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Britpop

June 2026

  • From left, Eds Chesters, Adam Devlin, Scott Morriss and Mark Morriss of the Bluetones in 1994.

    How we made
    ‘People get confused, think it’s called Where Did You Go?’ How the Bluetones made Slight Return

    ‘We didn’t have a washing machine, so I was in the launderette when our manager rang and said: “You’ve gone in at No 2”’

April 2026

  • Two women in a nightclub.

    Back to the 90s: Tate exhibition to explore decade’s art and fashion

    Show curated by Edward Enninful will highlight era’s ‘do it yourself’ attitude and shift focus away from Cool Britannia

March 2026

  • Oscar Lloyd as Damon Albarn and George Usher as Liam Gallagher.

    I had a front row seat at the Blur v Oasis frenzy – here’s what a new play gets bang on and bafflingly wrong

    In 1995, the bands tussled for No 1 – and the Britpop crown. Our writer was on the inside of the mad-for-it contest. Does The Battle accurately capture this divisive moment? And what was Noel’s problem with risotto?

February 2026

  • Alex James

    Honest playlist
    ‘What do I play at a party? Oasis’s Wonderwall goes down a storm’: Alex James’s honest playlist

  • The Battle by John Niven

    The Battle review – Britpop bickering and 90s nostalgia in Blur v Oasis comedy

January 2026

  • Swagger and sparkle … Robbie Williams.

    Alexis Petridis's album of the week
    Robbie Williams: Britpop review – a wayward yet winning time-machine trip back to the 90s

    Framed as the music Williams wanted to make post-Take That, Britpop surpasses pastiche and swerves unpredictably. Homoerotic paean to Morrissey, anyone?

November 2025

  • Alexis Petridis

    double quotation markMani’s writhing, relentless bass was the Stone Roses’ secret sauce – it taught indie kids how to dance

    Alexis Petridis
    His love of ‘good northern soul and funk’ was always in evidence and had a lasting impact on alternative music

July 2025

  • Too Much by Lena Dunham

    ‘I love England so much’: From TV to pop, film to fashion, the UK is enjoying a cultural resurgence

    Three decades on from Blur and Oasis, a new and more diverse wave of stars is celebrating British identity
  • The crown watch big-screen projections of Liam Gallagher as Oasis perform at Principality Stadium, Cardiff, 4 July.

    ‘This was our Eras tour!’: The joy and camaraderie of the Oasis reunion gigs

    Last week the Gallagher brothers kicked-off their reunion tour in Cardiff – our readers look back in admiration

    • ‘Their songs are rousing, trippy, witty, moronic. I’ve sung along to them all’: Simon Armitage hails the return of Oasis

    • From sweary Brit Awards chaos to uniting a mourning city: TV’s top 12 Oasis moments

    • double quotation markWhat would British culture be like if Oasis had never existed?

      Dorian Lynskey

June 2025

  • A man standing next to Oasis t shirts

    Buy here now: Oasis to open series of merch stores before reunion gigs

    Exclusive: first store opens in Spinningfields, Manchester, two weeks before band’s first gig in 16 years in Cardiff
  • Pulp

    ‘Misshapes, mistakes, misfits’: Pulp’s signature secondhand style has stood test of time

    Band’s ‘on the edge of kitsch’ aesthetic is still relevant three decades later as young people focus on vintage clothing
  • ‘This is the best we can do’ … from left: Mark Webber, Jarvis Cocker, Nick Banks and Candida Doyle of Pulp.

    Pulp: More review – anthems and rage for the next life stage

    Jarvis Cocker and the band’s first album in 24 years delivers a refreshing take on middle age, with all the the skewed observation and joyful melodic flourishes of old

April 2025

  • Liam Gallagher and Damon Albarn take part in the Music Industry Soccer Six Tournament at Mile End Stadium, east London, in 1996.

    Britpop battle between Blur and Oasis revisited in ‘punchy’ new comedy

  • Noel Gallagher of Oasis plays guitar as Liam walks away from him while performing on stage

    Gallagher brothers perform together for first time in 16 years in London members’ club

February 2025

  • ‘There are at least two huge mistakes in The Riverboat Song’ … from left, Simon Fowler, Oscar Harrison, Steve Cradock and Damon Minchella.

    How we made
    ‘Liam Gallagher kissed me on the lips’: Ocean Colour Scene on making The Riverboat Song and 90s excess

    ‘Chris Evans told us he wanted it for the TFI Friday walk-on music. He had a thousand ideas – which is weird because he was probably the only one not doing cocaine’
  • Miki Berenyi Trio, MB3, press, publicity photo

    Film & Music reader interview
    Indie legend Miki Berenyi: ‘There was a falling out in Lush. And, if I’m honest, it still hurts’

    Ahead of her trio’s new album, the indie star answers your questions on the harsh 90s music press, her harrowing memoir, and the joy of Spurs walloping Arsenal
  • Bridget Jones smiles as she sits wearing pyjamas on a sofa and holds a book

    Return of Bridget Jones taps into 90s trend as gen Z looks to ‘simpler’ time

    It’s not just the middle-aged who are nostalgic for the Britpop decade, when ‘everything seemed a bit more fun’
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