Music How Terry Hall shaped British music The Specials singer, who has died aged 63, was loved by generations for his political courage, thrilling stage presence and wry wit. By Andrew Harrison
Music & Theatre Court jester, mob orator: The Prodigy’s Keith Flint was rave on legs By Andrew Harrison
The Lazarus effect: how the music industry saved itself The collapse of HMV looks like a nail in the coffin for a music industry long declared “dead”. But… By Andrew Harrison
Mark E Smith: A sudden end to forty years of prole art threat The circumstances of productive boredom and limited horizons that gave him his vocation have gone, and will not return. By Andrew Harrison
Johnny Marr’s rock’n’roll spirit is set free in his new autobiography The Smith's star reveals little of his shared past with Morrissey in this enjoyable book which charts his later… By Andrew Harrison
Inside the cosmic struggle of glam rock Simon Reynolds’s reassessment of glam, Shock and Awe, takes us back to an era that feels eerily familiar. By Andrew Harrison
How Jo Brand found comedy in the world’s most thankless job: social work New comedy Damned reveals the dark humour of working in the front lines of healthcare. By Andrew Harrison
Why Radiohead are at the top of a game no one else knows how to play Watching the band at The Roundhouse, it was easy to see why Radiohead are still so successful 25 years… By Andrew Harrison
How Moby’s Porcelain reinvents the music memoir Porcelain: a Memoir swerves around the tired tropes of most rock stories in a joyfully honest look at his life in… By Andrew Harrison
Terry Christian: What the most hated man in television did next As the star of trashy but impossible-to-ignore The Word, Christian has almost become a symbol of the 1990s. Now, he… By Andrew Harrison