London’s dominance of the Mercury prize / Letter

23 octobre 2025 | Guardian Staff
Simon Frith writes that the lack of shortlisted acts from outside London referred to in an article reflects the capital’s dominance of the arts – which is getting stronger As chair of the Mercury music prize judging panel from 1992 to 2016 (while living in Scotland), I always thought that its (…)
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