Liam GallagherAs the pugnacious parka-wearer marks off half a century, musicians and Guardian writers examine the attitude, arguments and angry monologues that make him a true rock’n’roll star
If Liam Gallagher wasn’t the parka-wearing, simian-swaggering rock’n’roll star we know today, who knows what he would have ended up doing? Someone with this much gravitational pull doesn’t make sense outside the context of stage, screen or celebrity. He’s an energy more than a man and one of the most compelling performers the UK has ever produced – even though he barely moves on stage. Read More...
The ObserverCultureThe critic never wrote the ‘Great Novel’. But his son, Saul, found clues to a crime in 60,000 words he left behind
The private life of a parent as an individual, not simply a father or mother figure, can be a mysterious thing for a child. But for Saul Wordsworth, the mysteries that surround his late father’s volatile personality and painful secrets have grown and grown. Why were his famed creative gifts never properly harnessed? Read More...
Art and designObituaryAngelica Garnett obituaryArtist and writer both blessed and burdened by her Bloomsbury group inheritanceA woman of great beauty and personal magnetism, Angelica Garnett, who has died aged 93, had many gifts. She turned her hand to mosaics, painting and sculpture and transformed domestic interiors with hand-painted decorations. As a writer, she used words with great sensitivity and precision. Her speaking voice was startlingly beautiful owing to her exquisite pronunciation. Read More...