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I wrote an extended version of my interview with Jane Birkin in which she talked about Serge Gainsbourg, motherhood, and the subversive legacy of Je T'Aime. https://open.substack.com/pub/alastairmckay/p/histoire-de-jane-birkin-an-english?r=695tp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Jonathan Richman: rebellious straight-man, Warhol fan, insect-lover, roadrunner (but not in jogging shoes)

Interview with Robert Forster, Go-Between, Cult Hero, Former Postcard Records Recording Artiste

RIP Wee Jinky, Your Rowboat to Paradise Awaits: Jimmy Johnstone 1944-2006

Mr Ivor Cutler: a small memory of a pregnant pause

Spike Milligan: Goon, Loon, Manic Depressive Comic Genius

Interview with Rachel Weisz; mummy-hunter, Elvis-fan, constant gardener

Damon Albarn of Blur and Gorillaz vs Thomas Vinterberg, director of Festen

Ilie Nastase, the Romanian George Best

Ivor Cutler, absurdist poet, teacher, songwriter, Magical Mystery Tourist, survivor of a Scotch childhood

An Unpublished Interview With The Enigma Formerly Known As JT Leroy