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Politics, music, and the trifecta. E17. Global Comms & Brand @ Diageo/Guardian Media Group/Pearson/British Embassy Washington/No Ten &c. Stop making sense.

'How a mysterious ghost ship brought cosmic disco to Cape Verde' might be one of my favourite ever headlines

Dublin-born Cape Verde defender Pico Lopes was offered a slot in the national side over LinkedIn. Accepted the second time because the first invitation was in Portuguese „which i didn’t speak”

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Was excited to see Andy Burnham on Question Time last night revealing West Ham's fixture list next season

I love it (but also Live. Laugh Love etc etc)

HERE IS THE MENTIONED DONKEY

The biggest disclosure in the Mandelson files is that all the might of the British state could not get a lead time of less than 8-10 weeks for a goddamn *briefcase*. t.co/M4BkyGVb4L

Airstrikes in south of country kill nine people and wound another 150, most of them medical staff

One of my favorite Cabo Verde facts is that it has a genre of music that arose after an abandoned ship washed up in 1968, carrying hundreds of keyboards and synths

from "speak of the devil"

Are goats being sacrificed in this office in the centre of Hackney? www.londoncentric.media/p/hackney-lo...

Is there a pianist in the house? Audience member steps up to perform in La La Land in Sydney

A new compilation documents the strange history of the African country’s groove-laden sound, formed following the discovery of a boatload of synths

Live animals dragged into a trendy east London building and never seen again • Fire rituals in London cemeteries • Bones left by strangers' graves • What is going on?

www.londoncentric.media

Sterling Nasa had tickets to see Justin Hurwitz’s La La Land in Concert. When the keyboardist suddenly fell ill, he found himself on stage performing * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast La La Land is a much adored homage to Hollywood, where dreamers take chances and seize unexpected moments. On Saturday night at the ICC’s Darling Harbour theatre, that idea became a reality for a 21-year-old university student who was thrust into the spotlight at a live performance of the movie’s score – and saved a concert from derailment. Continue reading...