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is week’s Big Issue is our Festival Special. It’s been a long time since I went to a festival and I’m not that into musictobe honest. I am pleased to see festivals goinggreen though. e environment is importanttomesoit’s good to see them making an effort. Read more on page12oftheguide. I’ve moved aroundabitso Gwenno’s piece about recording music in Cornish on page25 is interesting.Ilived in Truro for a few months working in the fields but never learned the language – it’s harder than Welsh. I’vehadatasteoffamemyself after I started using acardreader onmypypitch. Read more of m y story on page 46.

INSIDE... 15 PAUSE Get up with the lark for the spring dawn chorus

16 LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF Pamela Des Barres on the joy of Jagger and the pain of Page

36 DEREK SMALLS Spinal Tap’s ageing bassist gets somewhere close to wisdom Vendor photo: Richard Tatham photo: Richard Vendor

Cover illustration: Nicholas Darby

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ocal elections are the poor cousin to the national poll. Frequently, in England and Wales, the number who turn out to vote scufs around 30 per cent. It’s somewhat higher north of the border. Last year, around 47 per cent of the electorate in Scotland cast their vote in local authority elections. Still, it means that across Britain well over half of people take no part in the selection of those who impact their day-to-day lives. It’s a shame. We moan about local services but don’t do enough to influence actual positive change. Many of the cuts that we see impacting services – from schools, libraries, culture to Local government is pothole repairs – come at local level. Frequently, local authorities facing a core funding are having to deal with central government diktats. The bar on gap of over council tax increases came from Westminster, and Holyrood in Scotland, and had a corrosive impact on local authorities’ £5BN ability to function. And, of course, there’s Brexit, the great big tractor beam that sucks up all focus and planning. BY Yet, every now and then, it becomes clear that there are some very good ideas at local level that should not only be applauded, 2020 but enacted and scaled up. Take the Prevention Transformation Fund. A paper published in autumn 2015 by the Local Government Association, it advocates investment now at local authority level to improve 118 councils are spending lives AND save funds later. Drawn from a number of tested cases, the fund advocates a ring-fenced fighting purse of £2billion £452M ON annually, that will be used to develop projects at local level gunning for prevention first. ALCOHOL At The Big Issue we have been pushing the prevention message for some time. We believe that early intervention – in health, education, crime, housing and AND DRUG around all manner of issues – is the way forward. It will PREVENT people falling into poverty, and open MISUSE up better life chances. It will also save them and save society later. The burden placed on already overstretched STRATEGIES resources can be lessened with some clear-sighted, brave, down from £535m forward thinking. five years ago It’s frustrating that the Prevention Transformation Fund idea has been gathering dust for over 18 months. It’s time to do something with it. We believe there MUST be a fund that allows for early A £1bn investment intervention. We believe that pressure from voters, from in prevention could all of us, can waken the authorities up to this. As council elections come around, challenge your return candidates to back the Prevention message. Ask if they will work to make the Prevention £7.19BN Transformation Fund a reality. The amount of money needed annually OF is big, but the benefits are vast. There is much that is divided in Britain BENEFITS now. There are arguments and suspicion and over five years according to the dark clouds over an uncertain future. LGA prevention report However, this is something that can build a better way. It is only the start. Now is the time to start moving.

THE BIG ISSUE / p6 / April 30-May 6 2018 On MAY 3 people across England vote in the local elections in all 32 London boroughs as well as 34 metropolitan boroughs, 68 district and borough councils and 17 unitary authorities. Mayoral elections will also take place in Hackney, Lewisham, Newham, Tower Hamlets and Watford, while Sheield will be electing a mayor for the first time. There will be no elections in Wales and Scotland but that doesn’t mean the agitation for prevention of poverty, homelessness and ill health stops.

WHAT IS THE £2BILLION MIND THE GAP WHY PREVENTION IS PREVENTION FUND? Overall, local government is facing a core ESSENTIAL TheLGAproposedtheideaofaPrevention funding gap of over £5bn by 2020, accord- Thebillfortreatingpreventableillnesses Transformation Fund in 2015 – a ring- ingtotheLocalGovernmentAssociation shows the need for a new way of thinking fenced £2bn annual fund that would (LGA), with £1.3bn required to stabilise with almost a quarter of all deaths in the continuebeplacedinanationalpotalong- the adult social care provider market today. UK,around141,101,consideredavoidable side existing funding for treatment. Oneofthereasonsfortheshortfallof in2016,accordingtoONS. Once this generated savings they would central government funding across Treatment relating to obesity and be reinvested back into the system in the EnglandandScotlandwastheintroduction related health problems costs the UK form of wider local prevention strategies. ofcounciltaxfreezesbyformerPMDavid £27bn each year with direct costs to the Itisestimatedthata£1bn investment Cameron in 2010. NHS hitting £9.7bn by 2020 and the bill using the proposed fund could be set to Thescrappingofcounciltaxfreezesin fortreatingdiabetessittingataround return £7.19bn of benefits over five April last year allowed councils to raise £14bn. years–breakingdownas£1.9bninfinan- charges by up to three per cent. The effect of alcohol is believed cial savings with the rest health benefits. Atotalof108councilshavetakenupthis tocosttheNHS£3.5bneveryyearwith the Eleven case studies were used to gener- option by increasing fees by 2.95 per cent bill for smoking coming in at £5bn. ate the figures, with benefits of £1.46 for or more – with 64 authorities opting for the Research from the Lankelly Chase every £1 spent preventing smoking in maximumof2.99percent–raising£548m Foundation estimated that public Bury,forexample,whileinvestinginfree across the nation. In addition, all but five expenditureonpeoplewhoarehomeless, leisure services in Birmingham generates of the 152 top-tier councils approved an ofenders, and/or drug misusers is roughly £20.69 of benefits for every pound. adult social care precept adding a ring- £10bnayearinEngland. CouncillorIzziSeccombe,chairofthe fenced three per cent to fees and raising Atotalof118councilsarespending LGA’s community wellbeing board, said: £548mtowardsadultsocialcare. £452m on alcohol and drug misuse “Despite budget reductions, councils are ButLGAestimatessuggestthatthe strategies from public health grants this determined to maintain vital public additional £1.1bn for local authorities will year – down from £535m five years ago. health services to help people live longer, benegatedbya£1.4bn cut to core funding healthier and happier lives, but in reality andrisingpaycostsof£1bn to bring in manylocalauthoritiesarehavingtomake the National Living Wage this year. diicult decisions on these key services, Local authorities will continue to including stopping them altogether. provide 1,300 statutory services alongside “We urge government to reverse reduc- rising demand for adult social care, chil- tions to councils’ public health budgets dren’s services and homeless support, andgivelocalauthoritiesmorefunding despite fewer resources and staf, with Detailsofwhichelectionsare for prevention through a dedicated fund 500,000 lost to the council workforce since taking place in your area to further this cost-efective work. 2010,accordingtounionUnison. www.yourvotematters.co.uk/ “Any extra funding for the NHS should Early intervention grants for adult elections-in-may-2018 also include public health funding for socialcarehavebeencutby£100m,and councilsasthetwoaresointrinsically £500m has been lost from children’s Look up and contact your candidates linked.” funding between 2015/16 and 2019/20, whocanivotefor.co.uk while the introduction of the Homelessness local.gov.uk Reduction Act and fire and safety and remedialworkwillalsostretchresources.

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Jess Phillips has taken to the streets to get a taste of life as a Big Issue vendor. The Labour MP joined Big Issue vendor Michael Hadley, 25, on his pitch on Piccadilly Arcade, Birmingham, on April 26 to experience While the iconic Wembley Stadium is up the challenges of selling the magazine first-hand. for sale and north of the border the And Phillips admitted that she “felt invisible” Scottish FA dither between Murrayfield two and Hampden Park, Str Scotland founder David g Issue. his own home of football. e done Plans for £5m homeless an, that Change Centre were unveil Phillips, approved by the city counci elf football complex will featur bedrooms, a café, a commu rience football pitches, and create ow Under the motto “the jou people here”, Duke said the comple security, relationships and nd break misconceptions arou eople “We have begun the publ nce the neighbourhood this wee they reaction has been largely po ing “Whenever anything new c life community there are alway but on the whole the plans ha t very positively. “This week we have been t gave stigma of homelessness. That s for what the centre is all about. A in” to centres are cut of from com located far away. This is all a asure community centre.” ss sell Residents will be referred zine which will share grounds wit lly South Community Football ith council and partner agencies. SCFC chairman, Brian Waug ot hope this can be an example o hole bringing change for people w y Invisible: Phillips learned as well as benefiting our local c it’s no easy job being a

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he Windrush generation isolated, like me – took me up as his friend. The British working classes also seemed certainly changed the United I took him out of London that year, his to be on their own Windrush, to Australia, Kingdom, and especially our big first exit from it since he got off the for £10 (including the boys who would T cities. I was living in Notting Hill Windrush at Southampton 10 years before. become the Bee Gees). To start their lives as a locally born London Irish boy. And then I took him to Cambridge and he was again, and help push Australia towards suddenly, as if all at once, large groups of astonished at how green England was. increasing prosperity. The old rule, as the West Indians arrived on our slum streets. A few years later, I met Danny. Danny Germans had learned after the war, is if Soon after, though we left theslums was completely diferent. He came over on you want prosperity, you go overseas for a for diferent slums, this sudden arrival the same boat and at the same time, but his good chunk of the workforce. They went led to the Notting Hill race riots of 1958, a mother had joined a savings group and got to Turkey and they got their workers – and week after a similar (forgotten) riot a house out of it. Danny and I have never they got their prosperity. in Nottingham. been separated for long ever since. I lived Stewart didn’t prosper well in this These were workers, the initial rush of in his aunt’s Windrush-loaded house in the country. We also didn’t manage to destroy whom came in an old boat capitalism together. I think once German and used by the we realised in the end that Nazis, but renamed Wall Street is better at Empire Windrush. London destroying capitalism than Transport was recruiting any revolutionary movement. directly from Jamaica and I went to his funeral in a Barbados. A Conservative Welsh valley where he’d health minister called Enoch moved with the love of his Powell was inviting West life. It was surprising, Indian nurses to work in the because they took to him as NHS. And they took up a later version of Paul residence in the cheap and Robeson, the American bass run-down parts of our towns. baritone who sang Welsh They filled up the jobs that songs with an African- the UK workforce didn’t want American depth. Stewart was to take up: bus driving, a youngish man, a giant, and hospital portering, cleaning, a grammarian unlike anyone factory work, where the else I knew. labours and machinery These are just a few stories combined with the health about Windrushers I have threats that went with them. known. I was influenced and They built and they dug changed by them. And and they portered and they New lives: The immigrants who arrived on The Empire Windrush changed Britain forever enriched by them. And drove. But how could the employed by them. And fed, increasing prosperity of the UK working World’s End, Chelsea. I was part of the and housed and entertained by them. classes be catered for if these migrating family for two years. What can I make of today’s Windrush workers weren’t doing the unsavoury jobs? What also united Danny and me was our debacle? Only outrage. These were our Many brought poverty with them. Many love of art. Danny is a great artist, but also fellow people who came to rebuild a scarred were from the countryside of the islands. a multi-talented man bringing up four country. Who fought in our European wars. They also brought their culture, food, daughters with his wife Wendy, they’ve all And who died with us. language and their breezier take on music, been to university. Danny has worked with The Windrush generation have nothing which they made out of their own passions. disabled people and in restaurants, and, at to prove to me, neither their belonging, nor My first serious friend was a boy who times, trained troubled children to take up their sincerity. And I think I’m not alone arrived in 1954 and moved to the White the art of judo. in hating this recent turn of events. City in Hammersmith, West London. I was Stewart, though, I met later. We were It’s time to hand out the papers, stamps just out of nick and aged 18 with ambitions determined to destroy capitalism – and anything they need – to make them to become a great painter. I worked for the together; but in our spare time, and when feel that we welcome their participation in Royal Borough of Kensington trees and we weren’t earning a living. Stewart had our joint world. garden department. My fellow workers, been a photographer with The Jamaica knowing I was out of a correctional Gleaner and then came to Britain in 1962 John Bird is the founder and Editor in institute, ‘sent me to Coventry’ (meaning on one of the last boatloads before the Chief of The Big Issue. @johnbirdswords they ignored me). But Simon, like me – and migration was stopped. [email protected] Photo: Getty Images

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JAMIE WYVER Howtofeelchirpy about the dawn chorus

he dawn chorus is Youmighthearthedistinctive youdon’thavetoknowallthe backtotheUKtherearen’tthe nature’s free concert. callofthesongthrush–it birdsthataresinging,butit same farmland seeds from T Oneofthethingsthat repeats its notes and phrases makesitmoreinterestingand arable weeds that they need to really surprises people the first anditwillfindanoteitlikes, it’sgoodtolearnafewlikely feedtheirchicks.Ifyoulivein timetheyhearitishowloudit then move on to something else. ones.Youcanhearthemonthe an area where there are turtle is.Duringthedayyouhear Ifyouwanttoexperiencethe RSPBwebsitebeforeyougo. doves,youwillheartheirsong birdsong among other noises. dawn chorus, get up before Nightingalesareveryfamous peak around this week. Our Butifyouareoutjustasthe sunrise. If for their song – OperationTurtleDove sun rises, the volume of the you’re lucky The RSPB’sJamie Wyver although one campaign is working with birdsisalmostdeafening. enough to live is a lifelong birder. probably didn’t farmers and other groups to It happens when there is somewhere you International Dawn sing in Berkeley help change their fortunes. enoughlightforabirdtosee,to are surrounded Chorus Day is May 6. Find Square–butin Thedawnchorushas know that it’s roosting or by trees you can out aboutRSPBdawn thelastfew changed. If you listened 50 standinginasafeplaceaway throw open the chorus events at decades both years ago in the British from predators, but not enough window and rspb.org.uk/dawnchorus they and turtle countryside you would hear lots lightorwarmthtohoparound listen in bed. If doves have had ofskylarksandyellowhammers finding food. At this time of you don’t, find out where your seriouspopulationcrashes.Its –theircallis“alittlebitof year male birds have got to nearestparkornaturereserve habitatisscrub,bushes,things breadandnocheese”–tree defend their territory and is,butcheckit’sopenatthat like hawthorn, but those areas sparrows, house sparrows. attractorkeepamate. time in the morning, don’t make getdevelopedandbuilton.We Sogetoutandappreciateit For the next few weeks it will themistakeofturningupand have a campaign at the moment whileitisasitis.Getupacouple grow and peak around May 6 finding the gates locked. And to try to save one of their most ofhoursearlier.Youwillnot when migratory birds are just stand or walk through it important habitats. regret it. And if you enjoy it, coming back so you have a quietly. Turtle doves are returning why not see how you can help. much bigger choir. You might TheRSPBrunsdawnchorus from Africa to East Anglia and hear blackbirds, sparrows, events with special guided Kent,afewplacesinthe JamieWyverwasspeakingto starlings, blue tits, great tits. walks. If you go out on your own, Midlands. But when they come Vicky Carroll @vcarroll100

THE BIG ISSUE / p15 / April 30-May 6 2018 IN 1964 THE YEAR PAMELA DES BARRES TURNS 16… Beatlemania lands in the US / Boxer Cassius Clay is crowned heavyweight champion of the world / The Sun newspaper is published for the first time

Pamela Des Barres Super groupie and writer LETTER TO MY YOUNGER SELF

y16,Istoodoutlikeabeautiful,rosyred,sore searchingforGod,lookingforsomethinghigherandmore thumb.Iworewhitetightsandredpatentleather meaningful.Thenitsortofdenigratedintococaineand Bflatsandalittlewhitedress.Ilookedsodiferent pillsandstuf.I’dtellhertoavoidsomeofthat,because fromeveryone.I’dtellmyyoungerself–keepdoingthat, therearethingsIdon’trememberbecauseIwassohigh. keepexpressingyourself!Iwasveryhopeful–Istillam. In the Sixties and Seventies we were inundated It’sdonemewellthroughthiswildandcrazylifeI’vehad. withrockgods.Youcouldswimthroughthem,therewere WhenIwas16,IhadaboyfriendcalledBob somany.Now,there’sJackWhite.He’stheonlyone. Martine,hewasagreaserboy.Ialwayslovedabadboy. Iwouldn’tchangeanythingIputinI’m With the ButhewenttoNewYorkandduringthattimeImetaguy Band,orthefactthatI’maproudgroupie,butIwould calledVictorHayden.HewasCaptainBeeheart’scousin warnmyyoungerselfthatshewasgoingtogetalotofflak andwaslaterintheMagicBand.ImetDon[VanVliet, for being herself, for being brutally honest and sharing, CaptainBeeheart],whenIwasinhighschool,andbecame joyously,thislifeIledasayoungwoman.Iwasreally theValleychapterofhisfanclub.Itwasaverynewreality stunnedatsomeoftheresponse.AllIwasdoingwas I startedlivingatthattime.Isawthattherewasanalter- sharingthelifeofayoungwomangrowingupinan nativetothelifeIhadbeenliving.GoingintoHollywood incredible time, in the perfect city. I’d warn this sweet waslikegoingtoOzfromReseda,California.Istarted young thing to buck up and get ready for the onslaught. seeingalotoflocalbands–but,ofcourse,later Here I am, a senior citizen, and I’m still theybecamehuge–likeTheByrds,Bufalo getting shit for stuf I did 50 years ago! I have Springfield,LoveandTheDoors. to point out, hey, wait a minute – you have Ihadalotofinsecurity.I’dtellmy sex too, right? I just happen to have had it youngerself,hey,guesswhat–you’regoing with some beautiful young guys who every- to meetallfourBeatles.And you’re going body else wanted. What’s wrong with that? to haveawildafairwiththisnew,big-lipped People ask me the #MeToo’ characterthatyou’reobsessedwith…so,go question a lot, and I had a lot of #MeToo’ ongirl!Yes,you’llhaveyourheartbrokenby stories growing up when I did – but not with a lotoffamouspeople.Yourheartwilltake musicians. I was doing exactly what longer to heal because you’ll keep hearing I wanted to, with who I wanted to, when I themontheradio.Butit’llallbeworthit. wanted to. I was never harmed. I considered I’dwarnmyyoungerselfaboutJimmy myself a feminist. I was doing what I wanted Page. Iwouldn’tstopmyyoungself to do. That’s what a feminist is. fromfallinginlovewithhim.ButI I was always afraid of cancer. wouldsay,don’tbelieveeverywordhe When I was young, my aunt told my says! I actually believed that he was mother a story about this fellow who goingtotakemetoEnglandandtake blew his head of because he had brain metoPangbourneandwe’dseethe cancer. It scared me, and I worried peacocks out the window. I thought he about it for a lot of my young life. Then wouldsendmeawhitechariotandthat I got breast cancer 13 years ago – and chariot never arrived. So, I would I came through it. I got over the fear probably say, have more fun with him of cancer by getting it. So, I would say, andtrynottofallsomadlyinlove. you’ve got some incredible That’s what I did with Mick From top: At a book signing session in London resilience… and you’re going Jagger. Irealised,I’mnotgoingtoend in 2003; partying in LA with Led Zeppelin guitarist to need it. up with Mick Jagger, so I just had several and ex-boyfriend Jimmy Page in 1973 I was friends with Frank Zappa joyous,funrompswithhim.Hewastheprettiestthingin foryearsandyears. He was beyond a pioneer. I was the theworld.Hewassexy,hewassohappytobewhohewas, nanny at the house, I was in the GTOs, the all-girl group doingwhathewasdoing.Youcantell,fromlookingathim he created. I was always amazed to be in his presence. He now,whatagreatlifehe’shadandhowunrepentantheis. was so innovative and so funny. He brought the humour I’munrepentanttoo.Ihavezerotorepent. out in everybody. He had the ability to get you to tell him I would say, when that guy, who plays that guitar, things you would never tell anyone else. I call him the that African-American guy, that incredibly far-out master puppeteer, because he could pull out real creative dude hits on you – go for it! Ihadjustturned17whenI thingsfrompeoplethat they didn’t know they had in there. met the Jimi Hendrix Experience and he hit on me. He My mum always said, if I’d focused my energy on wassobiggerthanlife.Iwaslike,“Oh!ExcusemeMr something other than being a groupie, I could have Hendrix,I’llgooverheretothelittleskinnybassplayer.” done anything.I could have been Hillary Clinton, at this So I did wind up with Noel Redding and he was one of my point, if I had focused that energy on a political career. boyfriendsforyearsofandonwhenhecametotown. I would tell myself, start writing a bit earlier… and TherewasanothertimeIcouldhavehungoutwith take your writing more seriously. I’d say, you’re going Elvis. I’dsay,whenthatguycallsyouandsaysElvisis tobeawritingteacher one day. That has become the most lookingforsomeonetowatchTVwithtonight–go!Ihad inspiring part of my life in the last 18 years – I’ve been justgotengagedtoMichael[DesBarres,singerwithThe teaching women’s writing workshops. This joyous part of PowerStation,andherhusbandfrom1977-1991]andIwas mylifecouldhavestarted sooner. I help these women open concernedthatImightsuccumbtoElvis’temptingways. up and realise who they really are. Later, Michael said, “What were you thinking?!” Iwouldtellmyyoungselfnottotakesomany A new and revised edition of I’m With the Band is out now drugs.Everyonewasexperimenting.Theearlydrugswere (Omnibus Press, £14.99)

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THE BIG ISSUE / p17 / April 30-May 6 2018 David Shrigley’s darkly funny illustrations reflect our surreal and disquieting times. After a Turner Prize nomination and a stint on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, he’s now taking over an entire city. Interview: Malcolm Jack

If you find yourself in one of the many cafes of Brighton this spring, idly thumbing through the brochure for the city’s annual arts festival, hold the page up to the light and see if you can identify the discreet mark of a felt pen. Because you might well be holding a collector’s item. “It’s like the golden ticket out of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory... sort of,” deadpans David Shrigley, guest director of this year’s Brighton Festival, the programme of which is designed using a typeface based on his handwriting, so he “can pick up copies of the brochure at random and write things in them and no one will notice”. So, has he then? “I might,” Shrigley laughs mischievously. “I mean, they’re in every single cafe. There are lots of opportunities. And I’ve got my pen with me all the time…” Guest directing one of Europe’s leading arts festivals – for which The Big Issue is media partner – is the latest string in Shrigley’s bow, which has seen the Glasgow School of Art graduate turn out, among other things, cult favourite illustrated publications, co-write a comic opera about cookery called Pass The Spoon, earn a Turner Prize nomination for his 2013 exhibition Brain Activity and design an alarming- looking mascot for his favourite football team Partick Thistle. Kingsley, as he’s called, sold The Big Issue on the streets of Glasgow to raise awareness of the magazine in 2016. “I’m very proud of Kingsley, he should be up for an MBE before too long for his charitable work,” Shrigley says. But back to Brighton. “It’s a great opportunity to get to know people and have collaborative relationships

THE BIG ISSUE / p18 / April 30-May 6 2018 with people in the city because I only moved here from Glasgow in 2015. I lived in Glasgow for 27 years. I went up there as a teenager and left as a middle-aged man. So this a great opportunity for me to be fast-tracked into a new cultural scene.” It’s also been a chance to invite some of his favourite singers and bands to play in his new home town. They include his friend Malcolm Middleton, as well as the likes of Ezra Furman, Deerhoof and This Is The Kit – the latter two of whom will perform special collaborations with orchestral collective Stargaze. Last but not least it’s an occasion for Shrigley to show some of his own new work. Including an interactive exhibition called Life Model II, which will give visitors a chance to try their hand at life drawing. And in one of Shrigley’s most adventurous undertakings, he writes, directs and designs an “alt- rock/pop pantomime” called Problem in Brighton, a follow-on of sorts from Pass the Spoon, starring one of the same lead actors, Pauline Knowles, and featuring a live band led by Brighton-based artist and musician Lee Baker. “There will be a mosh pit,” Shrigley warns. “It’s a very comic presentation, I’m sort of directing a rock ’n’ roll gig. It’s not like a play. It’s like maybe 12 or 14 songs that have a narrative to them, but the actors are pretending to be rock stars, albeit they’re singing and they have a slightly pantomime indie-rock oddness to them. I’ve made musical instruments that they play, or pretend to play. “People keep badgering me to tell them what it’s about,” he adds. “But I still don’t really know.” In March, Shrigley’s Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar somewhere else now,” he says, before revealing that Square in London – a seven-metre tall elongated the sculpture is now in storage waiting to be displayed bronze thumbs-up titled Really Goodd –gaveits at a new, undisclosed location elsewhere in Europe. lastmockingsalutetotheworldattheendof “I’m not interested in making a permanent public a nearlytwo-yeartenurebesideNelson’s mark on the world – I’m not an Column. As probably themostviewed piece architect,” he continues. “It of contemporary public art in Britain in its was a really good project, I time,itwasexposure like Shrigley has never really enjoyed it. It really experiencedbefore. “I’m quite happy it’s going influences your understanding of your own work and what it means to put something in a public space. But everything has its lifespan.” Besides Brighton, Shrigley is working on a documentary project on a Greek island about goats that sound like human beings, and an as yet unspecified exhibition in the late summer at Stockholm’s Museum of Spirits. The mind boggles at what Shrigley might Kingsley scares the punters into buying a come up with for a show in Big Issue in Glasgow in 2016 what is basically a museum of booze. “I haven’t figured out what I’m going to do for that yet,” he admits. “I did want to do a show about vomiting, but I’m not sure they’re going to like that.”

David Shrigley guest directs Brighton Festival, for which The Big Issue is media partner. May 5-27 brightonfestival.org His book, Fully Coherent Plan for a New and Better Society (Canongate, £14.99) is published on May 3 @MBJack

THE BIG ISSUE / p19 / April 30-May 6 2018 Mixing politics and pop is trademark Public Service Broadcasting,

and this spring they’ll be playing new tracks about the world’s most famous ship at her

Belfast birthplace. It’s a musical response to an emotional story, writes PSB’s J Willgoose, Esq It was back in June 2017, I think, sitting in the the usual iceberg-related Titanic fare, the disaster green room at BBC 6 Music in Salford, that I was itself (and the aftermath) has to be addressed, and in approached by a member of the station’s senior a tasteful and appropriate way. Instead of using management and told that the 2018 6 Music Festival survivors’ interviews, we’ve taken a more abstract – or a version of it, upgraded to the BBC Biggest approach for these two tracks, one constructed using Weekend in light of the lack of a Glastonbury this year a musical reinterpretation of the Morse code distress – would be taking place in Belfast, on the Titanic call, C-Q-D, and one focusing on the wreck. Slipways where the ship was constructed. I was asked In all of it, I’ve written music as a response – both if we’d be interested in playing the event and writing intellectual and emotional – to the story I’m trying something about Titanic to mark the occasion. My to tell. Whether that music serves its purpose is, of reaction was instant, and the same as it has been when course, highly subjective, but I do hope the new we’ve taken on similar projects in the past. “Now that’d compositions convey something of the scale of the be interesting.” ship, the pride that those who built her took in her My band, Public Service Broadcasting, has made sailing, and the almost unimaginable terror of that something of an unlikely name for itself as chroniclers cold April night on the Atlantic. (well, more accurately, re-chroniclers) of the past, I don’t believe that music – certainly the best music having previously raided the archives to retell stories – has ever been purely apolitical, and viewing it as just from World War 2, the space race and the decline of pure entertainment both devalues the medium and, the coal industry in South Wales. We write new music I would argue, fundamentally disrespects the around the material, placing the stories of the past audience. As artists, we shouldn’t be afraid of speaking firmly in the present; it’s never been about nostalgia up for the things we believe in, for taking principled for me, and always far more about drawing lines, and honest stances even in the face of quite contrasts and comparisons between then and now. considerable commercial risk. That’s the ethos which Each time we tackle a subject the challenge is the has grown in us steadily as the band’s profile has risen, same: trying to get across the essence of the story and recognising the fact we have a voice – one which without using the most well-known or hackneyed we must use responsibly and thoughtfully, but one material, and hopefully in the process shedding new which has been hard-earned – has been a key part of light on the subject matter. Our World War 2 release shaping the way we’ve approached the last couple of avoided any mention of Churchill (or Hitler, for that PSB projects. It’s also been behind our support for matter), just as The Race For Space used only one clip causesliketheOrgreaveTruthandJustice of Neil Armstrong, preferring to tell the story of Apollo Campaign, which saw us launch a T-shirt collaboration 11 by focusing on missioncontrol.Evenonthemore with them earlier this year, with all profits going to politically fraught Every Valley,ArthurScargilland theOTJC.DespitethefactthattheOTJCisa Margaret Thatcher werenowheretobefound, cross-party organisation, there will always be (and eschewed for the more personal stories of miners and there have been, this time) those who object to any their families as the industry they gave their lives to kind of engagement with politics by bands. We may was dismantled aroundthem.It’ssafetosay,then, have lost a few fans in the process, but I’d far rather that there will be no Dick Van Dyke-esque “iceberg, that and be able to hold my head high knowing that right ahead!” in our upcoming Titanic compositions. we at least tried to make a diference rather than opting But where do you begin attempting to address this for the easy (and more financially comfortable) story, so well known to so many? route. Whatever the future holds for the upcoming The process always starts in a very old-fashioned Titanic material, I’d like to hope that such an approach way: reading. There’s something in the combination will see us on the right course. As with everything, of history and imaginationthatoccurswhenreading time will tell. historical material that’sparticularlyinspiring–the brain almost instinctively starts sketching out the Public Service Broadcasting will debut their Titanic shape of the story, the parts you’d like to focus on and commission at BBC’s Biggest Weekend, Belfast, May 25 the kind of music you’d like to create. I read Walter Lord’s A Night To Remember,aswellasmultiple survivor accounts – and slightly moreobscure material which forensically detailed the ship’s building process, as well as visiting the fantastic Titanic Belfast which we’ll be performing in frontofthisMay. It was obvious that Belfast’s proud industrial heritage (and its implied industrialdecline,throughout the 20th century) wouldbethebestplacetostart.It should be quite somethingtoplaynewmaterial addressing the construction of the world’s most famous ship on the shipyard in which it was built – sad, yet proud, echoes of thepastreverberatingarounda much-changed landscape. I also wanted to capturesomethingofthespiritof pre-war optimism whichgreetedthelaunchofthe ship in 1912 on its journeyfromBelfasttoNewYork via Southampton, Cherbourg and Queenstown, and that forms the basis of the second track, which uses a combination of BBC and BFI material. And, as much as I wanted to make the release more balanced than

THE BIG ISSUE / p21 / April 30-May 6 2018 New single

on iTunes www.aquavelvas.co.uk “hood”, as well as iththemoralpanicthat Appearing on Michael Moore’s Bowling For Columbine, imploringthese “Young is currently swelling documentary, Gs”tostopkilling each other and “put down over London’s wave of Manson was asked what he would have said the tools”. violentcrime,itwasto the killers just before the massacre, This is a message that needs to be spread, only a matter of time Manson replied: “I wouldn’t say a thing.as I London has been shaken by a wave of violent before the finger was would have just listened to them… and that’s crime, with more than 60 murder investiga- what nobody did.” pointed at rap music. tionslaunched by the Metropolitan Police so ,in Marilyn Manson dropped an absolute Earlier this monthThe Sunday Times far this year. jewel there. In the same way, many Ibelievethat these murders are being com- a curious and sweeping piece, media publications look to blame mitted because of a lack of care, as if a person stated that “murders and drill for the violence, instead of trulycaresabout life, they would not take the stabbings plaguing London actually listening to what they and other cities are directly life of another in cold blood. I feel that promot- are saying. Their “demonic” mplanting self-love into the disen- linked to an ultra-violent new music coul franchised youths of today will in turn stop form of music sweeping actually be a façade hiding a cry them from going down the wrong path, and Britain”, suggesting that the out for help. spike in fatal stabbings and Take for example, Macaroni, turn them into productive citizens. My hope is that songs like Stop Killing the shootings we are witnessing one of UK drill’s biggest songs, Mandem are heralded, instead of the media is directly linked to the UK where AM raps that he is “active going into moral panic and blaming other rap genre drill. but inside I’m very lonely / Father, Drill is a sub-genreofroad formsofrap music for the murders. Really and forgive me, ‘cause I ain’t holy / Losing my rap that burstoutofBrixton,southLondon, trulytheserappers are just talking about their loved ones, they’re dying slowly / Touch in 2014. The style of music is heavily influ- lifesituations and are often attempting to use them, I’ll bang-bang, get through enced by Chicagodrillandissimilarinthat the very music to get out of their extreme your Stoney”. environments. Vilifying those rapping about the artists rap about the extreme violence Here is a prime example of a young black they are actively involved in, reflecting the theirbleaktruths will bring no change. But if man crying out for help, but then putting on harsh realitiesoftheirenvironments.But we highlight those who are doing the right a hard exterior to conceal his pain. thing, this could work wonders on the minds some from themediadon’tbelievethatdrill We need people from our communities is just reflectingtheviolence;theyassertthat of the impressionable youth. to listen and speak to these youths, in the it is driving it. Blaming UK drill for the surge in London’s hope that the senseless murders can be Blaming UK drill for the violence is the youthviolence is an absolute cop out, and will reduced, and last week grime MC Novelist equivalent of marking the symptom of a do nothing to solve this issue. became the voice we needed with the release disease as the cause. It has no statistical Novelist Guy. Onlyby listening to the youth and promot- of his debut album ingpositive solutions will we see a change in validity. Clearly, this is an older generation As a former deputy young mayor of that are seeking to blame, rather than oururban communities across London, and Lewisham, it is not surprising that his understand these marginalised youths. this is what we as the media must focus on. politically confrontational moments stand There is precedent. In thewakeofthe present out on the album,finddingitselfmostp esss.coom Columbine schoolshootingin1999,thefirst he raps Denzil Bell blogs at artcollectiondot.wordpr on Stop Killing the MMandem, where major spree killing to grab the global killing @akadiddz about how the policce need to stop consciousness,thekillersweresaidtobe rom the black people, namelly young men fr influenced bytheworkofMarilynManson.

e Drill e finger is being pointed at rap stylet’s all over the London street murders. asays wrong, says writer Denzil Bell, whoource we need to tackle the problem at so Novelist’s lyrics are a plea to both police and disafected youth THE BIG ISSUE / p23 / April 30-May 6 2018

ENGLAND Full fesTival lisTings (pages 3-14 pEW! What a scorcher! Chvrches get set to soundtrack the summer (page 6

Plus HOW CLASSICAL MUSIC JOINED THE PARTY (page 4 The event that aims to be plastic-free (that's not Glastonbury) (page 12

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Festivals used to be a simple pleasure: open-air musical extravaganzas. No longer from ourpickofthebesteventslistedover adazed,hedonistic,muddylove-inor a thepreserveofposhpicnickersquaffing the next 15 pages. cider-fuelled feast of indie-rock. champers on the lawn, this is some of the Of course the rock’n’roll roots of the great But 2018marksaseismic trippiest, most Britishfestivalarestillaliveandwell–from shiftintheUK’sfestival challenging music arenaheavyweightslikeTheCure,The landscape. Politics is the around. Read more KillersandKasabian,totheatricallyquirky newrock’n’rollandyouare about it over the page. oddballs like Björk and our Festival Guide aslikelytofindastanding The expansion of cover star Grace Jones, to music icons like ovation for Cambridge family-friendly fests is a SkeptaandChvrches(whotalktouson Analytica whistleblower welcometrend.But,of page 6). Chris Wylie as rapper course,it’sanexpensive TheBigIssuehasalsoplayedastarring Kendrick Lamar. business and ticket- role in recent years with vendors selling the Superstar big-hitters buyersrightlyexpecta magazine at Glastonbury Festival. This like The Rolling Stones Jagger’s gone green better-quality service for summeryouwillfinduspoppingupat andtheJay-Zand theirmoney,whe across the UK, with vendors at Beyoncéextravaganzawill visitingaloothat theRabbitHoleinScotlandand bestruttingopen-airstagesacrosstheland. somewhatmorecomfortablethanat on Festival (see our feature with Butthisyeartheyhavecompetitioninthe intheground,chefsservingup estdirectorDavidShrigleyinthis festival fields from the likes of Hugh Grant gourmetmealsortheeventtaking eek’smagazine).Andwe’llbe holding forth on phone hacking or Margaret stepstobecomemore diggingintotheheartofpolitical Atwood dismantling the patriarchy and environmentally friendly (see page debateattheBylineFestival. dystopia with one swipe. 12).Andwiththegrowthinurban So,despitethemultihectare- Meanwhile the contemporary classical gatherings,youneednotevendon sized absence of Glastonbury, revolution is bringing some of the most welliestogetintothefestivalvibe. Hugh Grant there’sneverbeenabrighteror cutting-edge, thought-provoking and There truly is something for more varied bill for festival season

PHOTOS: ALAMY STOCK PHOTO dangerous music you’ll find to Britain’s absolutely everyone, as you can see 2018. See you down the front.

BRIGHTON Make for a Butlins seaside HAY FESTIVAL maybe themosteye-catching FESTIVAL resort near you throughout May 24-June 3 line-up of the summer. A three-day May 5-27 thesummerandmakea DairyMeadows,Hayon Wye music festival features LCD Various venues, Brighton live music weekender of TICKET PRICES VARY Soundsystem, The xx and Björk TICKET PRICES VARY it. Their themed three-day OneoftheUK’sbiggestandmost amongothers,whilethreestandalone Visual artist David Shrigley is specialscaterforalltastes prestigiousbookfestivals,Hay single-dayers will be led by GuestDirectorofBrighton’s –fromdiscotosoul,Eighties welcomes over 600 of the world’s Catfish and the Bottlemen, The always exceptional arts festival revivalandIbizalegends.All greatest writers, global policy makers, National and Nick Cave & The Bad in2018,bringinghisunique that and comfy beds, showers pioneers and innovators to discuss Seeds respectively. quirkyhumourandloveofmusic andnomud. the arts, sciences and current affairs, allpointseastfestival.com totheprogramme.Hewelcomestwo bigweekends.com alongsidearichscheduleofmusic, of his favourite bands Deerhoof and comedy and entertainment. Margaret FIELD DAY ThisistheKit,bothofwhomwill GLYNDEBOURNE Atwood, Ian McEwan, Michael June 1-2 collaboratewithorchestralcollective FESTIVAL Morpurgo,JudithKerr,David Brockwell Park, London Stargaze, and writes, directs and May 19-August 26 Walliams and Jacqueline Wilson are £89£170 designshisownalt-rock/pop Lewes, East Sussex amongthisyear’sguests. Relocated to Brockwell Park in South pantomime Problem in Brighton. TICKET PRICES VARY hayfestival.com London for 2018 and extended over two brightonfestival.org BringoutyourtuxasGlyndebourne’s days againafterasingle-day festivalofthebestinworld-class ALLPOINTSEAST installment last year, Field Day BUTLINS LIVE MUSIC opera returns to its grand country May 25-June 3 welcomesUSR&BstarErykahBaduin WEEKENDS house home in rural East Sussex. Victoria Park, London heronlyUKperformanceoftheyear, May11,June8and 15, September 7, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, £169.95 FOR THREEDAY WEEKEND plus live sets in an enormous Listings 14,21and28 Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier,Handel’s FESTIVAL, TICKET PRICES VARY FOR hangar-like construction called The continued Butlins Bognor Regis, Skegness Giulio Cesare and Debussy’s Pelléas OTHER EVENTS Barn from the likes of Four Tet, Nils on page 6 and Minehead et Mélisande all feature. A huge new 10-day event taking over Frahm, Floating Points and more. TICKET PRICES VARY glyndebourne.com London’s Victoria Park welcomes fielddayfestivals.com 4 FESTIVAL GUIDE 2018

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The real thrillsandspillsofthe embrace looping, integration of recorded pervasive melodiesandbeatscanbeheardat festivalvibecanbefoundin voice(thinkSteveReich’sDifferent Trains) SouthLondon’sFieldDayonJune2,incontrast and real-time composition, settings have to the heavier electro outfits. Festival season the alternative universe of evolved with the sound. provides an opportunity for touring new works, contemporary classical. Let Andwhatathrillingsounditis.From too: art pop composer Anna Meredith and

Claire Jackson be your guide reworked masterpieces (such as Max Richter’s Southbank Sinfonia take Varmints to Edinburgh O’NEILL JEN PHOTO: Four Seasons Recomposed)toexperimental International Festival (August 11), having I passawrithingcouplesurroundedby instrumental works (Hauschka’s Snowflakes & performed it at Southbank Centre on April 28. onlookers. This was, I later discovered, sock Car Wrecks), this music is becoming a – as yet But if tokenism isn’t your thing, London’s wrestling:firstpersontorevealtheiropponent’s undefined–genreinits Barbican has announced a nakedfootwins.Amanwithnothingsavegold ownright.Itfitsinfancy long weekend curated by spraypainttoprotecthisdignityridespastona concert halls and more "an oompa MaxRichterandYulia pennyfarthing.Asignbeckonsrevellerstothe low-fi settings; you are just loompa Mahr across Barbican Hall feastoffools.Clustersofpeoplesitonhaybales, as likely to hear the &foyer,cinemas1and2, laughing.Isettleunderanoaktreetotakein aforementioned Arnalds in saunters Milton Court Concert Hall Ólafur Arnalds’ set; the Icelandic composer taps atent(justaddweak andStGiles’Cripplegate. aMactomergebeatswiththeonstagestring sunshineandawarmcider past.Ilook Sounds and Visions takes quartet’s swoops. My heart soars. Someone for the perfect British placeonMay11-13and dressedasanOompaLoompasaunterspast. summer’s day) as you are for a white includes the Colin Currie Nothing is familiar with the classical music in the Barbican. Group and the London concertsIusuallyreview.Ilookforawhiterabbit WhileSGPandBig rabbit in a Syrian Ensemble. The inawaistcoat. Chillhaveclosed,theyget wAISTCOAT" Chineke! Orchestra will This wasn’t a hallucinatory dream; it was amentionforpavinga perform Richter’s score to Cambridgeshire’s Secret Garden Party (SGP). glittery programming path WaltzwithBashir,and Thehedonisticfestivalwasaboutglamping for this electro-pop-classical hybrid sometimes RichtersharesarareperformanceofInfra,a before the term had been coined. Its alternative referredtoaspost-oralt-classical.Thissummer, meditation on the events surrounding the ethosseepedintoitsprogramming,andthe Latitude (July 12-15) consolidates its London 7/7 bombings. event – along with more mainstream festivals Big commitment to electronic minimalism when it Happily,Radio3hasanewseriesdedicated Chill and Latitude (which featured Britten hosts Jon Hopkins, whose undulating tunes tothistypeofmusicthatwillbebroadcastthis SinfoniaandMichaelNymaninitsearly straddle electronica and contemporary music. summer. Unclassified explores the emerging instalments)–wasoneofthefirsttoshowcase (Elsewhere, Britten Sinfonia Academy and City soundworld of contemporary composers and operaandcontemporarymusicinsuchasetting. of London Sinfonia appear in the Music and Film producers including Gabriel Prokofiev, Jóhann Asagenrethat’spartlydefinedbyitstraditional Arena.)Hopkinsisalsoaheadlineartistat Jóhannsson, Flying Lotus, Bonobo, Nils Frahm eschewingofamplification,classicalmusic Oxfordshire’s Wilderness festival (August 2-5) and Christina Vantzou. doesn’tlenditselftoalfrescoperformances.But andplaysaDJsetatLovebox(July13-14). ClaireJacksonisTheBigIssue’sclassical music as contemporary classical has begun to Pianist-composer Nils Frahm’s gently correspondent. @claireiswriting

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SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT June 1-3 Hatfield Outdoor Activity Centre, Synthpop trio Chvrches are taking near Doncaster £50 their new album to festivals all over A family-friendly festival that seeks to put a smile on the faces of Europe and the US this summer everyone who samples their mixture of live music, kids' activities, adventure sports and good food and ajor music festivals have in many drink. Artists appearing include The ways been the making of Leylines, Echo Town, Talisman, Cut Chvrches – and at times literally Capers and many more. the breaking too. somethingtosmileabout.org.uk “I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that number of people in the same place at WYCHWOOD the same time, it was a properly holy shit June 1-3 moment,” marvels synths player Martin Cheltenham Racecourse, Doherty of doing Coachella in California Cheltenham in 2016. £147.50 “We got through it, despite the fact we One of the family friendliest were pretty much paralysed with fear,” festivals of the summer boasts over Doherty’s multi-instrumentalist bandmate 100 acts performing across four Iain Cook adds. “It was a bit of a stages, plus arts workshops, a circus confidence-booster.” school and a programme of talks, Glastonbury that same year, when debates and comedy for all ages. The Chvrches were the penultimate band on the Gipsy Kings, Shed Seven, Baxter Other Stage at dusk just before New Order Dury and Feeder lead the line-up. headlined, was another massive moment for wychwoodfestival.com the Scottish synthpop trio. “It’s quite a famous slot,” says Doherty. “That was a pretty special night for us.” “Especially because when you were a kid and when you were a teenager in bands, you Camden Rocks watched the BBC coverage of Glastonbury,” singer and former Big Issue journalist CAMDEN ROCKS Lauren Mayberry agrees. June 2 From festival triumphs to… Various venues, Camden, the tribulations of your London equipment having an actual £39.50 meltdown in the sweltering heat of the A descendant of the long-lost Australian summer. “We played a festival in Camden Crawl, this single-ticket Adelaide where it was so hot the computer festival challenges you to see as overloaded and just died and wouldn’t do many bands as you can among some anything,” Mayberry laments. “Our poor tech 200 playing at around 20 venues in spent half an hour trying to fix it and then it was the iconic London borough in one like, ‘your slot is done now, so you have to go day. Maxïmo Park, PiL, Twin and tell the angry crowd of Adelaide that the 30 Atlantic and British Sea Power seconds of the song they got is all they’re gonna have developed a fiercely loyal following by doing included. get’.” things on their own terms and staying strong to camdenrocksfestival.com Their set-up now rejigged in light of such an their principles – with Mayberry in particular unfortunate experience, Mayberry assures us that garnering a reputation for speaking out fiercely Chvrches are now fully proofed against extreme on feminist issues and standing up to online trolls. temperatures. “Unless one of the human beings Love Is Dead finds them perfecting their poise as overheat,” she jokes. a trio with the voice and values of an indie band, “Yeah, a fat ginger Scotsman on the floor of yet packing powerful pop clout (Chvrches’ the stage,” Doherty laughs. previous album Every Open Eye went top 10 in Packing plenty of factor 50, Chvrches are both the UK and US). ready to do it all again as they prep their “I feel like we’re lucky because there’s never massive-sounding third album Love Is Dead for really been any pressure for us to be one thing or release in late May, ahead of a summer of festivals the other to some extent,” says Mayberry. all over Europe and the US – including Parklife, “Although there was always a pop element of the TRNSMT and Citadel in the UK. If the band’s band it was never like it was such a massive pop ascendency continues at the same rapid rate it’s band you couldn’t put a record out unless it had a been going thus far since they formed in a top 40 single on it.” basement studio in Glasgow in 2011, it’s not hard Even as Chvrches’ success grows and her journo to imagine Chvrches headlining major festivals in days fade into memory, Mayberry continues to Eden Sessions summers soon to come. support the hand up not a handout values that The It’s a remarkable success story for a band who Big Issue embodies, for instance finding time to try FESTIVAL GUIDE 2018 7

Marilyn Manson at Download See Chvrches at: parklife, June 10 TRNSMT, july 8 CITADEL, july 15

EDEN SESSIONS NOCTURNE LIVE AT June 6, 15-16 and 23, July 3, 5 and 7 BLENHEIM PALACE e Eden Project, June 14-17 Cornwall Blenheim Palace, TICKET PRICES VARY Oxfordshire The glowing domes of the Eden TICKET PRICES VARY Project make for a suitably epic and The stately home of the Dukes otherworldly backdrop to this series of Marlborough throws open its of standalone open-air summertime gardens to a series of four big big gigs. Gary Barlow, Massive standalone gigs for audiences Attack, A Beautiful Day Out, Queens of all kinds of tastes. Nile Rodgers of the Stone Age, Jack Johnson and and Chic, Noel Gallagher’s High Björk headline successively. Flying Birds, Elvis Costello and edensessions.com Gary Barlow headline successively, with quality hand-picked supports DOWNLOAD each night. June 8-10 nocturnelive.com Donington Park, Castle Donington ISLE OF WIGHT £210 June 21-24 Monsters of rock from the four Newport, Isle of Wight corners of the globe will £209 descend on Donington Park for a One of the biggest festivals of the weekend of summer roaring riffs and celebrates a big wanton birthday in 2018, devil-horning. as Isle of Wight Avenged turns 50. Sounds Sevenfold, like an occasion Guns N’ Roses, for a particularly Ozzy Osbourne, special line-up. Liam Gallagher Bullet for My Kasabian, Chvrches: herhandatsellingthemagazineonthestreetsof Valentine, Depeche Mode, Plenty GlasgowaspartofVendorWeekin2015.“Ireally Black Stone Liam Gallagher chances to feellikewhatTheBigIssuedoesandwhatother Cherry, Marilyn and The Killers worship streetpapersdoissoimportantbecauseit Manson and many more bring the among dozens them this empowers people to take charge of their own life noise. of others should do the trick. summer when so much of what the rest of society does to downloadfestival.co.uk isleofwightfestival.com them is so disempowering and so cruel really,” she reflects.“I’mgladtohavebeenasmallpartofit.” PARKLIFE TRNSMT Isn’tthereonedreamcommissionwecouldcoax June 9-10 June 29-July 1, July 6 and July 8 herintotomakeacomeback?“Weirdly,I Heaton Park, Glasgow Green, Glasgow interviewedKellyRowlandfromDestiny’sChildfor Manchester £155 THREE DAYS, TheBigIssue,whichisprettybizarre,”Mayberry £145 £260 FIVE DAYS ponders.“SoIguessifIcangettheexclusive Probably nothing can top Liam Back much bigger in its second Beyoncé interview then I’ll come out Gallagher making a triumphant year – if also more confusingly of retirement.” homecoming on the bill at configured – Glasgow’s new city festival Over to you, Bey. Manchester’s biggest music TRNSMT sprawls over one whole festival this summer – but the weekend and most of another this year, Chvrches’ album Love is Dead likes of The xx, Skepta, Lorde, welcoming a mixed bag of massive is out May 25. A$AP Rocky and Bonobo will do headliners from Stereophonics, Liam Interview: Malcolm Jack their best to give the ex-Oasis Gallagher and Arctic Monkeys to Queen

PHOTO: DANNY CLINCH DANNY PHOTO: @MBJack frontman a run for his money. + Adam Lambert and The Killers. parklife.uk.com trnsmtfest.com 8

GRILLSTOCK thesummer.RogerWaters,TheCure, June 30-July 1 Eric Clapton, Michael Bublé, Bruno Bristol Harbourside, Bristol Mars and Paul Simon headline £45 consecutively, with top hand-picked Meatmeetsmusicbythewaterin supports at each show. Bristol. Think incredible burgers and bst-hydepark.com BBQfood,hotdog-eatingcontestsand craftbeeraplenty,allwasheddown PETE THE MONKEY withaline-upoftoplivebandsand FESTIVAL DJsfromacrossthegenrespectrum July 12-14 (keepaneyeonthewebsite for Saint-Aubin-sur-mer, announcements). Normandy, France grillstock.co.uk £97 Justafewhours'driveorferryjourney fromthesouthcoastofEnglandto Normandy lies the quiet French town of Saint-Aubin-sur-mer, and its unique not-for-profit boutique festival. All proceeds raised from this Ramblin Man Fair colourful carnival of music and arts go towards building monkey sanctuaries in Bolivia. RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR petethemonkeyfestival.com June 30-July 1 Mote Park, Kent £156 Classic rock, country, southern rock andblues–andnodoubtsippin’a shot of whisky or two – are order of thedayatRamblin’Man(sotitled Pete the monkey festival after an Allman Brothers song). Mott theHoople,SteelPanther,Therapy?, Silva Da Emilia Credit: Photo GUNandSteveEarleandtheDukes LATITUDE are just a flavour of the line-up. July 12-15 ramblinmanfair.com Henham Park, Suffolk £197.50 BLISSFIELDS PRESENTS: Alushlakesidelocationandbeautiful BLISSCAMP site design are just two major selling July 5-8 points of Latitude before you even get Vicarage Farm, Winchester to another quality line-up which this £100 year welcomes headliners The Killers, The team behind Blissfields seek to get SolangeandAlt-J,plusthelikesofThe backtotheirintimate,DIYfestival Vaccines, Wolf Alice, Rag’n’Bone Man, rootswithanew“playfullyhedonistic” Mogwai and Jon Hopkins. camping-based event with five latitudefestival.com themed music and entertainment stages. Line-up announcements so far LOVEBOX include Gold Panda, Baxter Dury, Mr July 13-14 Jukes and Slamboree. Gunnersbury Park, blissfields.co.uk London £115 WIRELESS In a new location in West July 6-8 London for 2018, Lovebox is the Finsbury Park, London festival to go to this summer if £160 hip-hop, grime, R&B and electronic AstheUK’sleadinghip-hopand dance music are your jams. Childish grime festival, Wireless always boasts Gambino, Skepta, N.E.R.D and SZA ahugeexclusiveortwoand2018isno topthebill–someofthemintheir exception, with J.Cole, Stormzy and DJ only UK festival appearances of the Khaled headlining over three nights summer. respectively.Ifthat’snotenough,the loveboxfestival.com likes of Post Malone, Migos, and J Hus ought to help seal DOUNE THE the deal. RABBIT HOLE wirelessfestival.co.uk July 13-15 Cardross Estate, Stirling BSTHYDEPARK £80 July 6-8 and July 13-15 TheBigIssueisproudtopartnerup Hyde Park, London withoneoftheUK’stopboutique TICKET PRICES VARY festivalsthisyear–we’llhavea Thebiggestnamescometooneof vendoron-sitesellingthemagazine. thebiggestparksinLondonforthe Ethical, family-orientated and always biggest open-air live music series of boasting a line-up cut from the best 9

of independent and DIY music and NOZSTOCK: THE arts,it’saweekendertruetoour HIDDEN VALLEY heart.TheLevellers,Akala,ThisIs July 20-22 The Kit, Big Country, The Beat, The Herefordshire, Orb–andBigIssuevendors!–are West Midlands among those appearing in 2018. £135 dounetherabbithole.co.uk Nestledatasecretsiteinthe Herefordshire countryside, Nozstock celebratesits20thbirthdaythisyear with its biggest line-up yet across no less than 10 stages, from Chase and Status(DJs)toGoldfrapp,The Selecter, Grandmaster Flash Doune the and Dub Pistols. Rabbit Hole nozstock.com BBC PROMS July 13-September 8 Various venues, London TICKET PRICES VARY Nozstock The Beeb’s annual season of daily classical music concerts returnstovenuesincentral London – principally the Royal TRUCK FESTIVAL AlbertHall–foreightweeks July 20-22 throughout the summer, before Hill Farm, concludingwithaseriesofoutdoor Oxfordshire events countrywide. See the £120 websiteforthefullprogramme. Welcomingmorehigh bbc.co.uk/proms horse-power headliners to amainstagebuiltfrom–you’ll CITADEL never guess what – three large July 15 flatbed trucks, the Truck Festival Gunnersbury Park, line-up is carried in its 21st year by London the likes of Friendly Fires, George £49.50 Ezra, Jake Bugg, Courteeners, RelocatedtoGunnersbury Editors and many other men with Park together with its sister guitars besides. eventLovebox,Sunday truckfestival.com one-dayer Citadel leads with aUKfestivalexclusiveheadlinerin CAMP BESTIVAL the shape of Australian psych- July 26-29 rockers Tame Impala. Chvrches, Lulworth Castle, Leon Bridges, Fat White Family, Dorset Goat and The Horrors join them on £197.50 an eclectic bill. Bestival’s family-minded citadelfestival.com “festi-holiday” in the grounds of Lulworth Castle offers something for audience members young and not-so-young alike, from dress-up workshopsandkids'discosto headlinelivesetsfromthelikesof Simple Minds, Clean Bandit, Orbital The Vicar’s picnic and Rick Astley. campbestival.net THE VICAR’S PORT ELIOT PICNIC FESTIVAL July 20-21 July 26-29 e Lees, Yalding St Germans, Cornwall £60£70 £170 Kent’s biggest little Makethegardensofastately festivalspreadsoutitspicnic home in beautiful Cornwall your blanketagainonthebanks home for a weekend of estuary oftheRiverMedway,fortwo swims, picnicking under a days of live music and DJs. 300-year-oldtree,canoeingonthe Starsailor, Fun Lovin’ Criminals river, watching cooking demos andCastleadthemainstage in the Big Kitchen and rocking out bill,whilethedancetentwelcomes attheParkStagetothelikesofGaz the likes of Norman Jay MBE Coombes, Insecure Men and Kitty, and Crazy P. Daisy and Lewis. vicarspicnic.co.uk porteliotfestival.com ACADEMY EVENTS, MCD PRODUCTIONS & SHINE PRESENTS A CONVERSATION ON

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WOMAD BESTIVAL among those serving up the everyone, from comedy, theatre July 26-29 August 2-5 sounds, while Yotam Ottolenghi andmusictokids’shows,cabaret, Charlton Park, Lulworth Estate, Dorset will be among the star chefs art, clubbing and so much Wiltshire £160 serving up gourmet meals. more.Keepaneyeonthe £185£225 The self-proclaimed “most colourful wildernessfestival.com website for programme Launchedwaybackin1982, show on earth” on account of its announcements. WOMAD remains the first and last always extravagantly embraced ANEWDAY edfringe.com word in world music events globally fancy dress tradition promises a FESTIVAL for many festival-goers. Cross smorgasbord of top contemporary August 3-5 EDINBURGH boundaries and borders in a global and classic pop headliners, London Mt Ephraim Gardens, INTERNATIONAL fiesta of music, food, dance and art, Grammar, M.I.A, Grace Jones and Faversham FESTIVAL ledbymarqueeperformancesfrom Plan B included to name just a few. £99 August 3-27 Amadou & Mariam, Camille, Django bestival.net The small festival boasting big Various venues, Django, KenBootheandSharon names in prog, rock, blues and roots Edinburgh Shannontonamejust a few. musicthisyearwelcomesheadliners TICKET PRICES VARY womad.co.uk including Feeder, Hugh Cornwell, Edinburgh’s venerable Hawkwind, Caravan, Gong and Ten international festival of the LUNAR FESTIVAL Years After. performing arts presents an July 27-29 anewdayfestival.com intuitively curated celebration of Umberslade Farm Park, large-scale theatre, public Warwickshire London Grammar EDINBURGH live art, opera and classical £125 FRINGE and contemporary music. Among the rolling hills of WILDERNESS FESTIVAL August 3-27 Five Telegrams, a spectacular north Warwickshire, Lunar is a August 2-5 Various venues, free outdoor digital performance, family- friendly festival Cornbury Park, Edinburgh will open a programme ontherisethat’scommittedto Oxfordshire TICKET PRICES VARY elsewhere promising all from staying small but always thinking £179.50 With tens of thousands of Druid’s acclaimed big. Goldfrapp, The Stranglers A self-styled “citadel in the Elysian performances across staging of Waiting for andaBasementJaxxDJsetlead fields of Cornbury”, Wilderness hundreds of venues, Godot to shows from the line-up, while non-music bringsthebestmusic,food,theatre, the biggest festival of Mogwai and attractions range from hot tubs to arts and family entertainment to its theartsintheworld St Vincent. theatre and comedy. own forest utopia. Nile Rodgers, promises something eif.co.uk St Vincent lunarfestival.co.uk Bastille and Jon Hopkins will be for literally

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Everybody hates plastic, and the aftermath offestivalsleavesfieldssmotheredinit.But as Malcolm Jack discovers, new alternatives are already coming into play

As Glastonburyenjoysa Michael Eavis will be gifted a ‘fallow’ year, fans have been metalreusabledrinksbottle. informed that when it returns in Some might view carrying FAIRPORT CROPREDY world’s biggest book festival. Expect 2019itwillimplementaboldnew aroundareusablecontainerto CONVENTION famousnamesfromthroughoutthe initiative–banningthesaleof refillforfreeatwaterpoints August 9-11 overlapping worlds of literature, plastic bottles, an estimated one aroundthesiteasahassle.But Cropredy, Oxfordshire politics, sport, entertainment and millionofwhichareusedonsite evidence already shows people £135 activism among the 1,000 authors every year. prefer alternatives to single-use English folk-rock godfathers invitedthisyear.Watchthe website They will easily be the Fairport for announcements, biggestfestivaltotakethis Convention present their annual edbookfest.co.uk move,butthey’renotthefirst. pastoral jamboree. Special Arts, faith and justice guests include Beach Boy GREEN MAN weekender Greenbelt in Brian Wilson performing Pet August 16-19 Northamptonshire is one of a Sounds in full on Thursday night Crickhowell, Wales handfulofeventsacrossthe andTheLevellersonFriday, £180 UKthathasworkedhardto There'll be no discarded plastic bottles to before the hosts close out the Consistentlyoneofthebestfestivals cut out all kinds of single-use clean up when Glastonbury returns in 2019 weekend on Saturday. of the British summer, Green Man is plastics, and this year will be fairportconvention.com a non-corporate, environmentally offering alternatives to plastic conscious, all-ages celebration of bottles, beer cups, straws, food plastics.Greenbelt,likealotof greatmusicandfeelgoodvibeson packaging and utensils (all of UK festivals, has already adopted the edge of the beautiful Brecon whichwillbefullycompostable). reusable pint pots. “When we Beacons. The War on Drugs, Fleet With Glastonbury founder introduced that and didn’t give Foxes, John Grant, Grizzly Bear and Michael Eavis among people a choice, we didn’t get a Dirty Projectors head another near Greenbelt’sspeakers,he’llbe single complaint,” says Corfield. Fairport Cropredy peerless line-up. observingwithinteresthowit “People could see that besides Convention greenman.net works out. beingreallygoodfortheplanet, “We worked out that if they still got the drink they wanted BOOMTOWN FAIR RIZE FESTIVAL everyone who comes to our andtheygottodrinkthemout August 9-12 August 17-18 festival this year stops using ofacupthatwasmoresolid Matterley Estate, Hylands Park, Chelmsford single-use plastic bottles by and easier to carry. Winchester, Hampshire £115 thenextfestival “As festivals £236 RIPtheVFestival–initsplace there were will we create an Thewholesiteisastageat over the same weekend this year at be two million UK households use alternative reality this large-scale open air theatrical HylandsParkrisesthenewRiZE less plastic for people for production which celebrates its Festival.It’samuchmore bottles in the 7.7 billion afewdays,” 10th“chapter”astheycallitin rock-orientated affair than its UK, based on she explains. 2018.Gorillaz,DieAntwoord, predecessor – Liam Gallagher and average usage WATER “We think it’s JimmyCliffandGoldieandthe Stereophonicstopthebill–but of 150 plastic important that Heritage Ensemble among countless guests such as Bastille, Years & Years water bottles by BOTTLES that new reality othersaretobe and Rita Ora will still fly the flag for apersonina every year is better than the found performing pop lovers. year,” says one they’re somewhere among 14 distinct rizefestival.co.uk Greenbelt event already in. By districts, from Town Centre to director Mary Corfield. exposing people to new Metropolis and CREAMFIELDS Twomillionisadropinthe ideas and concepts and Bang Hai Towers. August 23-26 oceanofthe7.7billionwater new products we can have boomtownfair.co.uk Daresbury, Cheshire bottles UK households use every an impact on festivalgoers who £230 year(withonlyaroundhalf are paying attention to what’s EDINBURGH Oneofthebiggestandlongest- recycled).Butit’sastart,andit around them, whereas in their INTERNATIONAL BOOK established dance music couldbethestartofsomething day-to-day lives they’re busy FESTIVAL festivals of the summer once again very big indeed. with work and looking after August 11-27 welcomes the crème-de-la-crème The“landslideofinfluence” their children and maybe they Charlotte Square, Edinburgh of clubland live acts and DJs, from needs to begin with crew and don’thavetimetostopand TICKET PRICES VARY The Chainsmokers, Diplo and artists appearing at festivals, so at think about these choices that Edinburgh’s Charlotte Square Major Lazer to Rudimental, GreenbeltallartistsfromPussy they’re making. becomesatentedhavenforreaders Giggs and Fatboy Slim. 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Only 500 people speak Cornish, including Welsh songwriter Gwenno. We asked her to explain why she recorded an album in this ancient language

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THE BIG ISSUE / p25 / April 30-May 6 2018 In tough times, arts cash is always first for the chop. But there’s another way to secure a solid future for creatives, says James Salmon of Big Issue Invest

Collage Arts use creativity to bring about social change, with training taking place alongside businesses at their sites

he future for arts funding in Britain is of government cash available to fund the arts. New uncertain. Brexit is a looming shadow over research by ACE estimates that up to £40m a year in future grant streams, and the effects of funding for arts and culture in England is at risk gentrification are striking another hammer because of Brexit. blow, pricing out cultural events whose true There is a breed of arts and cultural organisation value isn’t easily summed up in a spreadsheet. that has long understood the delicate balancing act But cultural activities enhance lives, bring between artistic integrity and paying the bills. enjoyment, enrich perspectives and provide human Mainstream banks invariably don’t get this. At Big contact in an increasingly digitalised world. They can Issue Invest (BII), we see a role for socially responsible also coin in the cash – London’s £26bn night-time capital to provide investment in the form of repayable economy generates one in eight jobs in the capital. loans, supporting these organisations through a range Many UK arts institutions are bankrolled through of needs – from bridging gaps in cash flows, to a mixture of trading income, taxpayer cash – through developing new income streams, to acquiring or bodies like the Arts Council England (ACE) – EU refurbishing buildings with a view to boosting support and donations from philanthropists and future resilience. corporate sponsors. The Chancellor has promised to Village Underground is a contemporary music protect any funding from the EU but, looking beyond and arts venue in East London, bucking the UK-wide the horizon, what follows is less certain. negative licensing trend. BII recently provided Culture Secretary Matt Hancock has pledged to £600,000, alongside the Arts Impact Fund and put the creative industry “at the heart” of industrial Triodos Bank, to fund the £3m project. Not only will strategy. But it wouldn’t take much – such as a this bring back to life a derelict 1930s Savoy cinema slowdown in the UK economy – to choke of the flow with a 2,500 capacity in the heart of East London, it

THE BIG ISSUE / p26 / April 30-May 6 2018 willcreateadedicatedspaceforapartnershipwith BoldTendencieshastransformeditscarparkhome, localartscharityCommunityMusic.Theyengage commissioningsculpture,orchestralmusic,opera, local children and young people, particularly those poetry and literature. To ensure their cultural who are socially excluded or disengaged from programmes have a broad appeal they engage local education and positive community participation. schools, families and the surrounding neighbourhood For 20 years Collage Arts hasbeenrunningtwo through standalone education and community large former factory buildings as work spaces for more programmes. Borrowing from BII has enabled Bold than220artistsandcreativebusinesses(everything Tendenciestogrow,with2017visitornumbersat fromdesignersandphotographerstohatmakers!). 140,000, a dramatic increase from 70,000 in 2013. WithBIIinvestmenttheyhaveopenedathirdbuilding Byinvestinginsuchprojectsweareseeingshining andaremovingintoadisusedpostoiceinthelocal examplesofhowartsandculturecantouchthelives shopping centre, using creative arts to efect social of people and help tackle some of the most entrenched change.Eachyeartheyworkcloselywithmorethan social issues. 40 young people not in education, employment or training,creatingopportunitiesforapprenticeships, James Salmon is investment director at Big Issue Invest training and employment. Co-hosting the training bigissueinvest.com andeducationwithinthesamespaceasrealworking @BigIssueInvest creative companies enhances the experience, bringing career opportunities to life and contributing to a thriving artistic community. For many of the young people involved, these opportunities have been life-changing. SEEKING INVESTMENT? AnotherBIIinvesteeisOVO,foundedin2002and Big Issue Invest is the social investment basedinStAlbans.Theyholdmorethan100events arm of The Big Issue Group. peryearattracting5,000visitorswiththeatre,opera, We invest in social enterprises and music, poetry, spoken word and visual arts. Their charities across the UK. workshopsusetheartstodeveloplearningskillsfor young disadvantaged people, encouraging community Our investments range from £20k to £3 million and since 2005, we have made more than 300 investments. involvement and participation. They also provide volunteer opportunities for individuals of all ages The money that we invest is raised mainly from private interested in the industry. sources, not from sales of The Big Issue magazine. Bold Tendencies isanot-for-profitarts Visit www.bigissueinvest.com to find out more. Follow organisation based at a multi-storey car park in us on twitter @bigissueinvest Peckham, south-east London. For more than a decade

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WhenChrisWylieburstontoourfront Ofcourse,likearockstar,ChrisWylieand pages, TV screens and social media other high-profile whistleblowers can only have withhispinkhaironMarch18,even my theimpacttheydobecauseofthepeoplewhohelp 20-year-olddaughterwasinterestedin andsupportthem.CaroleCadawalladr,who whistleblowers. Indeed, her highest-ever relentlessly researched and wrote about likedInstagrampostwasofherposingwith CambridgeAnalytica,foundChrisandworked Chris and fellow whistleblower, Shahmir withhimandShahmirtowriteThe Guardian Sanni, at the Frontline Club. articles that brought their story to the public. This In less than a week, Chris helped take wastheresultoftwoyearsofpainstakingwork. nearly $100bn of the share price of Facebook, Also, Chris and Shahmir had great legal advice drewMarkZuckerbergoutofhisSiliconValley andevensomehelpfromusatByline. lair,castdoubtsonthesafetyofdataand,more My only concern about the rock star billing is importantly, democracy. Since then, he has that it masks the fact that there are not enough patientlyexplainedbigdatatodigitallyilliterate great investigative journalists like Carole MPs and is getting ready to go to Washington to Cadawalladr and whistleblowers like Chris Wylie. dothesameinCongress.Hehasalreadystarred Investment in investigative journalism has infashionshootswithDazed and Confused and plummeted as advertising revenues have Vogue Italia,withmoreplanned.Fewrockstars disappeared and TV bosses see it as expensive have achieved fame as quickly as Chris and programming. Even more worrying is the near remained as unafected. extinctionoflocaljournalismthatislettingso Of course, Chris is just one of hundreds of much corruption and negligence go unopposed whistleblowerswhohaverevealedcorruptionand in local government public services and negligenceinvirtuallyeverycivilinstitutionand development. Here, whistleblowing without the largeorganisationinthecountry,fromthe support and exposure of powerful local press NHStothesecretservice.Mostgounnoticedby oftenhastoolittleefect. the general public but their combined impact in AtByline,wehaveourowninvestigative terms of rooting out corruption and injustice journalist team and work with many is incalculable. whistleblowers.AswellasChrisandShahmir, Unlike rock stars, most whistleblowers display we have recently helped John Ford reveal the great courage in coming out in public. Often, they blagging he did for The Sunday Times.Usinghis lose their jobs, careers and friends and sometimes acting skills over the phone he managed to obtain theyriskevenmore.ForShahmirSanni,who bank statements, mortgage records and personal whistleblewaboutVoteLeavepossiblybreaking informationusingfalseidentitiestargetingthe electorallaw,thingsbecameverydarkwhen most powerful people at the time including Tony Number 10 outed him as gay, potentially putting Blair, Gordon Brown, William Hague and the hisfamilyinPakistaningreatdanger. former head of MI6. But isitwrongforthemosthigh-profile Workingwitharangeofwhistleblowershas whistleblowers to be seen as the new rock convincedusthattheircourageandthe stars by my daughter, her friends and anyone commitmentofthejournalistswhoworkwith under 30? themisessentialifwearegoingtorebuildthe Notatall.Iwouldmuchrathertheysaw powerofjournalism.Weneedthistoholdthe Chris as a celebrity and role model than many government and society to account instead of InstagrambloggersorrealityTVstars.Hehas being the poodle of a few press barons and shownwhatcanhappenifyoustandupfor the establishment. truth andjustice.Evenmoreimportantly,that youdon’thavetobeoldandstraighttoget Chris Wylie, Shahmir Sanni, Carole Cadwalladr and the attentionofpoliticians.Nottomention John Ford are appearing on the Whistleblowers Panel thatinaworldwhereTrumpisseemingly and much more at Byline Festival on August 24-27, all-powerful, that truth and justice can win. Pippingford Park, East Sussex. bylinefestival.com

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grewupinanice,quiet,smalltownthat everwritesomethinggood,sothework thatifIdidn’tdosomethingthen,Iwould wasoncefamousforitshighrateof became meaningless. At the end of a withdrawsomuchthatIwouldn’tbeableto youthsuicide.LivinginBridgendat disappointingschoollifeIwasaskedtoleave findmyselfagain.Ikeptwriting,andinmy Ithattimefeltlikeyouwerepartofan abruptlybyanewheadteacher,whoIhadn’t willingnesstocreateIgaineddetermination, unravelling tragedy. Everyone knew metuntilthatday.Iturneduptobeginmy confidenceandclarity.Iwantedtosucceed, someonewhoknewsomeonewhohad taken A levels, and was told that I wasn’t a model but more than that, I wanted to prove theirownlife,andtherewasan everyone wrong. atmosphere of disbelief Ipushedmyselfoutside. amongstanoldergeneration Itookwalksatfourorfivein whocouldn’tunderstandwhat the morning when the streets washappeningandwhy.Iwas were empty. Then I took up youngbackthen,andIhad jogging,whichgavemeenough already experienced the confidence and strength to anxiety,angerandapathythat applyforjobs,collegeand cantakecontrolwhenyouhave eventuallyuniversity.Istudied no opportunities and no Creative Writing and English prospects. I still remember Literature, something I thosefeelings,eventhoughI’ve would’ve thought impossible grownalotsincethen,and only a few years before. My abouttopublishmyfirstnovel ability for writing was noticed TheInsomniaMuseum. and encouraged, and when AtschoolIwasalwaysgood IwroteTheInsomniaMuseum, atwriting,butIlearnedquickly itwasn’tcleartomeuntilmuch that being good at something laterthatIwasunravellingmy doesn’tnecessarilymeanany- own experiences. I poured all thingifyoudon’thavetheop- my fear, vulnerability and portunities,luckorconfidence angerintothepages.Iwrote itoftentakestogetyourself about Anna, a young woman noticed.At13Iwaswithdrawn, whohasneverlefttheflatshe lonely,sociallyawkwardandI shares with her father, but who hadahardtimebothathome wants desperately to reach andintheclassroom.Ididn’t beyond the walls that have likethesubjectsthatmademe isolatedher.Thenovelisabout feelstupid,likeEnglishand fear, loneliness, young apathy maths, and there wasn’t andwhatitmeanstobean enough emphasis on creativity outsider. Anna’s world is dark, tokeepmefocused.Ididn’t but there are often beautiful seemtofitinwellwithanyone moments that reveal socially,andIoftentriedto tenderness, joy, and I think, make myself as invisible as hope.Ididn’tknowitwhenI possible.Iwalkedaroundthe Laurie Canciani’s book was inspired by a series of negative experiences began but in constructing school field alone, far away from The Insomnia Museum Iwas theotherkids,andspentmostofmytime pupil and therefore wasn’t welcome. I left deconstructing my own past. hidinginthegirls’toilets.Iwasbulliedevery upsetandangry,believingIwasstupidand I often remember all the anxiety, anger day.Iwastooshy,tooquietandtooweird.I destined for failure. anddesperationofmyyouth,andhowitfelt cameoutwithwordsandphrasesI’dlearned By 16 I had no prospects, no tohavelowprospectsandexpectations. fromTVshowsandAmericanfilms,which opportunities, no job, and my small family I’mluckyenoughtoknownowthatlow confused everyone. livedinatinycouncilflatwherewestruggled expectationsdon’thavetoholdus My anger and indiference grew when I topaythebills.IwasdepressedandI back,aslongaswehavethe wasaccusedofplagiarisminanEnglishclass. withdrewinchbyinchfromtheworld,trying determinationtoknockdownwhatever walls I handed in a piece of writing for a homework to shield myself from any anxiety that I felt. stand in our way. assignmentandIwaskeptbehindafterclass IwasvulnerableeverytimeIwentoutside, whileateachertriedtomakemeexplain justlikeatthebackofthoseclassrooms whereIhadcopiedthework.Itwasobvious wheretherewerenowallstoprotectme.I The Insomnia Museum to me even then that education at that time stayed inside more and more until one day I by Laurie Canciani is published woulddonothingforme.Theydidn’tseem realisedthatIhadn’tsteppedfootoutside in hardback on May 3 able to believe that somebody like me could for almost an entire year. I became scared (Head of Zeus, £14.99)

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Concrete bungle Basildon is the focus of a new documentary that looks at the post-war trend of the British new town and how their decline signalled the end of a dream

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THE BIG ISSUE / p35 / April 30–May 6 2018 is is Spinal Tap is the greatest rockumentary ever made. Now, more than 30 years after we followed the legends’ American adventure, their 77-year-old bassist is launching his solo album. Adrian Lobb smells his glove

TBI: In the age of grime, hip-hop and EDM, do we still need rock’n’roll? DS: Did we ever need rock‘n’roll? We welcomed it, prostrated ourselves at its feet,gotup,dustedourselvesof,moved along–butrock’n’rollisstillthere.Iwas in a guitar shop in LA picking up strings and it was jammed on a Sunday. So somebody cares.

Do you get mobbed in music shops? I wouldn’t say mobbed. I would say, at best, noticed. By the sales clerks. That is a good day for me. Just, “you’re next”, kind of thing. I think I have earned that, just by being there for half an hour.

Are modern rock stars comparable with your generation? I don’t think they are comparable in the sense of the debauchery. Or even bauchery. I think unbauchery is the modern way. They have learned the lesson. They want to live past 27. It is live and learn, or don’t live.

Meditations Upon Ageing is the subtitle of your new LP, Smalls Change. What are the best and worst things about getting older? Your mates dying of.

Is that a good thing or bad thing? I’m glad you asked, I was trying to decide myself. I think it is a bad thing – you turn around and another one has gone. But even those among us who are not that wise get closer to wisdom with age. You see things comingaroundasecondorthirdtime, whetheritisfashionorpolitics.Youare less startled.

There is no handbook for that first generation of rockers, is there? There is no manual for how to be an ageing rocker. I look at the music that rock‘n’roll came out of, which were country and blues. We are standing on their shoulders, although they are very stooped shoulders, and we should learn from them. Play ’til you drop, man. Play till you bloody drop. Sir Mick [Jagger] has the right idea. Still playing and rich. That is the way to do it. I admit I’m no Sir Mick. I’m not even Sir Derek, yet. But if the Queen is reading, there is still time. What would your teenage self make of your own construction. That time your career? has passed. He would say, blimey, I thought you were going into real estate! You surprised me, HowarerelationshipsinSpinalTap? man. I didn’t expect a life in rock‘n’roll or ThereisnoSpinalTapatthemoment. to be married three times, each to a woman It is like the Pangaea, the supercontinent. named Cindy. Well, that is what I called It turned around a few million years ago… them. It’s just easier that way. wherehasitgone?ThereisSouth America and Africa but no Pangaea. Tap is What is your advice to this summer’s like that. festival headliners? My feeling is that you get one chance. The Whichcontinentareyou? audience are not going to walk out, but they IamtheAtlanticOceaninthemiddle. might go to another stage. So you have got Thelukewarmwater.ItalktoNigel to keep them in the grip of your hand. Keep occasionally.Isenthimtherecord. hitting them. It is not like a regular gig He said: “Very well done.” I took that where you have their money so sod it. Don’t as a compliment. let go of the reins or the horses will bolt. There are no horses there. I would love it if they had festivals with horses – see a band, get a ride.

Howdoesthenewalbumplay out, lyrically? I look at what is gained, what is lost as we grow older. Memo To Willie is about adverts on the telly in the States featuring good-looking lads out with a nice-looking piece of crumpet, canoeing on a lake, hiking on hills, biking through a nice part The Spinal column: Smalls with Tap bandmates Nigel Tufnel of the urban settlement. They look like and David St Hubbins they are going to get it on, then it says: “When the moment is right, will you be Doyouhavemorecreativedierences ready?” But if this [erectile dysfunction] is as a solo artist or in Spinal Tap? a real problem, you don’t need a pill – just That wasn’t what our problem was. I don’t give William a good talking to: “Get it up, know what our problem was. When we get it up, get it up, get it up”. That is the were playing Wembley and Glastonbury in chorus. As I say, it is not about me. 2009, I thought: “Here we go.” But here we didn’t go. The phone stopped ringing. Youjustwantedtostart Again. It didn’t feel like creative the conversation? diferences.Itdidn’tfeellikediferences. It is not a conversation, more of a stern It didn’t feel creative either. talking to. I’m not interested in a reply from Sir William. The song Did Taylor Hawkins from Foo Fighters Gummin’ The Gash is about the have any trepidation given your track SMALLS TALK fact that, as time takes things record with drummers? away, you are still useful for I don’t think the curse of Tap has attached Donald Trump or Kim Jong Un? something. You may lose your to me as a solo artist. It is attached to the As a leader? teeth but you are still able to give three of us. Three being a very powerful pleasure to others. number, both in hell and music. Everyone Or a hair enthusiast? who has drummed for me seems in better Who has the best hair. I would say Donald Trump Did the title come first? nick after the session. It is a curse in because he hides it better. He knows he has a problem up there. Kim doesn’t spend enough time In that case, the title did come reverse now. Satan works in mysterious and Donald spends too much. first. Memo To Willie too, She Puts ways, doesn’t he? The Bitch in Obituary. Almost all Meghan Markle or Kate’s new baby? the titles came first. I didn’t realise Are you a political animal, Derek? A princess or a baby. Well, that baby is a boy and I until you asked me. I was political once. When I heard they were quite fancy the princess. So there you go. torturing detainees at Guantanamo Bay by When Men Did Rock is a playing AC/DC and Metallica very loud all Arsenal or West Ham? nine-minute tribute to rock’s night, I had to organise a press conference. I Arsenal. Good luck with their new coach, whoever heyday… said: “I cannot for the life of me understand he might be. I love the idea that Arsenal had the old It is my epic, my nod to Homer. It is how the USA, this beacon of the free world, coach’s name in their team name. not about ancient times but times cannot make room on that playlist for Complete free trade with associated taris or that are fading. The Seventies. Spinal Tap.” I got a lot of push back for that. customs union based on the Norwegian model? This was a time when rockers That was my farewell to politics. I like Norway. Beautiful, beautiful birds out there. I strolled the earth like so many would love to have a Norwegian model. colossuses and you would fill the Smalls Change by Derek Smalls is out now. See the musical desert with pure licks of hilarious video of this interview at bigissue.com

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Paul Snape, 47 MS, WEST BRIDGFORD, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE “SinceIgotacardreader,I’m selling more magazines than ever”

ABOUT ME... ’m originally from Wigan a flat in Nottingham now – I but I don’t mind that, I even and I was working as really enjoy getting home and got 30 days free. One of the MY FAVOURITE HOBBY I a builder for Willmott being able to shut the door vendors who has seen me with I like gaming. I’m a big fan of Dixon when they took on a and have my own space. I like it now wants to get his own. So playing online multiplayer on the project up in Newcastle in Nottingham, I live in a really I think it’ll catch on. Xbox with Call of Duty and I’m 1997. I wasn’t able to move up nice area in Beeston and while But to be honest, my dog pretty good. I’m thankful my Big there and I lost my job and it it has its good and bad points Lottie sells more magazines Issue earnings allow me to play. all spiralled from there. like any other area, I enjoy it. than I do! She’s a three-and- I was rough sleeping and Earlier this month I a-half-year-old Stafordshire MY TEAM then in the YMCA. A Big managed to pick up a few more English bull terrier and I’ve I support Wigan Athletic and it Issue staf member came in customers after I invested in a had her for two years after has been a bit of rollercoaster so I went down with him to card machine. The first week I saved her from a couple of – after winning the FA Cup in the oice and that led to me that I started using it I picked alcoholics. She was just skin 2013 we’ve been relegated a selling the magazine. I’ve been up 16 or 17 extra customers – and bones but now she’s doing couple of times. I’m glad we’re selling it of and on since 1998 one guy who only ever buys the well and customers love to going up this season. in Ipswich, Canterbury and magazine with his wife came make a fuss of her. And I love Wales – I’ve moved about a bit and bought one on his own having her on my pitch. because I fancied of a because I had the reader, for For the future, I’m just change now and again example. looking to keep on selling and –but I’m currently I ordered it online for £33 see how it goes – it’s when I ON MY on the bbest pitch in after seeing the story about the make plans that things seem PITCH… Nottingham.g There is a vendor Robin in Bristol who to go wrong. But everything is I’m here Monday ton of ffootfall because also has one, and it has been going alright at the moment so to Friday from 8.330am a lot oof people go well worth the money – I’m hopefully that will continue. until 1pm and 10aamto to theh shops and I selling more than I ever have. 1pm on Sundays havve a lot of regular It takes a small percentage of Interview: Liam Geraghty cusstomers. I’ve got each transaction – about 4p – Photo: Richard Tatham

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