Alex James

Blur: The Ballad of Darren – A comeback album so good we can only hope it isn’t the end

The eighth album from Damon Albarn and co is an emotional tour de force

Fri Jul 21 2023 - 14:32

‘I flattered him, knowing he’d try to kiss me’: Alan Partridge interviews Steve Coogan

‘It’s the oldest journalistic trick in the book. Coogan has fallen for it hook, line and sinker’

Mon May 16 2022 - 13:55

Game Changers: Futuristic views set Herbert Chapman apart

Legendary Arsenal manager was ahead of his time on and off the pitch in every way

Wed Jul 08 2020 - 06:00

Lily Allen: ‘I was pretty brazen with all my behaviour. I just didn’t care’

Fame, failure, assualt, getting high: nothing is off limits in the singer’s memoir

Thu Sept 20 2018 - 10:45

Urination once again: when will music festivals achieve peeing equality?

They’re now a meeting point for all sections of society, trying to give all things to all people

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 05:00

Blur exhibition: it’s got nothing to do with your vorsprung durch technik, you know

The poster-sized prints and original artwork on show at Imma will take fans back to the bedroom of their adolescence

Tue Jul 30 2013 - 01:00

Britpop – Bah! It’s rubbish, innit?

Blur, Oasis, Pulp. Hard to believe it now, but back in the 1990s they were the epitome of cool. These days they’re part of the establishment and modern life is still pretty rubbish. In the run-up to Blur’s IMMA gig next week, time to ponder how Britpop fell flat

Fri Jul 26 2013 - 00:00

Primavera review: Matthew E White, James Blake, The Knife, Blur

Blur bring their festival form to the Primavera party, but it’s The Knife’s red-in-nature theatricality and James Blake’s glacial talents that are shining brightest

Sat May 25 2013 - 17:00