Emma Wilkes

Metallica's James Hetfield isn't playing politics, claiming the band's agenda is "love, energy and heavy music". It's more political than he makes out...

Slipknot and Manson. The Cornell 7. The resulting rage is a reminder that we’ve not been desensitised to violence against women – but when will this lead to change?

Emma Wilkes asks - if one of the biggest popstars in the world is struggling, what must it be like for everyone else?

Emma Wilkes' DiS essay Deftones is for the girls won at the IMJAs at Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg. She recounts how her prize-winning essay came together...

Summer's over, autumn's here, and the news cycle just keeps running. Emma Wilkes rounds up all you need to know.

Emma Wilkes aks: What can festivals teach us about the climate crisis?