There are survivors. Dave Gahan
. The voice of Depeche Mode is not just a singer. He is a resurrection story with a microphone in his hand. Born David Callcott in 1962 in Epping, Essex, Gahan grew up with the kind of restlessness that could have curdled into trouble. Instead, it became voltage. When he Continue Reading
Jeremy Hardy: The Gentle Radical of The News Quiz
J There are comedians who chase laughs, and there are comedians who quietly reshape how an audience thinks. Jeremy Hardy belonged firmly to the second camp. For decades on BBC Radio 4’s The News Quiz, alongside hosts such as Andy Hamilton and later Sandi Toksvig, Hardy became one of the Continue Reading
Rupert Everett did not tiptoe into the world of acting.
Rupert Everett did not tiptoe into the world of acting. He arrived like a raised eyebrow. Born in Norfolk in 1959, polished at drama school in London, he was expelled from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama for being, in essence, too much. Too bold. Too himself. A Continue Reading
