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Put on the blue light: having a cryo facial at Purexpert

August 1, 2026
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It was a Wednesday night: Obscure Pet Shop Boys third night review

July 8, 2026

Late on Tuesday evening: Obscure Pet Shop Boys second night review

July 7, 2026

Someone told me Monday: Obscure Pet Shop Boys first night review

July 6, 2026

From London to Berlin: the Obscure Pet Shop Boys (p)review

July 5, 2026

Spawn In The USA: 250 reasons why I’m afraid of Americans

July 4, 2026

Record Collector Presents… Stevie Wonder: out now 

July 3, 2026

Say No Go: The surprise rehabilitation of Daryl Hall & John Oates (No Can Do)

July 2, 2026

Record Collector Presents… Blondie: out now

July 1, 2026
Random Jukebox

Random Jukebox: Duran Duran’s A View To A Kill + how they took over Bond from Bowie

May 12, 2025
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Perfect 10: Talking ’bout Marilyn Monroe in song

June 1, 2026
Music

The day Frank Sinatra met Manic Street Preachers in Golders Green

I remember Frankie. I remember where and when I read that Frank Sinatra, Ol’ Blue Eyes, The Voice, the Chairman of the Board, had shuffled off to deploy his music and mayhem on a higher…
May 14, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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Angel or Legend? Assessing Bob Marley

Reputation or record sales? It’s a simple fact that Bob Marley was the first rock star of reggae. The leonine, dressed-down, kickabout messiah looked and sounded like he could lead an exodus…
May 11, 2026
bySteve Pafford

Exclusive audio: Neil Tennant talks David Bowie, Michael Jackson and Take That

Three decades ago, on 25 April 1996 to be precise, I conducted my first official on the record interview with a pop star: Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys. That weekday afternoon the PSB…
April 25, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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Random Jukebox: Goldfrapp’s Human

Sometimes you just have to roll with the selections of the random jukebox, and today it put on its red shoes and picked Human, a delicious standout from Goldfrapp’s glacial debut album from…
July 31, 2024
bySteve Pafford
Random Jukebox

Elizabeth Sladen: forever our Sarah Jane Smith

“Journos with egos? Ooooh, I don’t like ‘em!” — Magda in Absolutely Fabulous, 1994 She was fierce, formidable and occasionally fearless. For three years in the mid 1970s — during the…
April 19, 2026
bySteve Pafford

One could almost call it an altar: ten things you didn’t know about Elizabeth Taylor

It’s like the song goes, “Red lips, dark hair,” and those violet eyes. Those incredible violet eyes. Elizabeth Taylor was one of film’s most celebrated figures whose name was synonymous with…
March 23, 2026
bySteve Pafford
Events

Formidable femmes: The 115 women who changed the world

It’s been a wee while since we marked International Women’s Daywith a new feature. As it’s the 115th anniversary of the earliest iteration of IWD—a sui generisFebruary 1909 event organised by…
March 7, 2026
bySteve Pafford

100 words for Kenneth Williams

Historically, when it comes to Pisces peeps the water sign’s complex personality traits have given the world numerous notable names, and February 22 has been a date with more than its fair…
February 22, 2026
bySteve Pafford
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