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Courtney Barnett: ‘I feel I’m not smart enough for the conversation’

The Australian slacker-rock star was facing burnout, a break-up and the fallout from the bushfires and LGBTQ+ marriage vote when the pandemic hit, but a period of intense reflection has resulted in her most personal album yet. She talks to Elizabeth Aubrey about growth, confidence and confronting yourself

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Music festivals have saved me so many times

Concluding our series of first-hand accounts of life in tents, Patrick Smith recalls the way that festivals such as End of the Road and Primavera have helped him through bad times, from heartbreak to grief to crushing depression

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