A Thousand Threads by Neneh Cherry review – life’s rich pageant
The Buffalo Stance singer’s joyous memoir of growing up in a bohemian family between Sweden, New York and London
Children of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs hit out about alleged ‘memoir’ by their mother
Family reportedly seeks legal advice about 58-page book supposedly based on diaries of late model Kim Porter
The week in audio: Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club; The Coming Storm; Proms 2024
A winning double act provide revealing literary insights; Gabriel Gatehouse dives back into American conspiracy culture; and Florence + the Machine are top of the Proms
From a new Murakami to a memoir by Cher: the best books of the autumn
Cosy crime, eco-thrillers, political memoirs, YA fantasy: there’s something for everyone in our pick of the books to look out for in the months ahead
On my radar: Raymond Antrobus’s cultural highlights
The poet on the power of abstract art, Shakespeare in British Sign Language and the ‘articulated rage’ of James Baldwin
Hope I Get Old Before I Die by David Hepworth review – living legends
From McCartney to Dylan and the Stones, this portrait of rock longevity mixes fascinating detail with rash claims – but is never less than entertaining
Never Understood: The Jesus and Mary Chain review – if the Gallaghers were Scottish
This funny and moving oral history of the influential noise-rock band charts the rise – and the rows – of Jim and William Reid, whose versions of events may vary
The Guardian view on Oasis and sibling rivalry: a variation on an ancient theme
Editorial: The Gallagher brothers might have taken their feuding to extremes, but it is nothing new
Traffic’s Dave Mason: ‘On one level, I could hate every one of them’
Singer-songwriter explores tussles with the band in a frank new memoir looking back at a storied, starry career
So Tell Me What You Want by Nicki Chapman review – breaking pop’s glass ceiling
The TV presenter and former music PR on her eventful rise through the ranks of a male-dominated industry
Avoidance, Drugs, Heartbreak and Dogs by Jordan Stephens review – not so chill
The Rizzle Kicks star explores the fallout from fame in this candid portrait of the artist as a struggling young man
Street-Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson review – portrait of a wayward would-be pop star
His bands Felt and Denim never quite made it. So will this sympathetic biography help give indie’s most enigmatic figure the status his stoicism deserves?
‘Steam will come out of readers’ ears!’: Joe Boyd on his epic, enraging history of global music
At over 900 pages, the countercultural icon’s new book covers everything from fifth-century Roma music to Miriam Makeba. But, he argues, the drum machine marked the end of history
The Instrumentalist by Harriet Constable review – compelling tale of Vivaldi’s musical protege
A well-crafted historical fiction inspired by the composer’s tenure as music teacher in a Venetian orphanage
The big idea: are we all beginning to have the same taste?
Music seems to be at the forefront of a rush to uniformity. It’s time to rebel