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Strangers used to open doors, help lift my pram and greet me with approval when I looked ‘like a mum’. After one simple haircut, I was treated very differently
In November 2000, two weeks after giving…
40 days ago
The former heptathlete throws shapes to Cameo and got gold-medal inspiration from Whitney, but which rapper helps get her out of bed?
The first song I fell in love with
I was at nursery school when B…
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The Jarman brothers’ ninth album adds a little 80s pop sheen to their distorted guitars and confident songwriting, while always sounding exactly like the indie stalwarts
Last summer, the BBC bro…
3 months ago
His love of ‘good northern soul and funk’ was always in evidence and had a lasting impact on alternative music
Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield dies aged 63
By any metric, the rise of the Stone Roses was a sudden…
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Prince Buster’s Al Capone changed the Madness singer’s life and Aretha Franklin is his go-to at karaoke, but what song makes him cry?
The first song I fell in love with
Judy Teen by Cockney Rebel. I’…
4 months ago
Far more than a mute foil to Marc Almond, Ball brought his love of northern soul and strange electronics to bear on some of Britain’s most uncompromising pop
• News: Dave Ball, synth-pop hitmaker as o…
7 months ago
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The comedian, presenter and podcaster was haunted by Eleanor Rigby and can’t really handle Abba at karaoke, but which 90s dance banger makes her pine for the good old days?
The first song I remember h…
9 months ago
The broadcaster and her mum, Eleanor, on youthful misbehaviour, early ambition, and going to gigs together
Born in Fife in 1974, broadcaster Edith Bowman started her radio career while doing communica…
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The UK indie-rockers won two Grammys for their debut album. Ahead of their second, they explain how they protected one another amid sudden fame – and how queer love and Davina McCall inspired them
Wet…
11 months ago