@KieranDuderty@mrmikebones At the time there was already an American band called the beat so they had to change to the English beat in USA for legal reasons
@HyperrealProp @SebMilbank There is a long working class tradition of being “clothes police”. From teddy boys, mods, punks, football casuals etc. we used to have style. I recommend Robert Elms book https://t.co/M4KLhHv5cc
@Timoldland Can’t listen to the stone roses without a sense of dread. They still take me straight back to being in the student union over 35 years ago and feeling I have an essay that needs handing in.