As we approach the end of the year you find us in a reflective mood, thinking back to this time in 2021 when the emergence of Omicron led to another wave of venue closures and our January issue became largely inaccurate within hours of the print deadline. Things feel more likely to continue happening now, at least. If you can say one thing for 2022, it’s that things actually happened. A lot of things happened; the lettuce ruled supreme.
Looking back on the year in culture, we’ve got a load of lists of our favourite things. The Music team have diligently compiled their top tens, which Music editor Tallah has then compiled into one ur-top-ten to convey a perfect distillation of all music in 2022. Turn to page 20 for a thrilling countdown to the much-desired title of The Skinny Album of 2022 and so much more..
