Lou Reed

The soul of Lou Reed and the looks of Harry Styles: Matt Healy and the 1975

As so often, teenage girls called this one right: The 1975 reviewed

26 January 2019 9:00 am

The teenage girls are often right. They were right about Sinatra and they were right about Elvis. They were right…

Hound of love: Lolabelle gets old and Lolabelle goes blind and keyboards are laid out on the floor so that she can bash them with her paws, and enjoy the sounds

Weird, wise, thought-provoking and hypnotic: Heart of a Dog reviewed

21 May 2016 9:00 am

Heart of a Dog is a film by Laurie Anderson and it’s a meditative, free-associating rumination on life, loss, love…

‘Wanna come to Prince’s house?’

30 April 2016 9:00 am

The untold story

Jeremy Clarke: Can't we even manage a proper hurricane?

9 November 2013 9:00 am

In the Spar shop I overheard someone talking anxiously to the woman on the till about an approaching ‘hurricane’. I…

Now that US spy satellites have been routed, it’s back to basics when it comes to getting secrets

Portrait of the week

2 November 2013 9:00 am

Home A storm passed over England, with plenty of warning. The strongest gust, of 99mph, was recorded at Needles Old…