There’s no denying that there’s an air of anticipation around this, on more than one level. Paul Morley has been gradually working towards writing a biography of Factory Records supremo Tony Wilson since Wilson...
Read MoreOne of my favourite annual events is the Manchester Literature Festival (MLF) which has been a calendar staple since I moved to the city in the noughties. So on hearing the news that this year’s MLF would be a...
Read MoreNick Hornby’s pedigree is a little intimidating. He’s a prolific TV and film screenwriter, novelist, essayist and columnist. He’s twice been nominated for Best Screen Adaption at the Oscars with An Education in 2009 and...
Read MoreThe novels of Eimear McBride, you might say, begin where she once was – enduring the loss of a brother to a brain tumour, studying drama in London. But from the tangent of autobiographical overlap, they root themselves...
Read MoreFor Neil Tennant, it’s been a pop life. From writing pop into his personality, to writing his personality inextricably into pop, music has been at the heart of his biography. Tennant has remained adept at keeping his...
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