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Patrick Smith

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Chief Culture Writer @Independent; previously Head of Culture & Lifestyle; formerly Music Editor @Telegraph. Instagram: www.instagram.com/phjsmith/
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‘It’s been wild’: The unexpected story behind the (unofficial) Scotland World Cup song

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It begins with a spare, pulsing electro beat, as if pacing the centre circle before kick-off. When it repeats, another layer drops, then another, the tension thickening bar by bar. Next comes the voice: deadpan and insouciant, yet capable of soaring.
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Emily Blunt: How the reliably brilliant Brit became adored by simply everyone

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By Patrick Smith Verified
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At the UK premiere of his new sci-fi blockbuster Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg was rhapsodising about his leading lady. He'd been in awe of Emily Blunt, he said, ever since she stole the show in The Devil Wears Prada back in 2006. "This is a force of nature and one of the nicest people in the world," he added. "I'm so lucky that she liked our script." He is far from the only one so smitten.
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Jemaine Clement on age-gap comedy Alice and Steve, dancing to ABBA with Matt Berry, and separating the art from the artist

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Wearing dark double denim and a white T-shirt, with thick black Hockney-esque glasses balanced on his nose, Jemaine Clement walks into the lounge of a smart London hotel and immediately points to the medley of ornamental headwear hanging behind me. "You should put that on," he remarks, gesturing towards a gentleman's top hat.
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