Baxter Dury on making the cover of Ian Dury’s New Boots and Panties!!: ‘I walked into the shot and said, “Can we go now?”’
The musician and writer on bringing ‘devil art’ to the home counties – and learning to embrace his dad’s legacy
August 2021
Observer book of the week
Chaise Longue by Baxter Dury review – teenage kicks with the Blockheads
This unflinching memoir by the son of Ian Dury recalls his chaotic life with the ‘pot-soaked Fagin’ and his bodyguard
July 2021
Books interview
Baxter Dury: ‘Everything was about Dad. It was the only way he knew how to survive’
The musician talks about growing up with a pop star dad, escaping his shadow – and the 6ft 7in drug dealer who lived with them
March 2020
Baxter Dury: The Night Chancers review – a grubbily compelling reality
Culture webchats
Baxter Dury webchat – your questions answered on his father, his love of suits and Lou Reed
January 2020
2020 culture preview
Madonna, Motown and Mongolian metal: the music to listen out for in 2020
The queen of pop gets intimate, Taylor Swift feels the sunshine and Stormzy takes on the world … plus, classical celebrations begin for Beethoven’s 250th
December 2017
Best music of 2017
The best albums of 2017: the full list
St Vincent tops our countdown of this year’s most outstanding sounds, from complex rap to moody rock, alt-R&B, inventive grime and more
October 2017
Alexis Petridis's album of the week
Baxter Dury: Prince of Tears review – making a success of the family business
With his sharply observed vignettes and wry character studies of inadequate men, Dury remains in the shadow of his father Ian – but what a place to be
September 2014
A great little place I know
Baxter Dury: my secret French wine cave
A 12th-century cave beneath a Provence château is the perfect setting a for ‘hapless Englishman’ to sample the region’s wine
October 2011
Baxter Dury – review
You're left feeling that Ian Dury's son should be more famous in his own right than he is, writes Alexis Petridis
August 2011
Baxter Dury: Happy Soup – review
Baxter Dury inevitably brings to mind his father Ian, but his new album suggests the flowering of a very individual talent, writes Dave Simpson
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How I wrote ...
Baxter Dury live session: How I wrote ... Claire
Baxter Dury brings his 'seaside psychedelia' to the Guardian for an exclusive performance of Claire, the first single to be taken from the his new album, Happy Soup
January 2010
Music blog
Baxter Dury: 'My dad was lovely, bubbly ... and annoying'
Baxter Dury: Some people seem to think that Ian Dury was a genius and others say he was evil. He wasn't evil – he was a normal dad who made me soup
