This is one of the most remarkable books I have ever read. It's partly a book about its authors, and partly a collection of emotional footnotes to a biography. Either way it's extraordinary, insightful, moving and at times (for the first time in any Ballard-related book I've read) funny.

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30 YEARS AGO TODAY: Rock Wives talks to wives of rock, from the obvious (Angie Bowie, pre-ubiquity Sharon Osbourne) to the leftfield (Squeeze's exes) to the unfair (Jean-Michel Jarre's partner Charlotte Rampling) Pre-fame Sally Phillips voices over.

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Oh the irony of this badly constructed headline in an article about editors not spotting mistakes. No, Osman did not eat a swift in error.

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#NowPlaying Bought from Oxfam in York, mostly for The Lyke Wake Dirge and for the cover.

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Thanks to Babs Michel for talking to me about my poetry and comedy yesterday(48 minutes in).We spent most of it talking about @johncooperclarke.bsky.social! @edgestreetlive.bsky.social and influences like @brianbilston.bsky.social. Thanks @carmellapoetry.bsky.social! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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