Freddie Mercury

2021: The year that music documentaries changed the way we look at our favourite artists

Music documentaries become very engaging storytellers as they draw us deep into a world that we find so familiar because we are music fans, but so unfamiliar because there is only so much that we honestly know.

Explained: The historical significance of the 1985 Live Aid concert, and questions around Western relief efforts

The Live Aid set the template for fundraising concerts by raising approximately £150 million for famine relief, according to organiser Bob Geldof's own website.

Celebrate World Music Day and Pride Month with a carefully curated list of 10 international queer songs

From Queen's 'I Want To Break Free' to Shamir Bailey's 'On My Own,' here are 10 queer songs that have been powerful allies and source of catharsis for the LGBTQ+ community.

Switzerland and bucolic musings: Exploring the country’s cultural and traditional multiplicity through its small towns

A great way to soak in Switzerland's diversity would be to visit some of the idyllic small towns which offer a window into the culture, art, cuisine and traditions of Switzerland.

Freddie Mercury's stripped-down version of 'Time Waits for No One' released by Universal Music

Freddie Mercury had recorded 'Time Waits for No One' for Dave Clark's musical of the same name.

Bohemian Rhapsody, starring Rami Malek, released in China after removal of all LGBTQ references

Bohemian Rhapsody, which released in the US in November, was a critical and commercial success.

What Bohemian Rhapsody didn't show: Laughable response to HIV pandemic sealed Freddie Mercury's fate

Freddie Mercury, along with all the other men and women who tested positive for HIV in the 1980s, was a victim not just of a pandemic but of the failures of his own governments and of the scorn of his fellow citizens.

Oscars 2019: Queen opens ceremony with 'We Will Rock You', pays tribute to Bohemian Rhapsody

At the Oscars, the band, which was honouring Best Picture nominee Bohemian Rhapsody, performed with two of the four original members — guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor

Oscars 2019: Rami Malek wins Best Actor for his role of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody

"We made a film about a gay and an immigrant who lived his life just unapologetically himself," said Rami Malek in his acceptance speech at Oscars 2019.

Oscars 2019: A Star Is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody are musicals with refreshingly different narrative techniques

While A Star Is Born is a rare intimately shot concert film with abundant close-up shots, Bohemian Rhapsody is an event musical with a fresh democratic approach.