Tag: Long Reads
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A Best Friend’s Betrayal, the Loss of an Unborn Child, or the Pain of a Doomed Love Affair? The Tragic Story Behind Stevie Nicks’ 1979 Masterpiece, ‘Sara’
[ad_1] When Fleetwood Mac recorded Tusk, their twelfth studio album and the first since 1977’s all-conquering Rumours, they were arguably the biggest, and the most dysfunctional, band in the world. Rumours had propelled Fleetwood Mac into megastardom, selling 10 million copies within a month of its release, and topping the charts on both sides of…
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‘It’s Thursday Night, It’s Seven O’Clock… It’s Top of the Pops!’ – Sixty Years of the Iconic Show That Reflected (and Created) the Tastes of a Nation
[ad_1] Sixty years ago, on January 1, 1964, a new show aired on BBC Television that would, in its own way, prove to be as culturally significant as anything broadcast on any channel before or since. At 6.30pm that night, the opening credits ran on Top of the Pops, and viewers were treated to half…