Tracey Thorn

‘The ground is unstable but there are pleasures all around’ – goodbye to the joy of small things

For three years, this column has been looking for sources of quotidian joy in the darkness. As it comes to an end, what tiny delights would other writers nominate?

Hannah Jane Parkinson, Philip Pullman, Yomi Adegoke, Tracey Thorn Phil Wang

17, Sep, 2021 @7:00 AM

Tracey Thorn: 'I managed 10% of War and Peace during lockdown'

The singer, songwriter and author on struggling with Tolstoy, learning from Billie Holiday, and the book to give fans of Joy Division

Tracey Thorn

02, Apr, 2021 @9:00 AM

My Rock'n'Roll Friend by Tracey Thorn review – a story of sexism in pop

A vivid and witty memoir of the friendship between Thorn and Lindy Morrison of the Go-Betweens, two women in a cultural world dominated by men

Fiona Sturges

25, Mar, 2021 @9:00 AM

Tracey Thorn: ‘I went through a phase of carrying Camus under my arm’

The musician on rereading her teenage diaries and why she’s now a fervent fan of Jack Reacher

Jude Rogers

25, Jan, 2020 @6:00 PM

The 50 greatest Christmas songs – ranked!

From John Fahey, the Sonics and the Waitresses to Slade, Wizzard and Mariah Carey, we count down the best festive numbers

Michael Hann

05, Dec, 2019 @12:00 PM

Tracey Thorn on Brookmans Park: ‘As a teenager this slice of suburban heaven felt like hell'

The singer-songwriter and author on growing up in ‘a village that wasn’t a village’, discovering punk and wanting to escape

Tracey Thorn

16, Feb, 2019 @11:59 AM

Another Planet: A Teenager in Suburbia by Tracey Thorn – review

Snogs at discos and Saturday shopping ... the Everything But the Girl frontwoman looks back on humdrum days in the spiritual home of English pop

Joe Moran

02, Feb, 2019 @10:00 AM

Tracey Thorn: ‘Not everything you do is cool’

Everything But the Girl’s Tracey Thorn on performing, her parents and her second memoir, Another Planet

Interview by Tim Lewis

27, Jan, 2019 @9:00 AM

'We were sad of getting old': how pop stars are growing up gracefully

From Florence Welch to Matt Healy, Lily Allen to Neneh Cherry, it is becoming acceptable for pop stars to mature and make music about it

Jude Rogers

30, Oct, 2018 @2:00 PM

Tracey Thorn, Nadine Shah and Peggy Gou top Aim independent music awards

The awards for the best in British independent music acknowledged a wide-ranging series of names, from Goldie to Idles and Sophie

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

04, Sep, 2018 @9:00 PM

'On repeat in our house': your albums of the year so far

After a mid-2018 Guardian rundown, here’s a selection of additional readers’ favourites from the discussion provoked

Guardian readers

22, Jun, 2018 @9:17 AM

Dave Haslam: ‘That time, that music… it changed lives. It makes Manchester what it is’

Dave Haslam was the last DJ to man the decks at the Haçienda. Now, on the release of his memoir, he talks about his greatest days in music, Sonic Youth and Morrissey, and why family life can be a cage

Miranda Sawyer

13, May, 2018 @7:00 AM