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Who do you think of when you hear the word diva? A trailblazing punk singer? A civil rights activist and second world war spy? A man?Well, maybe – especially if that man is Elton John: notorious tantrummer, expert celebrity feuder and wearer of fabulously ludicrous costumes, one of which – an enormous, luxuriously befeathered Louis XIV-inspired look designed for his 50th birthday party – is among the centrepieces of the V&A’s upcoming exhibition, Diva. Celebrating “the power and creativity of iconic performers”, it…

In their hit single Year 3000, tween-friendly pop-punkers Busted sang of a future world submerged underwater, populated by triple-breasted women swimming around town “totally naked!” A lot had changed, in other words, and yet the trio’s popularity hadn’t waned. In this far-flung future, “everybody bought our seventh album” rejoiced the boys, as those of us who like to take nonsensical pop songs way too literally wondered why on earth the people of the next millennium would still be listening to them.It turns out Busted…