Telegraph creates Pulp friction

Were you surprised to see Jarvis Cocker writing in the Daily Telegraph at the end of last week? So was the great man himself. Last week Cocker gave a speech at the Guardian-sponsored Brighton Festival about songwriting and a number of papers were keen to run an edited version of the speech. But the Jarvster wasn't - he declined to have an edited extract of the two-hour long speech appear anywhere. This was conveyed to the Daily Telegraph, who were given permission to run a review piece with small quotes. Result? An angry and upset Cocker, a furious record label Rough Trade and a shocked Brighton Festival. But, presumably, a pretty happy Daily Telegraph.