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From school to art college to pop stardom to desperate nothingness - the wide open world of Wreckless Eric
The great English songwriter revisits the 1980s for his new album, England Screaming
 • Alastair McKay
The World Spinning Sounds of Edwyn Collins in His Own Sometimes Self-Mocking Words
The triumphant Testimonial tour prompts a re-appraisal of the Two-Hit Wonder's long career
 • Alastair McKay
From Wimpole Street To Number One: How Peter Asher found the sad, eternal heart of a rejected Paul McCartney song
A lonely ramble down the road to the pure teenage sound of 1964
 • Alastair McKay
Justin Currie's diary of a somebody: a brisk, irascible record of rock 'n' roll life
A diagnosis with Parkinson's colours the del Amitri singer's reflections in his memoir, The Tremolo Diaries
 • Alastair McKay
My dad, Arbroath, and the enduring mystery of my exotic middle name
A salute to the reticence of my father, with cheesecake and radioactivity
 • Alastair McKay
Farewell to a stoical cat
RIP, Hank. Sleep well.
 • Alastair McKay
Yoshitomo Nara: The Lowkey Chronicler of Adolescent Sadness (And Certainty)
An exhibition of the Japanese artist's work finds some comfort in the simplicity of punk
 • Alastair McKay
Alternatives To Valium
Alternatives To Valium
A post-punk fanzine by Alastair McKay. An extension of the book Alternatives To Valium: How Punk Rock Saved A Shy Boy's Life.
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