From ‘Trainspotting’ to the dominance of Hugh Grant: British cinema during the Britpop era
A time of cinematic innovation for Britain.
Britpop
The song Liam Gallagher and John Squire wrote together: “Talking shite about Jesus”
The start of a creative partnership.
Noel Gallagher names the “greatest episode in British pop”
“Wouldn’t all of us give anything to be back in those days now?”
‘Animal Nitrate’: The Suede song written while “going quite insane”
One of the band’s defining tracks.
What does “slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball” mean?
One of Oasis’ most indecipherable tracks.
Kevin Shields believes Britpop was “pushed by the government”
“Someday it would be interesting to read all the MI5 files…”
John Lydon’s cutting take on the Manchester Britpop scene: “It’s very incestuous”
“It hasn’t got a clue.”