Wintour's impact and the role of fashion magazines in 2025.
And Brett Adlington looks at regional galleries in NSW, who face significant budget shortfalls after the latest round funding announcements by Create NSW.
Our track of the week is Blissing Part I & II by Freyja Garbett

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‘Despicable': Douglas Murray blasts Glastonbury festival for anti-IDF chant

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6 hours ago

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‘Despicable': Douglas Murray blasts Glastonbury festival for anti-IDF chant

Author Douglas Murray condemns the Glastonbury Festival for permitting punk duo Bob Vylan to perform a provocative anti-Israel chant targeting the IDF. 'The sort of instinct one has on it in a way is to wish that these morons at Glastonbury ever got a glimpse of what the innocent young people at the Nova festival saw on the morning of October the 7th,' Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi. 'It makes you despair at the fact that all of these people would pay and chant along to hate … the organisers and everyone else should be ashamed of themselves.'

Pop star Rita Ora finally addresses cheating scandal

News.com.au

7 hours ago

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Pop star Rita Ora finally addresses cheating scandal

Rita Ora has broken her silence over allegations that she was involved in a steamy affair with a famous rapper. All the way back in 2016, Ora became the subject of intense speculation that she had slept with Jay-Z. The rumours emerged after Beyonce's smash hit 2016 album Lemonade featured a track about a man cheating on a woman whom she referred to as 'Becky with the good hair'. Ora, 34, found herself at the centre of the rumours after fans accused her of being the woman that Beyonce was singing about on the feisty track. Speaking on Davina McCall's Begin Again podcast, Ora has revealed that the rumour left her devastated because of the respect she has for Beyonce and Jay Z, whose label she had previously been signed to when she rose to fame 'Behind closed doors, [Beyonce] is literally my fairy godmother, she was my protector - that's what's insane because there was nothing but love,' she said. 'And, you know, again, being signed to Jay-Z, her husband, she being my biggest inspiration, she came to my first show in New York at The Box and I sang Say My Name in front of Beyonce when I was 21.' 'It wasn't real,' Ora insisted. 'I wish I had good hair! None of that was real. That was the first time I experienced what it means to be in a messy situation, I guess.' Rumours of Jay-Z's infidelity first emerged when security camera footage caught Beyonce's sister Solange attacking the rapper in an elevator. Beyonce's critically acclaimed album Lemonade was released in 2016 then added fuel to the fire. Then, in an interview with The New York Times, Jay-Z finally came clean about the rumours, but stopped at revealing who the other woman was. 'So even with women, you gonna shut down emotionally, so you can't connect …. In my case, like, it's deep,' he shared. 'And then all the things happen from there: infidelity. We were using our art almost like a therapy session. And we started making music together. And then the music she was making at that time was further along. So her album came out as opposed to the joint album that we were working on. Um, we still have a lot of that music. And this is what it became. There was never a point where it was like, 'I'm making this album.' I was right there the entire time.'

BBC accused of handling anti-Israel Glastonbury chant ‘very poorly'

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7 hours ago

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BBC accused of handling anti-Israel Glastonbury chant ‘very poorly'

News Corp Europe Correspondent Sophie Elsworth says the BBC has been in 'turmoil' after covering an anti-Israel chant at Glastonbury. British rapper Bobby Vylan – whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster – of punk duo Bob Vylan, led chants of 'death, death to the IDF' at the Glastonbury music festival over the weekend. Ms Elsworth told Sky News host Steve Price that the BBC is being accused of handling it 'very poorly'.