The author of the classic children’s stories left Belfast as a boy, but his homeland remained a powerful force in his imagination

Advance press described Sable, Fable as Bon Iver’s “sexiest” album yet, which is misleading. There’s a lot of romantic yearning, however, as Justin Vernon traces the arc of a relationship from infatuation to connection to contentment, a journey that he explores via blissed-out yacht rock (Everything Is Peaceful Love) and fuzzy Radiohead-style dirge rock (If Only Could Wait, a duet with Danielle Haim)

Chapman looks back on her self-titled debut and its powerful hit Fast Car, which has gained a second life as a country song

Hozier lost out to Chappell Roan, who paid tribute to Sinéad O’Connor as she celebrated win

Thirty years ago, one event made Austen more popular than almost any other contemporary or close successor

Beyoncé secures album of the year award for Cowboy Carter after previously missing out four times

Brat scores British pop star Charli xcx five nominations, while Irish acts Fontaines DC and Hozier get nods in international group and song

From Charli XCX to Olivia Rodrigo via Oasis and The Wolfe Tones, here’s how the calendar’s shaping up from January to November

The breakfast host seems to court listeners who once complained about the PC brigade but now prefer to decry the woke mob

Planet Business: Words of the year, Intel’s interim arrangement and the Death Clock app that claims to predict your likely date of death

Get ready for Brat summer 2.0 as the English pop sensation is set to play two outdoor concerts

Plus: What is the name of the upcoming Bruce Springsteen biopic starring Jeremy Allen White?

Ignore the right-wing blowhards: awards ceremonies are rarely as politically partisan as they like to pretend

Another word on this year’s list - Era - underlines the role of female music icons in shaping popular culture

After a decade of resisting the not-so-subtle pressures that women in the music industry face, the singer is more determined than ever to stick to her guns

Charli XCX’s new album, Brat, is not promoting a new feminine ideal, but shows how many young women currently aspire to live

Amid so much sanitised pop, Charlotte Aitchison’s innovation has never been so essential

It has been Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson’s year, with a chart-topping second album, sold-out gigs and a growing reputation in Britain and the US

With 70,000 expected attendees, this year’s festival is set to be its largest on record

Majority of acts announced feature women as festival recovers from pandemic hiatus