Category: The Smiths

Andy Burnham’s Manchester has a defining spirit – and Britain could do with a lot more of it | John Harris

Call it a mix of collectivism and entrepreneurialism or just an overarching vibe, but the mayor’s philosophy could be on the way to WestminsterAmong the underrated later work of those revered sons of Manchester the Smiths,...

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‘I owe Iron Maiden my English A-level!’ The great literature our writers discovered through pop music

Ahead of World Book Day on Thursday, Guardian music writers pick out the musicians whose literary references illuminated them – from Adam Ant on Joe Orton to the National on Grace PaleyI first heard the Cure’s...

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