The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Def Leppard

Pyromania & Adrenalize reissues

Dancing & Defiance – A Soundtrack to 30 Years of Gay Culture

To mark the anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in the UK, Paul Flynn (author of Good as You: From Prejudice to Pride, 30 Years of Gay Britain) chooses 13 records that soundtracked his life, from ACR to Elton and Lil Kim to Sleaford Mods.

God’s Own Medicine: Wayne Hussey’s Favourite Albums

We put in a long-distance call to Brazil to ask The Mission frontman and former Sister Of Mercy about the gems in his record collection

Access All Areas: Barbara Charone’s Baker’s Dozen

The legendary music PR talks to Lucy O’Brien about the albums and the people who have most inspired her, from the Rolling Stones to Madonna, and why artists aren’t necessarily your friends

Roger Robinson

Dog Heart City

Sadness, anger and love for the city from dub poet Roger Robinson

Mick Harvey

Four (Acts Of Love)

Tearing Along Viciously: Emily Ratajkowski’s My Body

Orit Gat unpicks the vicissitudes of agency and abuse in a recent memoir by the model Emily Ratajkowski

Yob

The Great Cessation