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The Life and Times of Malcolm McLaren by Paul Gorman
Engaging biography of punk iconoclast, mantra: 'to be good is simply boring'
CASHING IN ON CHAOS: Malcom McLaren
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
MARIA DUARTE and ANDY HEDGECOCK review Sunny Dancer, Tony, Songs of Forgotten Trees, and The End of Oak Street
JOHN GREEN relishes a powerful and moving drama that explores the lived realities of west London’s Punjabi community
MARTIN HALL welcomes a plea for greater compassion between believer and non-believer via the framework of philosophical enquiry
OF ALL the characters who emerged from punk, Malcolm McLaren was one of the most enigmatic.
Born in 1946 he grew up in north London in a difficult family environment, where he was raised by his grandmother Rose. She exerted a big influence, providing him with his lifelong mantra: “To be bad is good, because to be good is simply boring.”
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