Matthew Bourne -- very much the center of his own universe -- has a long-term partner, a mistress, and a successful career with a human rights agency, where he is campaigning to secure the release of a condemned African dissident. Then one day a colleague's wife dies in tragic circumstances, and ...
Fractionally over three minutes long, “Sound and Vision” is at least the perfect length for a single, and it’s also the song that most plays off a pop sensibility. The resemblances with a conventional pop hit of the time stop there, though. For a start, the intro is actually longer than the body ...
I was supposed to be at work, but I’d called in sick. The foreman had been angry, and I’d lose the day’s wages, but I didn’t feel particularly concerned. I was horribly hungover, which put me in a heightened, nervy mood. I’d managed nonetheless to get downstairs while morning coffee was still bei...