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Did you do anything new?

Anything exciting?

Did you lose yourself at Glastonbury?

Or did you very happily watch Durchy and Neil Young from the comfort of your

living room? Perhaps, like our music editor, Ben, you blasted out your perfect summer anthem.

For me, what makes a really great summer anthem is a breeziness, I think, and a kind of

a feeling like it cools you down slightly on a hot summer's

day. Club Tropicana by Wham. George Michael actually sings cool in it towards the end of that song

and it kind of acts like this weird breeze. And, you know, I'm kind of a gingery, strawberry

blondie type person. I don't really deal with the heat so well, so I need this stuff. Or, like our film critic Catherine Shored, you rediscovered an old favourite.

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