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An Interloper In The World: Confessions Of A Heretic Reviewed

Sophia Deboick considers the English-language version of Adam 'Nergal' Darski's autobiography, a work of more than just sensationalism for its own sake, via the Polish people's love for scrambled eggs, The Voice and polarising views on religion
Books

Western Pop In The Eastern Bloc: Depeche Mode – Monument

Sophia Deboick explores this aptly-named publication, a time capsule of sorts, by turns a personal history and listographic account of the unlikely importance of Basildon's own Depeche Mode to the youth culture of the Eastern Bloc
News

REVIEW: Dr Feelgood Exhibition/Lee Brilleaux Memorial Walk

Sophia Deboick heads to Canvey Island to embark on the annual walk in memory of the band's late frontman and take in the new exhibition of Dr Feelgood paraphernalia
Strange World Of...

The Strange World Of Johnny Hallyday

The "French Elvis" is performing live in the UK next week for the first time in a career that spans half a century. Sophia Deboick looks at the history of Johnny Hallyday
Black Sky Thinking

Basildon Bond: Depeche Mode & The Essex New Town

Three decades on from the release of their debut album, Sophia Deboick argues that it's time that Depeche Mode's home town of Basildon honoured its most famous sons. Basildon photographs thanks to Helen Gray

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