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\\u2026 which may or may not feature Noel Coward, Slade, the KLF and the Spice Girls.

Other key items in pursuit of entertainment this week include:-

When did British pop turn female?

The glorious notion that boyfriends who don\\u2019t work out are \\u201cNear Mrs\\u201d.

The best band this decade! (clue: it\\u2019s Wet Leg).

The endlessly rewatchable qualities of Moneyball and The Big Short.

Cary Grant: \\u201cAll men want to be Cary Grant? I want to be Cary Grant!\\u201d

The singular magic of the Hot Club of Cowtown.

Who invented the term \\u201crock and roll\\u201d?

Who bought a song called Real Ugly Woman from the teenage Leiber & Stoller? 

Band members who slept with each other.

Alan Freed being sued by Moondog.

And the certifiable fact that only one person was ever better as a solo artist than in their original band (and we name him).

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