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Martin Newell’s The Greatest Living Englishman 25 Years On

Aug Stone traces how the Cleaners From Venus cult songwriter and English eccentric Andy Partridge of XTC came together as pop geniuses in order to create lo-fi glory
Baker's Dozen

Sorry There’s No Punk! Captain Sensible’s Damn’ Favourite LPs

Forty years after The Damned released New Rose they're currently touring the UK. The genial Captain Sensible got in touch to tell us about his favourite LPs, from Stereolab to the Bee Gees, Soft Machine to Felt and Jimi Hendrix. Damned live photo by Dod Morrison.
Things I Have Learned

The Damned’s Captain Sensible On Why He Likes Trains

Punk hero Captain Sensible tells Luke Turner why he fell in love with diesel, the train that takes his name, and why Thatcher is to blame for the decline of the railways

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