John Lydon, the former Sex Pistol, would have "loved to be a painter", he says in one of a series of interviews with leading punk rockers to be aired in a BBC season entitled "Punk Britannia" next month.
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Sex Pistols star Glen Matlock to headline 'anti-Jubilee' concert ... in aid of a charity run by the Princess Royal
Tuesday 08 May 2012
Member of band which gave us 'God Save the Queen' to commemorate 1977 at alternative festival
Adam Yauch: White rapper who went from novelty act to genre-bending pioneer
Monday 07 May 2012
Accused of appropriating rap music, Yauch likened it to the Rolling Stones playing the Blues
Tricky, IndigO2, O2 Arena
Monday 30 April 2012
Anarchy in the O2. “We need some people on here,” Tricky demands. “Are you scared?” the topless singer keeps repeating.
I lost my memory to meningitis, reveals Lydon
Sunday 29 April 2012
The former Sex Pistol says 'cruel and tortuous' illness left him unaware who his parents were
Album: Santigold, Masters of my Make-Believe (Atlantic)
Sunday 22 April 2012
Santigold was one of 2008's great pop finds, making the sound of tumbleweed whistling around her second album baffling.
Sex Pistols turned down Olympics performance because organisers wanted to censor songs
Thursday 19 April 2012
The Sex Pistols turned down an invitation to perform at the Olympics’ opening ceremony because the organisers wanted to censor one of their most famous songs, John Lydon has revealed.
Charlotte Rampling: 'I've lived with fear all my life'
Sunday 08 April 2012
She has never been afraid to bare her soul on screen – but talking about the anxieties that led to a very public breakdown has not been easy for Charlotte Rampling. Which only makes her new film all the more intriguing...
Frank Turner: 'This might be the zenith of my career'
Thursday 05 April 2012
As the gig of a lifetime looms for the Winchester singer, he tells Steve Anderson why he's seizing the moment while silencing the critics from his past
Huge feathered yutyrannus huali dinosaur identified
Wednesday 04 April 2012
A "shaggy" close cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in China is the biggest feathered dinosaur known, scientists have revealed.
Anarchy in the UK: The Queen's Silver Jubilee in 1977 was also the year that punk hit
Saturday 31 March 2012
Photographer Simon Barker was there to capture it. Michael Bracewell opens his archive.
DVD: The Thing (15)
Friday 30 March 2012
John Carpenter's horror didn't need remaking – it was just about perfect – so instead Matthijs van Heijningen Jr has plumped for making a prequel to the 1982 gem, with middling results.
Album: Frankie Rose, Interstellar (Memphis Industries)
Friday 16 March 2012
Former denizen of Brooklyn indie girl groups such as Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts, Frankie Rose has stepped out on her own and come up with a surprise delight: an enchanting dream-pop album steeped in her multi-tracked harmonies.
Bite of T.Rex 'stronger than all'
Wednesday 29 February 2012
When it comes to biting power, Tyrannosaurus rex was the undisputed king, a study has shown.
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