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In praise of Mary Anne Hobbs, a new music champion

The DJ, who announced she was leaving Radio 1 on Friday, was instrumental in taking dubstep to a wider audience. But this was just a tiny part of a mindboggling careerMary Anne Hobbs announced on Friday that she's quitting her popular Radio 1 show Experimental (formerly The Breezeblock) after 14 years to be a lecturer at the University of Sheffield. It's a typically dramatic and decisive gesture from someone who has carved out her own niche throughout a mindboggling career.I grew up reading Hobb...

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11:41 on July 26 2010

In praise of Mary Anne Hobbs, a new music champion

Guardian Music — The DJ, who announced she was leaving Radio 1 on Friday, was instrumental in taking dubstep to a wider audience. But this was just a tiny part of a mindboggling careerMar... more info