AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1 prompt: "Late sixties rocksteady instrumental, the slow easy Jamaican groove, sits light and airy. A clean electric guitar plays short offbeat stabs against a high warm walking bass, while the drums keep a soft steady backbeat and an organ holds quiet chords underneath. It sounds thin and mono like an old radio, cut live with a little hiss. The mood is sunny and easy."

AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1 prompt: "Deep southern soul in the Memphis tradition burns slow like a ballad with a gospel edge. A gritty organ holds long swelling chords while a clean guitar plays short stinging replies and the drums drag heavy and late behind a simple round bass. It sounds warm and slightly muddy, like a band cut live to tape in a small studio. It stays instrumental and sounds tired and sad."

Scientists who were instrumental in shutting down the Covid lab-leak theory admitted in private "we can’t rule it out" months after publishing a paper closing down the possibility, newly released messages show.

If you’re studying instrumental performance at postgraduate level next year, you could also receive up to £5,000 towards your study and living costs. Find out more here:

Philippa Broom and the UK Conservatives were instrumental in building the MDP and multiparty politics in the Maldives. She was key in training and building the party’s first campaign teams. A pleasure to meet her on the MDP's anniversary.