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Shadow Lines by Nicholas Royle review – buried treasure between the pages
The author’s avid hunt for notes and ephemera secreted in secondhand editions is warm-hearted and infectiously funny

Nick Duerden

10, Mar, 2024 @1:00 PM

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Phew, Eh Readers? The Life and Writing of Tom Hibbert review – the PG Wodehouse of pop journalism
As this collection illustrates, the late Smash Hits and Q scribe was an inimitable master of mischief whose interviews skewered everyone from Bros to Margaret Thatcher

Nick Duerden

22, Jan, 2024 @9:00 AM

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Karma by Boy George review – loud, vainglorious and very funny
Relentless rants, endless score-settling and a stint in prison – the singer’s (latest) memoir recounts a life lived at a higher frequency

Nick Duerden

14, Nov, 2023 @7:00 AM

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The Trackers by Charles Frazier review – on the run in Depression-era US
An implausible tale of a painter turned detective does little to free the novelist from the shadow of Cold Mountain

Nick Duerden

23, Jul, 2023 @10:00 AM

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Rattlebone by Maxine Clair review – overlooked coming-of-age classic
Empathic and rich in human detail, this 1994 novel of Black life in 1950s Kansas deserves to reach a wider audience

Nick Duerden

11, Jun, 2023 @12:00 PM

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The Ghost Theatre by Mat Osman review – teenage wastrels with ambition to burn
The Suede bassist’s second novel, a grimy tale of two young urchins in 17th-century London, is a florid but riveting read

Nick Duerden

21, May, 2023 @12:00 PM

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‘The phone stops ringing. You never hear from anyone again’: the UK’s Eurovision flops on 25 years of hurt
Excitement is building for next week’s song contest in Liverpool – but Britain hasn’t won since 1997. Artists from Blue and Bonnie Tyler to Scooch and SuRie reveal what disastrous scores meant for their careers

Nick Duerden

05, May, 2023 @11:00 AM

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Reach for the Stars by Michael Cragg review – hot gossip from pop’s golden age
In this hoot of an oral history the stars of 90s chart acts recall how their innocence collided with a cynical music industry

Nick Duerden

26, Mar, 2023 @10:00 AM

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‘That’s it? It’s over? I was 30. What a brutal business’: pop stars on life after the spotlight moves on
Musicians from Bob Geldof to Robbie Williams and Lisa Maffia reveal what they did – and how they felt – after the hits dried up and the crowds vanished

Nick Duerden

16, Apr, 2022 @9:00 AM

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I thought that family was best avoided – until I had children of my own
The realisation that relationships don’t have to be dysfunctional has brought comfort and relief – despite the fact our kitchen hasn’t been properly clean in a decade

Nick Duerden

01, Dec, 2019 @4:00 PM

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‘No sex please, we’re meditating’: peace and positivity on a weekend retreat
At a country house in West Sussex, meditation, yoga and detox come together for a weekend of mindfulness that expands your ‘protective bubble’

Nick Duerden

23, Oct, 2019 @5:30 AM

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Elderly drivers: when is it time to hand over the car keys?
Loss of autonomy is a painful reality of old age – but it’s hard to let go when, like Prince Philip, you are used to being in charge

Nick Duerden

19, Jan, 2019 @12:00 PM

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