‘i didn’t want to be a pop star – i just wanted to scream’

With the release of her eighth album, Can’t Take My Story Away , roots star Elles Bailey talks fame, vanity, mental health and the childhood trauma behind her smoke ’n’ honey battle cry.

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Surviving life in care The twice-Oscar-nominated actress Samantha ...

A key figure in 70s pub rock is back with more songs “about politics or idiots with fingers on buttons”.

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