Editing Kate Bush (section)

==Personal life==
Bush and guitarist Danny McIntosh have a son, Albert McIntosh, known as Bertie, born in 1998,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sweeney |first1=Eamon |title=Why Kate Bush is so proud of her Irish roots |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/why-kate-bush-is-so-proud-of-her-irish-roots-30120956.html |work=independent |date=24 March 2014 |language=en |access-date=19 December 2020 |archive-date=18 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218233908/https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/why-kate-bush-is-so-proud-of-her-irish-roots-30120956.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11059514/Kate-Bush-how-Bertie-inspired-my-comeback.html |title=Kate Bush: how Bertie inspired my comeback| archive-url=https://archive.today/20230301094534/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/11059514/Kate-Bush-how-Bertie-inspired-my-comeback.html |archive-date=1 March 2023|work= Daily Telegraph|first= Anita|last= Singh|date= 27 August 2014}}</ref> although whether they are married is unknown.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.katebushencyclopedia.com/mcintosh-danny/ | title=McIntosh, Danny - Kate Bush Encyclopedia | date=19 September 2017 }}</ref> From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, Bush was in a relationship with bassist and sound engineer [[Del Palmer]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Sweeting |first=Adam |title=Kate Bush: The Return of the Recluse |work=[[The Independent]] |date=2 October 2005 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/kate-bush-return-of-the-recluse-316516.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051013070822/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article316516.ece |archive-date=13 October 2005 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Bush is a former resident of [[Eltham, London|Eltham]] in southeast London.<ref>{{cite web |title=Famous People of Eltham |work=Elthamse9.co.uk |url=http://www.elthamse9.co.uk/tourismpostings.php?id=9369 |access-date=5 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423091857/http://www.elthamse9.co.uk/tourismpostings.php?id=9369#.UHwTrFLjoRo |archive-date=23 April 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the 1990s she moved to a canalside residence in [[Sulhamstead]], Berkshire, and bought a second home in [[Devon]] in 2004.<ref name="War of Wuthering Heights" /> Bush is a vegetarian.<ref>{{cite episode |title=Kate Bush talks Vegetarianism |series=Delia Smith's Cookery Course |network=[[BBC]] |via=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7UFXa4XYIQ| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211028/s7UFXa4XYIQ| archive-date=28 October 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Russell |first=John |title=Kate Bush's Thoughts on Vegetarianism |work=John Russell's Home Page |url=http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/kate_bus.htm |access-date=5 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115614/http://www.johnrussell.name/recipes/kate_bus.htm |archive-date= 4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Bush was raised a [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]]. In 1999, she said:

{{blockquote|I would never say I was a strict follower of Roman Catholic belief, but a lot of images are in there; they have to be; they're so strong. Such powerful, beautiful, passionate images! There's a lot of suffering in Roman Catholicism. I think I'm looking for not necessarily religion, but ways of helping myself to become more understanding, more complete, a happier person ... But I really don't think I've found a niche.{{r|Q magazine}}}}

The length of time between albums has led to rumours concerning Bush's health or appearance.<ref name="LittleMiss" /><ref>{{cite news |title=The Return of a Sultry Songstress |work=[[The New York Sun]] |date=8 November 2005 |last=Ziegler |first=Mollie}}</ref> In 2011, she told [[BBC Radio 4]] that the amount of time between albums was stressful: "It's very frustrating the albums take as long as they do&nbsp;... I wish there weren't such big gaps between them". In the same interview, she denied that she was a perfectionist, saying: "I think it's important that things are flawed&nbsp;... That's what makes a piece of art interesting sometimes – the bit that's wrong or the mistake you've made that's led onto an idea you wouldn't have had otherwise." She reiterated her prioritisation of her family life.<ref name="Radio4052011" />

Bush's son Bertie featured in the 2014 concert Before the Dawn. Her nephew Raven Bush was a violinist in the English indie band [[Syd Arthur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/15/new-band-syd-arthur|title=New band of the day – No 726: Syd Arthur|first=Paul|last=Lester|date=15 February 2010|website=The Guardian|access-date=16 October 2019|archive-date=12 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812225846/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/feb/15/new-band-syd-arthur|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Political views ===
Some of Bush's songs contain references to political and social themes, including "[[Breathing (Kate Bush song)|Breathing]]", which addresses the fear of [[nuclear warfare]] and "[[Army Dreamers]]", which examines the grief felt by mothers who lose children serving in the military during war.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genius.com/Kate-bush-breathing-lyrics|title=Kate Bush – Breathing (lyrics)|website=Genius Lyrics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415201240/https://genius.com/Kate-bush-breathing-lyrics|url-status=live|archive-date=15 April 2019}} Released 14 April 1980</ref> In a 1985 interview with ''[[The NewMusic]],'' Bush stated "I've never felt I've written from a political point of view, it's always been an emotional point of view that just happens to perhaps be a political situation."<ref name="children.ofthenight.org-politics">{{cite web |url=https://children.ofthenight.org/cloudbusting/subjects/politics.html |title=Cloudbusting -- Kate Bush In Her Own Words: Politics |date= |website=children.ofthenight.org |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426133822/https://children.ofthenight.org/cloudbusting/subjects/politics.html |archive-date=26 April 2005}}</ref>

During the [[1979 United Kingdom general election]] campaign, Bush, who at the time was on a live concert tour of the UK, posed for a photograph alongside the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] Prime Minister [[James Callaghan]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1711 |title=Crisis? What Crisis? The Callaghan Government and the British 'Winter of Discontent' |work=Reviews in history |date=January 2015 |access-date=22 January 2021 |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508051923/https://reviews.history.ac.uk/review/1711 |url-status=live }}</ref> When asked about her political beliefs in a 1985 interview with ''[[Hot Press]]'', Bush replied that she preferred not to discuss how she voted and added "I don't feel I am a political thinker at all. I don't really understand politics."<ref name="children.ofthenight.org-politics" />

In [[The Comic Strip|''The Comic Strip Presents...'']] episode ''[[GLC: The Carnage Continues...]]'', she produced and sang on the theme song "Ken", a satirical take on how Hollywood glamourises and fictionalises political figures, in this particular case [[Ken Livingstone]], the former leader of the [[Greater London Council]], and the lyrics parodied the [[theme from Shaft|theme from ''Shaft'']].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kate Bush Once Wrote A Song About Ken Livingstone |url=http://www.lbc.co.uk/kate-bush-once-wrote-a-song-about-ken-livingstone-88090 |date=28 March 2014 |access-date=1 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919090621/http://www.lbc.co.uk/kate-bush-once-wrote-a-song-about-ken-livingstone-88090 |archive-date=19 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/11/kate-bush-thinks-theresa-may-wonderful-and-its-not-first-time-shes-turned|title=Kate Bush thinks Theresa May is 'wonderful' - and it's not the first time she's turned political|website=[[New Statesman]]|first=Julia|last=Rampen|date=29 November 2016|access-date=22 April 2021|archive-date=22 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422212457/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/11/kate-bush-thinks-theresa-may-wonderful-and-its-not-first-time-shes-turned|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, the Canadian news magazine ''[[Maclean's]]'' published an interview in which Bush was asked about people being afraid of women holding political power. Bush pointed out that the UK, unlike the US, did have a female leader, [[Theresa May]], who a few months earlier had become Prime Minister. The interview quoted Bush as saying: "I actually really like her and think she's wonderful. I think it's the best thing that's happened to us in a long time ... It is great to have a woman in charge of the country. She's very sensible and I think that's a good thing at this point in time."<ref name="Beaumont-Thomas-2019" /> In 2019, Bush published a statement on her website saying that she was not a [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] supporter, that she felt May was an improvement over the previous Prime Minister, and that she had intended only to defend women in power.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://pitchfork.com/news/kate-bush-says-she-does-not-support-tories-clarifying-2016-theresa-may-quote/|title = Kate Bush Says She Does Not Support Tories, Clarifying 2016 Theresa May Quote|website = [[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date = 8 January 2019|access-date = 30 August 2021|archive-date = 30 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210830062228/https://pitchfork.com/news/kate-bush-says-she-does-not-support-tories-clarifying-2016-theresa-may-quote/|url-status = live}}</ref>

In April 2021, Bush was one of 156 signatories of an [[open letter]] to Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] calling for a change in the wording of the [[Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988]] to make royalty payments for streaming closer to the amounts paid for radio broadcast.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/20/paul-mccartney-kate-bush-law-change-music-streaming-payment |title=Paul McCartney and Kate Bush lead call for change to music streaming payments|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 April 2021|archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506184710/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/20/paul-mccartney-kate-bush-law-change-music-streaming-payment |url-status=live }}</ref>

In December 2022, in her annual Christmas message, Bush expressed solidarity with [[2022 National Health Service strikes|nurses undertaking strike action]], stating that [[National Health Service|NHS]] nurses should be "appreciated and cherished".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bush |first1=Kate |date=22 December 2022 |title=Merry Christmas |url=https://www.katebush.com/news/merry-christmas-0 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222140744/https://www.katebush.com/news/merry-christmas-0/ |archive-date=22 December 2022 |accessdate=22 December 2022}}</ref>