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Today in Focus

Our critics’ guide to a summer of music, movies and culture

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Guardian culture writers Alex Needham, Ellen E Jones and Michael Cragg make their picks of the best of this summer in arts and culture. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Guardian.

0:10.8

Today, it's summer.

0:13.4

Here's our guide to culture for the coming months.

0:27.3

How can I save on energy bills?

0:29.1

What's the bank holiday weather?

0:59.1

Multiple festivals.

1:01.1

Discover incredible live acts.

1:03.1

Catch-bosy shows.

1:05.1

Turbo charge myself, basically, into the best of a British summer

1:09.1

when everyone's feeling a bit more social, a hell of a lot of sunnier,

1:13.1

and excited.

1:15.1

Well, almost everyone.

1:19.1

What do I like to do? I mean, I guess a nice day festival

1:21.1

somewhere where you can actually like, sort sit down,

1:23.1

you can hear people, you can go with your friends and chat.

1:25.1

You're not exhausted and dirty and disgusting.

1:27.1

And you sort of know in the back of your head that you can also

1:31.1

get home and go to bed.

1:33.1

You know, that makes me sound about 85.

1:35.1

I was going to say, does this sound like you want to be a festival?

1:37.1

Author of music critic Michael Craig

1:39.1

might not sound wild about his summer fantasy,

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