Dani Behr and Terry Christian. Photograph: The Roland Grant Archive Terry Christian (1990-95) From Old Trafford, Manchester, Christian was already well-known as a local radio DJ who championed rising bands such as the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and the Charlatans when he became the gobby frontman for The Word, named after his column in the [...]

Alasdair Roberts: ‘subversive, inspired and inventive’. Photograph by Jean-Marc Luneau Alasdair Roberts is an angular, tentative presence, thin as twigs and full of caveats and quiet amusement, but the cerebral star of what he would never call “vogueish nu-folk” music is sure about one thing: “I am not interested in this individualistic one-man-singing-of-his-pain-with-his-acoustic-guitar bullshit. I [...]

Tantastic! Dale Winton shows off his glowing complexion Looking back at her photographed skin since the Spice Girls, it’s possible to plot Victoria Beckham’s journey to infamy in various shades of citrus. Before she married David, Victoria was white, if bronzered on the clavicles. The wedding pictures from 1999 are a festival of bright fake [...]

70-year-old is bidding to become the oldest male to have a UK No 1 album. Photograph: Getty Images Sir Tom Jones missed out on the top spot in the album chart todaywhen his record Praise and Blame went in at No 2. The 70-year-old is bidding to become the oldest male to have a UK [...]