The Manchester indie band's frontman gives Christopher Sanders a tour of the formative records of his teenage years, and explains why they, along with Australia's longest-running soap opera, have made a lasting impression
If - or, more likely, when - today's vote reveals that no party has a majority, it won't be a reflection of voters being apathetic, rather the blasé attitude of those they're voting for. This, John Tatlock argues, doesn't necessarily have to be seen as a negative
Like many towns in the UK, Barnsley is all-too-often left off the tour itinerary of most groups. Ian Winwood saw a chance to rectify this during a drunken evening with Frank Turner, and asked the singer songwriter to play for the price of his train fare. Here's what happened next