Of the many and varied responses to the news that a Morrissey biopic was being made, probably the most salient can be summed up thus: “Oh no, please don’t encourage him”. Because Morrissey’s real-life story has...
Read MoreThere’s a bit of armchair psychology which often gets trotted out on the subject of great musicians. They’re not good with words, it says. Instead they learn to communicate through their chosen instrument, and...
Read More‘Of course the same thing happened to Keats, you know.’ Thinking aloud, I held a half pint of warm lager in one hand and a copy of Morrissey’s debut novel List of the Lost in the other. ‘Oh yes, he was torn to...
Read MoreOf The Smiths’ many fine attributes, there’s one which sometimes tends to get overlooked: their strong sense of place. While their contemporaries were singing hymns to the exotic likes of Club Tropicana, Vienna and...
Read MoreFrom Carol Ann Duffy to Karl Marx, Manchester as a muse has lit many a spark in the light bulb of big ideas, and many a sparkle on the great British bauble of words, pictures and music. George Orwell in The Road to Wigan...
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