Alex James
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Game Changers: Futuristic views set Herbert Chapman apart
- English Soccer
- July 8, 2020, 06:00
He slipped away with a suddenness that shocked England, succumbing to pneumonia on January 6th, 1934, just five days after picking up “a chill” watchi(...)

Lily Allen: ‘I was pretty brazen with all my behaviour. I just didn’t care’
- Music
- September 20, 2018, 10:45
The old house in the countryside that Lily Allen bought, after several years of fame, was at the end of a long, private track. Hugged by the land, in (...)

Urination once again: when will music festivals achieve peeing equality?
- Music
- August 18, 2018, 05:00
There will always be those who like to complain about the modern festival, that it literally “used to be all fields around here” those who bemoan the (...)

Blur exhibition: it’s got nothing to do with your vorsprung durch technik, you know
- Music
- July 30, 2013, 01:00
Dave Brolan arrives barely late but full of apologies; he was getting food, taking a break from setting up Blur 21: The Exhibition at the Irish Museum(...)

Britpop – Bah! It’s rubbish, innit?
- Music
- July 26, 2013, 00:00
We’ve all seen the picture. A smirking Noel Gallagher, glass of champagne in one hand, the fingers of a ruddy-cheeked Tony Blair in the other. They(...)

Primavera review: Matthew E White, James Blake, The Knife, Blur
- Culture
- May 25, 2013, 17:00
It seems that there are two types of Kurt Vile in each set. There’s the solo Vile, a gentle(...)