Baxter dury

West London flâneur BAXTER DURY has spent over 20 years grappling with the influence of his Blockhead father Ian. Now, as success brings him back to his father’s old stamping ground, has he finally come to terms with his chaotic boho upbringing? “I’m a mockney nepo Jane Austen in a male form,” he convinces VICTORIA SEGAL.

SARAH DITUM

PETER GILES

The newly reconfigured band throw open the doors on an expansive sixth album. By Victoria Segal. Illustration by Quinton Winter.

WYN BARNUM AND Ricky Dana, guitarists for New Jersey indie band Phoneboy, are onto something when it comes to crafting memorable leads and fills. “You should ideally be able to sing the guitar solo,”

In this exclusive extract from Paul Weller: Dancing Through The Fire (The Authorised Oral History) by Dan Jennings, Weller, Rick Buckler, Bruce Foxton and others recall the transformative impact punk had on the nascent Jam