The singer talks about Live Aid, ex-wives and four decades of Simple Minds

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London Irish writer’s tenacity and attention to detail did not always please his subjects

Review: Ferdia Mac Anna’s flimsy, low-budget film has an ingenuous charm

Karl Whitney, author of Hit Factories, on his journey through the UK’s industrial heartlands

The Cure, Radiohead, Janet Jackson, Stevie Nicks and LL Cool J among the 2019 cohort

Visiting Japan is like being deposited on an alien planet, but once you get over the culture shock, it feels friendly, calm and safe – and there’s an OMG moment around every corner

Alex Kapranos talks about a new album, scoffing fish n’ chips in Galway, and why he wrote a song about the NHS

Start from the coast road between An Spidéal and Indreabhán and brace yourself for a treat

How the sexually ambivalent David Bowie and Marc Bolan subverted rock’s patriarchy

Airport architecture worldwide has gotten insanely creative but is still mostly unwelcoming to the endless queues of knackered travellers

From half-hearted applause to total starman: David Bowie’s biggest Irish gigs remembered

Want to play with Hozier or The Police? Kevin Godley’s app puts you in the band

Ambient music poineer, superstar-making producer – the godlike genius of Brian Eno is beyond question, but it’s heartening to know that even he can come up with a dud: Someday World, a collaboration with Underworld’s Karl Hyde