The night that changed my life: Olivia Laing on the New York cabaret that helped her discover her queer identity
“I’m trans,” I told a friend on the steps outside, after one of those dazzling nights.
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The night that changed my life: Paul Morley on the Sex Pistols’ legendary 1976 gig in Manchester
I became the writer I wanted to be writing from a city that reacted the quickest and smartest to the…
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The night that changed my life: Rose Tremain on interviewing her teenage idol
I finally met the hero of my youth, Charles Aznavour, at 57. He didn’t disappoint.
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I don’t know my top albums of 2018 – but I know my favourite tracks, and their Best Bits
I break songs down into small morsels, getting hooked by tiny details, passing moments that offer fleeting glimpses of heaven.
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Despite the horror, loneliness and glitter, I have learned to love Christmas music
I get a rush of gratitude that I was a teenager when we had the mindless proletarian jollity of Slade…
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Why Christine and the Queens makes me feel like I’m ten years old and climbing a tree
I’m sure I’m not the only woman for whom Héloïse Letissier stirs up a half-forgotten feeling of wanting to be a…
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Gay men should know better than to lead speculation over Shawn Mendes’s sexuality
We can’t decry toxic masculinity in one sentence, but then mock or speculate over a man who displays mannerisms we…
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The Spice Girls have given us a politics lesson: partisanship, like friendship, never ends
We can’t expect celebrities to be political and then say “stop right now, thank you very much” when they don’t…
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