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Ludovic Hunter-Tilney has been writing for the FT since 1998.

In 2014 he won the London Press Club’s Arts Reviewer of the year award. He lives in London.

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    Liam Gallagher: Why Me? Why Not.

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    The rapper brought stories of love and shifting sexual identity to London’s Brixton Academy

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    The Texan country artist returns to music with a new gravelly indomitability

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    Taylor Swift: Lover

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    Young sang clearly while Dylan alluded to his own ruined voice — and refused to crank out the hits

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