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Men of a Certain Age by Kate Mossman review – close encounters with charismatic male rockers

A journalist’s bracingly honest account of interviews with musicians from Brian May to Shaun Ryder

When the journalist Kate Mossman was a child, she developed an obsession with the rock band Queen. Mo…

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Tragic feud over Freddie Mercury's fortune: How Queen singer's 'wife' quietly took control of his millions - and his ashes - as 'devastated' sister spends £3M secretly buying his treasured possessions

Following the Queen star's death at 45 in 1991, the main beneficiary of his estimated £200million fortune wasn't his close family, or the man he shared his life with, but his close friend Mary Austin.

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Thank you Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor – how my 1990s teenage self found somebody to love

In her new book, music writer Kate Mossman looks back at her favourite type of encounter – interviews with charismatic, ageing, male rockers. Here she remembers the band – and specifically drummer – …

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10cc’s Graham Gouldman: ‘Every West Indian person I’ve spoken to loves Dreadlock Holiday – but I wouldn’t write certain lines now’

As the 78-year-old star tours his latest solo LP, he answers your questions on his Everton terrace anthem, the making of I’m Not in Love and hosting Joey Ramone in Stockport

Do 10cc deserve more recog…

Rami Malek on rebellion, racism, and still feeling like an outsider: ‘I’m white passing, but growing up in LA, we definitely didn’t fit in’

He was an unruly teenager in 90s Los Angeles, who became feted for his turns as Freddie Mercury and a Bond villain. Now he’s turning to Greek tragedy on the London stage

Rami Malek, in one graceful sw…

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