Kirsty MacColl
Tatty, naff and cheesy: why can’t Britain have a decent Christmas No 1? | Barbara Ellen
Now that LadBaby has passed on the charity baton, let’s return to the days when real talents held sway. Like, erm, Mr Blobby and Benny Hill, writes Barbara Ellen
Barbara Ellen
17, Dec, 2023 @7:00 AM
Mrs Griffiths had a recipe for waste | Brief letters
Brief letters: Getting rid of stuff | Shane MacGowan | Fossil fuel row | Unwanted cranberries | James Dyson’s libel loss
04, Dec, 2023 @6:28 PM
Shane MacGowan’s widow hopes Fairytale of New York will be Christmas No 1 in UK
Victoria Mary Clarke speaks about life with the Pogues frontman, who died on Thursday aged 65
Angela Foster and agency
02, Dec, 2023 @10:24 AM
Shane MacGowan obituary
Lead singer and masterful songwriter for the Pogues who brought punk style and attitude to Irish folk music
Derek Schofield
30, Nov, 2023 @1:44 PM
‘She never pandered to fashion’: why Kirsty MacColl’s vivid pop career was no fairytale
Deemed ‘difficult’ in the 80s music industry, the Pogues’ vocal foil never quite found the audience she deserved. As a box set is released, collaborators gather to recall her wistful, witty songwriting
Alexis Petridis
02, Nov, 2023 @4:00 PM
The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions
Guardian music
06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM
Tracey Ullman: ‘I couldn’t tell a joke to save my life. I want to be taken seriously’
The actor and comedian, on Desert Island Discs, tells of her push for non-comic roles and how she stole a note from Kirsty MacColl
Vanessa Thorpe
26, Sep, 2021 @5:15 AM
Peggy Seeger: 'Folk is full of raunchy songs, but they're not often sung'
The American folk musician and activist on playful lyrics, older women and her late stepdaughter, Kirsty MacColl
Jude Rogers
11, Apr, 2021 @8:30 AM
No need to take offence to the word ‘faggot’ | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to Nick Cave’s claim that the Fairytale of New York has been mutilated by BBC censorship
Letters
08, Dec, 2020 @5:42 PM
Nick Cave accuses BBC of 'mutilating' Fairytale of New York
The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl song, to be played in a censored version on some BBC radio stations, will be ‘stripped of its value’, says Cave
Laura Snapes
01, Dec, 2020 @1:04 PM
‘England 2 Colombia 0’: the story behind Kirsty MacColl’s classic song
Kirsty MacColl’s 1999 tune takes the drama and conflict of football and uses it as a backdrop for the emotional conflicts of real life
Michael Hann
02, Jul, 2018 @2:01 PM
Various Artists: Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl review – an engrossing portrait
This centenary collection of Ewan MacColl covers serves brilliantly to show off his songwriting skills
Neil Spencer
25, Oct, 2015 @8:00 AM
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