4 JANUARY

“Stifled” in The Jam, bewitched by jazz and soul, enlivened by the café culture of Paris and Sorrento, PAUL WELLER struck out for new horizons, with an idea for a freewheeling collective instead of a hidebound band. As an expanded reissue of Café Bleu hits the shelves, he blows the froth off the first phase of The Style Council. “It was like life had been coloured in,” he tells TED KESSLER.

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.

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

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