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Ancient Rome? Pah. London is where the wildest parties happen. And below we revisit 23 of the capital’s most outrageous ever

Evening Standard

On the night David Bowie said goodbye to glam rock he was accompanied by The Troggs and a stoned Marianne Faithfull dressed as a nun

David Bowie's The 1980 Floor Show: filmed in London in 1973 for a US audience, with an unlikely supporting cast and a final farewell from Ziggy Stardust

Louder

‘History’s most divisive hairstyle’: salons report surge in demand for mullets

Subversive style is cropping up on catwalk after stars such as Paul Mescal sport the look on red carpet

The Guardian - UK

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“David Bowie kidnapped us!”: the unlikely story of Joe Elliott, Bono, Bowie, a hijacked taxicab and the most unlikely version of Happy Birthday ever

When a starstruck Joe Elliott met David Bowie at a party at Bono’s house, he didn’t expect to be accused of kidnapping Ziggy Stardust

Louder

“He gave people permission to be themselves”: 10 of the best David Bowie songs, picked by Bowie keyboard player Mike Garson

A journey through Bowie’s career with Mike Garson, the man who knew him better than most

Louder

The death of Ziggy Stardust, 50 years on: Bowie’s greatest act of iconoclasm and why it matters

It was a night that became mythic, but fans and friends of the star remember it in many different ways

Evening Standard

David Bowie: A photographic memoir like no other

Geoff MacCormack, singer, songwriter and producer, shares his personal photos from his lifelong friendship with the starman

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Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars review – Bowie bids farewell to an icon in legendary gig

DA Pennebaker’s documentary offers moving moments and raw immediacy as the musician takes on his final performance as Ziggy Stardust

The Guardian - UK

"I never wanted to be just the bass player, plonking away. I played a lot of notes – too many sometimes!" Trevor Bolder and the low-end magic of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust was recorded in just one day. It made David Bowie a star. But bass players could only hear Trevor Bolder...

Guitar World

“David was furious: 'I won’t have that kind of disloyalty!’" The real reason David Bowie ended Ziggy Stardust and sacked the Spiders From Mars

50 years ago, David Bowie announced that he was playing his last ever show. It marked a split from the men who had revitalised his career – and it was all over money…

Louder

Liverpool's 70s music scene, lost nightclubs and 'Ziggy haircuts'

"I loved liverpool people from the start and that hasn't changed one bit"

Liverpool Echo

Moment David Bowie shocked world by killing off Ziggy Stardust set to get cinema release

Fifty years on, fans will finally get to see the entire legendary gig at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in a new digitally restored film

Daily Mirror

'David Bowie gave me my break as a drummer and I'm still pinching myself'

Mick ‘Woody’ Woodmansey was a hard-up 19-year-old when he got a call from up-and-coming star David Bowie, who asked him to join his band to record the Aladdin Sane album

Daily Mirror

40 essential albums to hear before you die

Some records are so good that they can change your life. Our critics Helen Brown, Chris Harvey and Roisin O’Connor pick the albums you need to hear

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The Independent UK

40 albums to listen to before you die, from Fleetwood Mac to Massive Attack

Some records are so good that they can change your life. Our critics Helen Brown, Chris Harvey and Roisin O’Connor pick the albums you need to hear

The Guardian - UK

Out with florals and paisley as Liberty marks 150 years with modernist twist

The FuturLiberty collection, a collaboration with Italy’s Federico Forquet, is inspired by artistic movements of the early 20th century

Nottingham Post

Full list of 50 'best' choice baby names 2023 and their meanings, according to baby name specialist

There are some unusual choices in the list

Daily Record

Baby name specialist reveals 50 'best' choices for parents to pick in 2023

If you have a baby on the way this year, take a look at this list from an expert that contains some modern options as well as traditional monikers.

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Daily Mirror

Baby name expert shares 'best' 50 names that should be on parents' lists in 2023

A baby name expert has shared the top 50 names you should be adding to your list of favourites if you're having a baby this year. It features names from popular culture as well as traditional monikers

Wales Online

'World's first' mullet-only hair salon opens offering free cuts - as long as it's one style

Vicky Pattison is launching Dirty Gertie's Mullet Salon where you can have any style you want - as long as it's a mullet

Daily Mirror

Mullets really are a 'party in the back' - as those with the hairstyle have more fun

Adults with mullets believe they are mischievous and free-spirited - with Rod Stewart and David Bowie named as having the most iconic celebrity mullets

The Guardian - UK

Watch that man: V&A lands huge archive of David Bowie memorabilia

Public will have access to more than 80,000 items from the star’s handwritten lyrics to set designs in dedicated new centre

The Guardian - UK

First Contact: An Alien Encounter review – Ziggy Stardust was wrong. There is no starman in the sky

This dramatisation of what would happen if we encountered aliens is full of talking heads shooting down the idea that there’s intelligent life out there. Way to wreck the premise…

Bangkok Post

David Bowie's handwritten 'Starman' lyrics sell for £203,000

LONDON: David Bowie's original handwritten lyrics for the pop classic "Starman", part of an album that catapulted him to international stardom, on Tuesday sold at auction in Britain £203,500.

Daily Mirror

Never-before-seen pictures of David Bowie show glam rock legend at his best

Unseen pictures of the Thin White Duke have been unveiled as part of the new David Bowie: Icon exhibition showing him in shots in his legendary Ziggy Stardust phase

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