The road to The Specials' first number one was long but they blazed a trail in finally getting Too Much Too Young to the top ...

Having been on our list of dream Baker’s Dozens for some time, we were thrilled when Shackleton agreed to pen one for us ...

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12 Bar Club, Friday 25th April. The British geezer is under threat, his pleasures denied, mocked and ignored by the media, and apparently prey to the temptations of the EDL. In Sleaford Mods, asks Kev ...

Paul Heaton ex of the Housemartins and Beautiful South guides Adrian Lobb through 13 favourite albums - there's a lot of soul in there, but which ones did he nick? Paul Heaton ex of the Housemartins ...