‘I Like Being Slightly Alien in the Culture’
Guitarist and vocalist of the iconic Sonic Youth sits down with Tribune to discuss his recently published memoir recounting a personal history of American rock and New York City counterculture.
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Fergal Kinney
Fergal Kinney is a freelance music and culture journalist based in Manchester.
The Royle Family at 25
25 years after it first aired, the Royle Family is a landmark of popular working-class culture on screen — the inventive masterpiece of its brilliant but troubled creator, Caroline Aherne.
Casualty vs Thatcher
In the 1980s, two young graduates set out to write a show about how Thatcherism had left Aneurin Bevan’s NHS dream ‘in tatters’. The creators of Casualty sat down with Tribune to discuss the politics that shaped its message.
In Search of a New North
Alex Niven speaks to Tribune about his new book The North Will Rise Again – an attempt to revive a future for the North from its modernist, radical traditions.
Phoenix Nights: A Tribute to a Vanishing British Institution
Two decades after it first aired, Phoenix Nights’ wry portrayal of a northern working men’s club remains a vital celebration of a vanishing working-class culture too often ignored on screen.
Jimmy Savile: Establishment Hero
Ten years ago today, Jimmy Savile died a national hero. Since then he has been exposed as a brutal child abuser – but his rise would have been impossible without powerful friends in the British establishment.
Our Friends in the Establishment
‘Our Friends in the North’ turns 25 this year. The show dealt with the institutions of British society with a rare honesty, and opened the eyes of many to the ongoing symbiosis between politicians, the police, and the press.