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Neil Young’s righteous music crusade

Musician Neil Young is on a serious mission to restore quality to digital music and bring back its "soul", writes Alistair Fairweather.

M&G Newsroom: March 18 2013

We talk about the disbanding of the ANCYL’s NEC, Zimbabwe’s referendum, insiders’ experience of the SxSW conference and Sama nominee predictions.

M&G Newsroom: March 11 2013

PODCAST: We discuss Moeletsi Mbeki’s tussle over his Dainfern mansion, while Chris Roper and Alistair Fairweather share their experience of SxSW.

M&G Newsroom: March 4 2013

We discuss police brutality, former crime intelligence member Solly Lazarus and Chris Roper tells us about the South by Southwest conference.

Caught up in digital hedonism

Caught up in digital hedonism

Tough choices are called for when you are overloaded with film, music and interactive media says Chris Roper about the South by South-west festival.

‘Homeless hotspot’ stunt stirs debate at SXSW

A marketing campaign that paid homeless people to carry wifi signals at SXSW has drawn widespread debate and criticism.

The science of cheating

Behavioural economist Dan Ariely and Sarah Szalavitz revealed the results of their recent study on cheating at the South by South West conference.