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Gary Numan may well be fully critically rehabilitated now but this wasn't the case fifteen years ago. Simon Price recalls meeting the synth hero who, even at his lowest ebb, brilliantly had little or no interest in making himself look good . . .
Beautifully intimate home recordings made by an Ethiopian nun reflecting on the idea of exile in the 1970s and 1980s, probably never intended to be heard by anyone but herself, have taken on an astounding universality in 2024, says Jakub Knera
From 'Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun' to 'Supermassive Black Hole' Joel McIver played Sir Patrick - the greatest living Englishman with a monocle - interplanetary rock and pop and asked him about the science behind the songs