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Kirsty MacColl

December 2023

  • Barbara Ellen

    Tatty, naff and cheesy: why can’t Britain have a decent Christmas No 1?

    Barbara Ellen
    Now that LadBaby has passed on the charity baton, let’s return to the days when real talents held sway. Like, erm, Mr Blobby and Benny Hill, writes Barbara Ellen
  • An over-stocked food cupboard, filled with tinned food.

    Brief letters
    Mrs Griffiths had a recipe for waste

    Brief letters: Getting rid of stuff | Shane MacGowan | Fossil fuel row | Unwanted cranberries | James Dyson’s libel loss
  • Victoria Mary Clarke with Shane MacGowan at Croke Park, Dublin

    Shane MacGowan’s widow hopes Fairytale of New York will be Christmas No 1 in UK

    Victoria Mary Clarke speaks about life with the Pogues frontman, who died on Thursday aged 65

November 2023

  • Shane MacGowan in London, 2001.

    Shane MacGowan obituary

  • Kirsty MacColl in 1995.

    ‘She never pandered to fashion’: why Kirsty MacColl’s vivid pop career was no fairytale

October 2022

  • ‘Her first appearance takes some beating’ … Amy Winehouse.

    Ranked
    The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!

    As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions

September 2021

  • Tracey Ullman at a film premiere in 2020.

    Tracey Ullman: ‘I couldn’t tell a joke to save my life. I want to be taken seriously’

    The actor and comedian, on Desert Island Discs, tells of her push for non-comic roles and how she stole a note from Kirsty MacColl

April 2021

  • Peggy Seeger

    Peggy Seeger: 'Folk is full of raunchy songs, but they're not often sung'

    The American folk musician and activist on playful lyrics, older women and her late stepdaughter, Kirsty MacColl

December 2020

  • Shane Macgowan of The Pogues with Kirsty MacColl

    No need to take offence to the word ‘faggot’

  • Nick Cave, Kirsty Maccoll, Shane McGowan

    Nick Cave accuses BBC of 'mutilating' Fairytale of New York

July 2018

  • Kirsty MacColl

    ‘England 2 Colombia 0’: the story behind Kirsty MacColl’s classic song

    Kirsty MacColl’s 1999 tune takes the drama and conflict of football and uses it as a backdrop for the emotional conflicts of real life

October 2015

  • ewan maccoll peggy seeger

    Various Artists: Joy of Living: A Tribute to Ewan MacColl review – an engrossing portrait

    This centenary collection of Ewan MacColl covers serves brilliantly to show off his songwriting skills

December 2012

  • Shane McGowan and Kirsty MacColl

    Fairytale of New York hits 1m sales

    Moving festive favourite from The Pogues and the late Kirsty MacColl hits milestone 25 years after its release
    • Read Dorian Lynskey on Fairytale of New York

  • Fairytale of New York: the story behind the Pogues' classic Christmas anthem

    Twenty-five years after its release, the duet about a couple who have fallen on hard times is still considered by many to be the greatest Christmas song ever

  • The Pogues feat Kirtsy McColl: Fairytale of New York

    The Pogues feat Kirsty McColl: Fairytale of New York - music video

    Twenty-five years after its release, the duet about a couple who have fallen on hard times is still considered the greatest Christmas song ever. Read Dorian Lynskey's article on the two-year making of this classic anthem

September 2012

  • kirsty maccoll

    Kirsty MacColl: the great British songwriter who never got her due

  • Kirsty MacColl in August 1981.

    Kirsty MacColl: real songs for girls who grow up to be women

December 2010

  • Radio

    Rewind Radio: Night Waves; Blond on Britain; Nine Alternative Lessons and Carols; Kirsty MacColl: A Tribute; Desert Island Discs

    God was championed by an unlikely holy trinity, while Kirsty MacColl's followers proved equally passionate, writes Tim Adams

December 2009

  • Robin Denselow

    Kirsty MacColl: A no-nonsense, bitter-sweet performer

    Robin Denselow
  • Kirsty Maccoll

    Kirsty MacColl's mother ends campaign for justice after nine years

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