May Round-up

What I’ve been writing about this month; plus, 25% off paid subscriptions for one year.

Les ‘Fruitbat’ Carter of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine rugby tackling presenter Philip Schofield on stage at the at the 1991 Smash Hits Poll Winners Party (Dave Hogan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).

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Rewound

In May, I wrote this piece for the Rewound series, on Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine’s 1990 album, 101 Damnations, and its evocation of South London life at the tail end of Thatcherism.

101 Damnations (1990)

One Take

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