‘Am I surprised Pete Doherty is still alive? No, he’s too smart to die’: the Libertines on feuds, friendship – and their unlikely sober reunion
Weekend
The Libertines’ tortured reunion, Marina Hyde on celebrity-dictator bromances, and the simple trick to enjoying life more – podcast
November 2023
Peter Doherty: Stranger in My Own Skin review – portrait of the artist keeps its distance
Doc following the Libertines star, made by his wife, is unsparing in showing his struggles with drug addiction but shies away from other personal stories
June 2022
Pete Doherty on Kate Moss: ‘Our relationship became a running battle: highs and then crushing, violent lows’
Pete Doherty on swapping crack for camembert in France: ‘It’s easier to be clean here – even for a scoundrel’
April 2019
Peter Doherty: 'If I was drug free, I'd be a force to be reckoned with'
The Libertines co-frontman is 40 – an age few expected him to reach. Yet he’s back with a new band, a seaside hotel and an unorthodox approach to dog-handling
October 2013
Mark Blanco's mother urges new inquiry into death of son at Pete Doherty party
Video expert says analysis shows another person was on the balcony of east London flat from which Mark Blanco fell to his death
September 2013
Babyshambles – review
Pete Doherty revealed some excellent new songs, but the show unravelled in the second half, writes Graeme Virtue
August 2013
This week's new live music
Babyshambles: Sequel to the Prequel – review
New music
Babyshambles – Fireman: New music
Shortcuts
Pete Doherty: he's opened a shop in Camden market
December 2012
Pete Doherty on heroin, life in Paris and his new film
After enjoying four years as a cult hero in France, the former Libertine is still battling with addiction and unable – or unwilling – to escape his notorious past
July 2011
Pete Doherty released from jail early
Libertines and Babyshambles singer was sentenced to six months in prison for possession of cocaine in March
May 2011
Pete Doherty will not face charges over partygoer's death
Pete Doherty could face a private prosecution over the death of a man who fell from balcony
April 2011
Pete Doherty goes from druggie to luvvie as he makes his film debut
The former Libertines frontman was reportedly 'literary and sincere' on the set of Confession of a Child of the Century
December 2010
Pete Doherty to star in film in France, his new spiritual home
Pete Doherty may enlist Carl Barât for Babyshambles album
June 2010
Rock stars and rehab: Is it great to be straight?
Rehab hasn't done much for Pete Doherty, but it led to some of John Grant's finest work. So what makes the difference between recidivism and redemption, asks Joe Muggs
