Jarvis Cocker
‘Everyone wanted to get one over on Thatcher’ – the artists who raided the Enterprise Allowance Scheme
Forty years ago, the Tories launched a scheme to foster entrepreneurs – but artists from Jarvis Cocker to Rachel Whiteread saw another way to use it. So did a government seen as hostile to the arts kickstart Britpop and the YBAs?
Andrew Dickson
26, Jul, 2023 @3:00 PM
This month’s best paperbacks: Jarvis Cocker, Barbara Kingsolver and more
Looking for a new reading recommendation? Here are some intriguing new paperbacks, from an illustrated history of a rock star to Pulitzer prizewinning fiction
26, May, 2023 @2:04 PM
Asteroid City review – Wes Anderson’s 1950s sci-fi is an exhilarating triumph of pure style
This tale of earth-shattering events in a space-obsessed desert town leans nicely into its own artificiality, and every delicious, microscopic detail is a delight
Peter Bradshaw
23, May, 2023 @5:23 PM
The Felling review – blood-boiling film of battle to halt Sheffield’s Treemageddon
The fight to stop Sheffield council’s controversial tree felling programme is told in this one-sided but determined activist documentary
Cath Clarke
05, Dec, 2022 @1:00 PM
Pulp’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!
With a raft of reunion shows announced for 2023, we assess the Sheffield band’s best songs
Alexis Petridis
03, Nov, 2022 @2:09 PM
Good Pop, Bad Pop by Jarvis Cocker audiobook review – rummaging in the attic
Adrian Mole-ish snapshots of young, pre-fame Jarvis and his pop-stardom masterplan
Fiona Sturges
28, Oct, 2022 @11:00 AM
Pulp confirm reunion shows for 2023
The Sheffield band will reform for a second time and play standalone shows as well as sets at the TRNSMT and Latitude festivals
Laura Snapes
28, Oct, 2022 @11:00 AM
The Booker prize 2022: watch shortlist readings by Jarvis Cocker, Sharon Horgan and more
Performers read from the novels in contention for this year’s prestigious fiction prize in a series of films made by director Kevin Thomas
Guardian books
05, Oct, 2022 @4:26 PM
‘Ron’s Place’: drive to save Birkenhead palace of outsider art
Ron Gittins, who died in 2019, left behind a rented flat decorated and piled high with artworks
Mark Brown North of England correspondent
20, Sep, 2022 @5:00 AM
Jarvis Cocker joins Pulp bandmate onstage to support Sheffield Leadmill
Threatened venue played key role in launching bands including Kaiser Chiefs and Arctic Monkeys
Mabel Banfield-Nwachi
10, Aug, 2022 @2:00 PM
Pulp to reform (again) for 2023 concerts
Jarvis Cocker confirmed the reunion and the Britpop legends have a list of potential dates and venues
Michael Cragg
26, Jul, 2022 @4:56 PM
The Sheffield council house that became a pioneer of rock recording
Studio Electrophonique, built by panel-beater Ken Patten, gave the world Pulp, ABC and the Human League
Helen Pidd
27, Jun, 2022 @6:00 AM
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