Writer of To Rise in the Dark (2024) and Hunter (2025) “He speaks in your voice, Salfordian, and there’s a pie in his hand bought half-price from the Co-op.”
30 years after a teenage band imploded, their late singer's daughter leads the surviving members on a booze-fuelled odyssey through Manchester in search of a secret they would rather remained buried…
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Presenting GQ’s October global cover star: Tom Cruise.
It’s been 20 years since @TomCruise last appeared on the cover of GQ, and, in some ways, he’s living like it’s 2006 again.
He's taking his riskiest creative swing in decades in #DiggerMovie—and delivering GQ a rare in-depth (on-camera!) interview gq.visitlink.me/vpo-E1
Recorded live at Futures and Pasts, this special episode sees Paul and Steve joined by the Poet Laureate himself, Simon Armitage, who looks back on discovering The Fall as a teenager, his early gigs, and what it is about Mark E. Smith's lyrics that captivates so many writers. (+)
This week, Paul and Steve welcome Liverpool musician Barry Sutton, former Fall roadie and founder of Beatnik Hurricane. Barry recalls hearing Slates at 15, abandoning prog on the spot and beginning his long association with The Fall. (+)