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2 Tone began as a ska-inspired record label, but swiftly became a look and a political stance – and a defining moment in British cultural history

Financial Times: Why aren't young people driving? 18 Apr, 2021 01:50 AM 4 minutes to read Young people in big cities are partial to alternative modes of transport. Photo / Getty Images Financial Times OPINION: There is a reason why there are so few great songs about catching the night bus. Similarly, The Beach Boys classic just doesn't sound the same with the lyrics: "And she'll have fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes her Uber away." I'm not saying there are no good songs about public transport. The Jam's "Down in the Tube Station at Midnight" is a fine track but the fact th...

Reggae could be a hit at Firhill Four-and-a-half years ago Partick Thistle director Jim Oliver famously stated that the club would ''deal with anyone whether they were Asian, Eskimo, one-eyed black lesbian saxophone players''. Since then Jags fans have searched the globe for possible sugar daddies. Everyone's been approached from the Sultan of Brunei to big screen tartan hairdresser Craig Ferguson, but no-one's shown much interest. Finally, this week an unlikely investor emerged in the not inconsiderable shape of 26-stone singer Buster Bloodvessel. Buster's group, Bad Manners, are renowne...

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the fifth annual Bad Manners Awards - the BMAs, colloquially speaking.  These are the awards those in the public eye wish to avoid attending, being associated with, and indeed, winning.  The judging committee (of one) has spent weeks deciding which celebrities, politicians and those who ought to know better deserve one of these most galling of gongs to mark a grievous breach of protocol or lapse in mannerly judgement in 2020.  Please, finish mincing down the blushing, red carpet of shame; time to find your seats, practice your best pained pout and hush your...