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DEC 2022 JAN 2023


roundup / 4 A whole third more of these little introductory


lifestyle / 46


alerts than in a standard single-month-covering issue, reflective of the magazine as a whole being bigger than normal (25% bigger to be exact, anyway you get the idea). Enjoy some tabloid-tastic 1975 song title puns and up-to- the-minute Arctic Monkeys lyrical nods as you peruse


upfront / 10


Four more pages on what we have decided are ‘ones to watch’ in 2023, even though, folks, the only thing I’ll be watching is the screen on the petrol pump… due to the damn gas prices. On a related subject, in that it also includes the word ‘prices’, there’s a look into the increas- ingly strained economics of live music on all sides of the equation, plus an interview with Charlotte Church and a panto season roundup


film / 28 Your customary fist of 10 from Keiron ‘Living


In Cine’ Self himself – five out in December, five in January. As such, you’ll have to wait nearly two months to see that new Steven Spielberg thing, but it’s basically a movie about Steven Spielberg so you could just buy one of the many cash-in biographies in the meantime


previews / 30 Lots of Philip Pullman-related content in this


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three-strong cluster of pages, thanks to an exhi- bition of costumes and that from the His Dark Materials spinoff TV show as well as a theat- rical shot at that book series’ prequel, La Belle Sauvage. Plus Les Misérables, Pete Rock, Black British photodocumentaries and various other things


music /35 A couple of albums we’ve reviewed are out at


the end of January, so once again we’re talk- ing seven weeks or so before you peons can indulge. Who knows, they could even be can- celled in the interim? The releases, I mean. Plus an interview with Deyah whose new mix- tape is already out (and really good)


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[Pictured] Santa’s Wish – see page 12 for details Front Cover Photo: Charlotte Church by Gem Harris


In the holy scriptures it is of course no less a figure than Santa who performs the deed of ‘making a list’ and also proofreading or ‘checking’ it before publication. So when this section is given over to lists of foodie gifts, non-foodie gifts, festive events, board games and charitable causes, that is a reflection of our devout leanings


listings / 57 Well that’s 2022 done with. We can all agree


it was one of the most years in recent history of all time. Thanks for reading, even if you’d never read a single word of Buzz until this one you’re about to read right now – here – and see you in February, where you can start again by reading the word ‘Buzz’ at the top of the front cover


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