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The Battle of Decisive Days: Lindsey Hilsum finds Iraqi rulers not at all destabilised, and saying that the Americans are welcome to the desert - War/Baghdad
The wind howls round Baghdad's tall, concrete buildings, whipping the dust of the desert in a gritty spiral. Trenches of oil set alight around the city ......(Continue Reading) Billy Bragg: not a time for writing love songs - Interview - Biography
Billy Bragg has seen many things since he was first inspired by The Clash: a brief period as a soldier (he'd fancied driving tanks); years on the road ......(Continue Reading)Official! It really is a mad, mad, mad, mad world: dark thoughts about humanity's future don't usually get to the top of the Christmas singles charts.
The Christmas number one can signify not only the taste but also the mood of the nation. Record companies know this, too, and market their product with ......(Continue Reading)This charming man: it is 20 years since The Smiths' first hit transformed the British music scene. Jason Cowley on pop's antidote to early Thatcherism
To understand the impact Morrissey and his band The Smiths had on British popular culture when they first emerged in the autumn of 1983, one must first ......(Continue Reading)Gone, and completely forgotten: they were big when they were young — breaking records, producing hits. Where are they now? - almost - Best of Young
Swampy Daniel Hooper had to work hard for his celebrity status. Imaginatively named "Swampy" because he claimed to live in a swamp (well, a boggy field), the 23-year-old became a star after he in...(Continue Reading)
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