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Personal take on three years when seemingly disparate outlooks happily coexisted. Review by Kieron Tyler
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Personal take on three years when seemingly disparate outlooks happily coexisted. Review by Kieron Tyler
The music journalist’s celebration of the TV presenter turned Factory Records kingpin captures the energy and intelligence of a complex but inspiring man
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Ian Griffiths, 1980s. Photo: Dawn Cooper / Courtesy of the photographer Nostalgiaâs not my thing, but making connections between past and present is. Right now the early 1980s have a strong pull on me (and not just because it gives me an excuse to look at images of Robert Smith). My current journey back to the â80s began with a hint of New Romanticism wafting around the fall 2021 collections. It was most resonant in London, especially at Matty Bovanâs dramatic wind- and sea-swept collection for fall 2021. Then came the sad news that Nick Kamen had died, and I came across a phot...
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