As Turner Prize winner Chris Ofili designs his first album cover, Chris Mugan traces the history of fine artists collaborating with musicians back to The Beatles

If now's the time to assess Blur's place in the grand scheme, this was a reminder that they were always streets ahead of the monobrows

There's a stink in the cheese world, and it smells unedifyingly of chicken tikka masala.

Don't you love the way alleged socialists and the community-minded middle classes justify their biggest act of hypocrisy – claiming that they want better education for all, while paying through the nose to send their offspring to private schools? Marcus Brigstocke, a pleasant enough comedian, has been doing a bit of hand wringing, telling this paper last week, "I have ethical problems with it [my choice] but... I think this is the best environment for them". Rich people always use the feeblest excuses to justify paying to segregate their children from the rest.

Blur star turned farmer Alex James is to throw open his Oxfordshire estate to host a music festival.

Blur will "definitely" get back together this year.

Muse and Kasabian were the kings of the Shockwaves NME Awards, but Oasis failed to pick up a single gong despite receiving three nominations.

Tim Walker: 'The filmmakers had something Blur’s previous chroniclers did not: a completed narrative arc'

Blur’s tearful, triumphant return makes this good festival a great one

If Blur's comeback gig is anything to go by, Glastonbury is in for a storming finale tonight

On a high: Blur rise from the ashes (and the odd pot plant) at small show for fans

They created Britpop, could party for England and clashed with Tony Blair. Now Blur have reformed for a major UK tour. Will they put the squabbles and solo projects aside long enough to complete it?