music journalism

My obsession with ageing rock stars – by Kate Mossman

24 May 2025 9:00 am

The music journalist describes a career spent interviewing the likes of Sting, Tom Jones, Brian May and Roger Taylor – each time feeling ‘something inside me ignite’

Who’s still flying the flag for Britpop?

30 November 2024 9:00 am

Alex James’s embrace of the term distinguishes him from his contemporaries. Miranda Sawyer reminds us of how much of the best 1990s music fell outside Britpop’s retromania

Carry on laughing

20 May 2023 9:00 am

Sylvia Patterson manages to bring much rackety humour to bear in her descriptions of the pain and indignity her treatment involves