Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
Music set adrift from the continent and our island
		The arts in this country have value simply because they are ours: BENN LUNN calls for a recalibration of how we view the music industry
	 
			ON FEBRUARY 12, the Guardian published an illuminating and soul-destroying article by Joseph Middleton.
The director of Leeds Lieder festival highlights how the nature of the current Brexit agreement is implemented has created insane scenarios, including having to fork out £600 for a gig he had had in the diary for two years.
The article goes on to describe how a lot of the chaos has been hidden away because so many cancellations were a result of Covid-19, and not because performers lost out on work due to bureaucracy.
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