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Sharhabil Ahmed, the pioneering Sudanese musician and subject of an essential new Habibi Funk compilation, speaks to Patrick Clarke about his long and storied career, from performing for Haile Selassie to being crowned The King of Sudanese Jazz. Photos courtesy of Habibi Funk
Elvis Costello tells Paul Stokes about his lockdown life and new album Hey Clockface as he guides us through Baker's Dozen tales including being taken under the sinful wing of Iggy Pop and the time he nearly joined Blur. Costello portrait by Ray Di Pietro
Across three decades, John Shepherd built a Nasa-style lab at his grandparents’ Michigan home to communicate with extra-terrestrials, beaming sets featuring Can, Kraftwerk and Neu! into space. Now the subject of an acclaimed film, he tells Ben Gilbert why and records an exclusive tQ mix
A sensitive young rebel before James Dean and a 'Method' man before Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift has a complicated legacy. But why isn't he remembered like those burning out young and beautiful? For the centenary of his birth, Brogan Morris investigates
From writing for New Worlds in the 60s to his unfair contemporary reputation as a ‘writer’s writer’, M. John Harrison has consistently pushed at the margins of literature. Calum Barnes reads the English author’s latest novel and a new career-spanning collection of short stories from Comma Press to uncover a writer that few can match