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