Sex Pistols

Dame Vivienne Westwood: fashion designer dies aged 81
Iconoclastic British designer rose to prominence by outfitting the Sex Pistols as punk took off in the 1970s
Alyx Gorman and Sian Cain
30, Dec, 2022 @7:52 AM

Remembering Vivienne Westwood: ‘The rebel who was never without a cause’
Jess Cartner-Morley recalls meeting the anti-establishment fashion designer and political activist who shaped punk culture and street style
Jess Cartner-Morley
30, Dec, 2022 @12:30 AM

Vivienne Westwood: her life and career – in pictures
A look at the famous fashion designer’s greatest moments after her death at the age of 81
Greg Whitmore
29, Dec, 2022 @9:39 PM

Keith Levene obituary
Guitarist and musician who was a founding member of the Clash and Public Image Ltd
Adam Sweeting
14, Nov, 2022 @7:44 PM

Anarchy in the auction house: the Sex Pistols ephemera that’s pogoing, going, gone
Fancy a Never Mind the Bollocks poster stained with blood from Sid Vicious’s syringe? Two canny collectors are unloading artefacts that reveal the Pistols to be an art project as much as a punk band
Dorian Lynskey
21, Sep, 2022 @7:00 AM

‘I know what it’s like to be frightened’: John Lydon on loneliness, lyrics and life as a Sex Pistol
After 45 years of picking fights, the former Johnny Rotten is squaring up to his ex-bandmates, director Danny Boyle and anyone who disrespects the Queen. But what’s really impressive is his capacity for love
Tim Jonze
13, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM

‘It’s now or never, this is my chance’: Anson Boon on his biggest break, punk and Johnny Rotten
For young actor Anson Boon, playing Johnny Rotten Danny Boyle’s Pistol is a dream come true. But what did punk teach him about himself?
Richard Godwin
05, Jun, 2022 @2:00 PM

The week in TV: Pistol; The Midwich Cuckoos; Once Upon a Time in Londongrad; State of the Union
Danny Boyle fails to capture punk’s filth and fury, while Sky nails a fresh take on John Wyndham’s creepy classic
Barbara Ellen
05, Jun, 2022 @8:30 AM

‘The Queen’s gone round the bend!’ – HM in pop, from the Smiths to Slowthai to the Stone Roses
She’s been called a fascist, a parasite and a pretty nice girl who doesn’t have a lot to say. So are all pop songs about the monarch treasonous? And are they really directed at her?
Dorian Lynskey
01, Jun, 2022 @5:00 AM

Pistol review – Danny Boyle’s wonky Sex Pistols show is like Punk: the Panto!
Johnny Rotten is the Artful Dodger crossed with an animated rodent in Boyle’s frustrating series that feels so cartoonish it falls totally flat
Rebecca Nicholson
31, May, 2022 @5:00 AM

‘I’ve seen bedsheets with my face on them’: Thomas Brodie-Sangster on obsessive fans, Love Actually and the Sex Pistols
The actor became famous at 13 in Richard Curtis’s yuletide romance. Now 32, he talks about playing Malcolm McLaren, the success of The Queen’s Gambit and coming to terms with not playing Ron Weasley
Hannah J Davies
30, May, 2022 @5:00 AM

‘I want Johnny Rotten to attack it!’ Danny Boyle on his shocking Sex Pistols saga
How do you make a sympathetic TV show about the most cancelled, most banned, most shamelessly vile band ever – when your cast have barely heard of them and the frontman is taking you to court? The director reveals all
Alexis Petridis
20, May, 2022 @12:00 PM
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