Reasons to be cheerful: an interview with Jemima Dury, Guilfest, 2024

Dad sent me out to buy a car one day in a very, very Flash Harry sort of rock’n’roll way. Just said, “Go and find a car.” And I was like, “OK.” I came back with a giant, pearlised-green Ford Granada. The front seats were like giant sofas. It was automatic and I drove it around London for about a year.

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The pop man: an interview with Nick Godwyn, Guilfest, 2024

There was no hurrying Amy Winehouse. Maybe there was no pathway, really. When you sign a new artist, a young artist, they haven’t got that much experience. You put them in studios with writers and you work with different producers. With Amy, there wasn’t any of that.

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Pretending to be Parky: Guilfest 2024

A decision needs to be made. The Stranglers or Elvana? Elvana – an Elvis impersonator fronting a band playing Nirvana tracks sounds perplexing on paper but interest piqued, we gather at the Second Stage – and wooooo!

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