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King Crimson’s Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have shared a special Valentine’s Day cover of Soft Cell’s ‘Tainted Love’.

04 02 2021 FORTY YEARS ON, MOJO remembers the devastating death of the Beatles’ troubled soul and relives the 20 times he changed our lives (and the world) forever. Cranking up the pace, our covermount CD is a psychedelic garage-fest featuring White Denim, Hot Snakes and A Swayze, with CD stars King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard interviewed inside, alongside Black Sabbath riff lord Tony Iommi and ’60s icon Nancy Sinatra. Also in the issue: Pink Floyd’s gnarly dynamic explained; synth music�...

The real Jill from It’s A Sin on living through Aids: ‘I sat at my friends’ bedsides and held them until they died’ Russell T Daviess TV drama evokes dark memories of the shame and secrecy of the Aids crisis, says the woman who inspired a major character 17 February 2021 • 9:00am Jill Nalder, left, inspired a character of the same name in the Channel 4 drama, played by Lydia West, right Credit: Channel 4 Life seemed full of adventure in 1980 when Jill Nalder moved aged 18 from Swans...

She appeared on the hits "Where Did Our Love Go,” “Baby Love,” “Come See About Me,” and “Stop! In the Name of Love." 

WHYY By Anthony Rullo, who modeled for painter Gilbert Lewis from 1986 to 1996, is the subject of the exhibit, Only Tony, at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Last year, 2020, was supposed to be the year of Gilbert Lewis, a painter who had been steadily working in Philadelphia for a half-century painting portraits, botanicals, and landscapes with little mainstream recognition but a loyal set of admirers in the city’s gay community, of which he was a part. Lewis was also a...

TODAY he’s a staple of daytime TV, but back in the 80s Homes Under the Hammer star Martin Roberts was a student in Bradford – and building the foundations of his future career. The co-presenter of BBC One weekday property show Homes Under the Hammer studied for a degree in electrical and electronic engineering at the University of Bradford between 1981 and 1985. It was this first time away from his home in Warrington that piqued his interest in a future career in the media, which saw ...

Luke Turner , January 28th, 2021 09:23 Remembering what it was like to grow up in the shadow of AIDS, Luke Turner argues that Russell T Davies moving drama Its A Sin provides an overdue opportunity for society to recognise its complicity in the crisis, as well as similar injustices today Theres a shot in the first episode of Its A Sin, Russell T Davies intensely moving new drama about the AIDS crisis, when 18-year-old Ritchie Tozer takes the box of condoms his dad has given him to take to Lond...

Tributes paid after Welsh music legend Peter Singh The Rocking Sikh dies He won a huge fanbase with lyrics like, I dont smoke dope, I dont like bourbon, all I want to do is shake my turban Updated "He was larger than life and will be much missed" (Image: South Wales Evening Post) Want the latest news from Swansea sent straight to your inbox?Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Dont miss anything from your city! Sign up for regular updates When you subscribe we will use the...

Divine performing at Heaven in 1981 Credit: David Corio/Redferns It’s A Sin, which begins tonight on Channel 4, follows a group of gay men in Eighties London as the HIV/Aids crisis comes to define their lives. The vibrant and profoundly moving series begins in 1981, two years after entrepreneur Jeremy Norman opened groundbreaking gay nightclub Heaven in the arches beneath Charing Cross station. For the show’s writer-creator Russell T Davies, it was a no-brainer to include a few scenes set...

Cherry Red/Strike Force Entertainment Like David Bowie and maybe one or two others, it matters not how “huge” Marc Almond’s individual records are. In the eyes of his diehard fans, of whom there are many, he remains akin to an underground cult, beloved by a select few folk, and offered widespread approval only for the hits that he occasionally spills out. The Stars We Are, from 1988, is a case in point. Buoyed by what would become a monster smash duet with Gene Pitney, “Something’s Go...