Garrick Club votes to accept female members for first time
Members back dropping men-only rule in place for 193 years, after Guardian revealed details of membership list
April 2024
Admit women or we quit, Sting and Stephen Fry tell Garrick
‘With a Strat you can rule the world!’ Nile Rodgers, Bonnie Raitt and John Squire on the electric guitar that changed everything
March 2024
The Garrick Club’s notable members – in pictures
The Garrick Club is likely to hold a vote this year on changing its rules to allow female members. A Guardian investigation into those who will help decide the issue reveals a host of people in public life among its members
November 2023
Ex-Dire Straits singer Mark Knopfler to sell guitar collection for charity
‘I’ll be sad to see them go but we’ve had wonderful times together,’ says musician ahead of London auction
October 2022
Local Hero review – musical misses the magic of Bill Forsyth’s classic
In spite of a nifty set and new songs, this story of an oil-man trying to buy a Highlands village never quite comes alive
June 2021
Radiohead, New Order and more artists call for overhaul of post-Brexit touring rules
More than 200 UK acts including the Chemical Brothers, Kano and Wolf Alice back Let the Music Move initiative, calling for financial help and cutting red tape for EU tours
March 2019
Local Hero review – musical with a moral heart
Bill Forsyth’s adaptation of his 1983 film, with new music by Mark Knopfler, is topical all over again
Local Hero review – oil-movie gem strikes a salty musical note
Bill Forsyth’s bittersweet comic drama about a Scottish village’s fight with an oil firm sheds its whimsy in this tougher version, scored by Mark Knopfler
Mac's back: Scotland's treasured Local Hero is reborn as a musical
As Bill Forsyth’s much-loved film about an imperilled seaside village is transformed – beach and all – for the stage, its creators say it had to be seen north of the border first
June 2018
From the Guardian archive
Dire Straits: straight on up from Deptford to Dylan - archive, 1979
20 June 1979 The band is one of the most successful British rock exports ever. Robin Denselow meets lead singer and songwriter Mark Knopfler
July 2016
After decades in dire straits, Whitley Bay leads renaissance of northern resorts
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March 2015
Mark Knopfler: Tracker review – familiar pleasures
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The film that makes me cry: Local Hero
Bill Mann
November 2014
Bryan Ferry: Avonmore review – former Roxy frontman heads back to the future
Bryan Ferry sounds fresh and funky on this latest outing, writes Phil Mongredien
December 2012
Newcastle arts cuts are disastrous, say stars of north-east
Artists including Sting, Neil Tennant, Bryan Ferry and Mark Knopfler have written to the Guardian expressing alarm
July 2012
TV tonight
TV highlights 20/07/2012
TV tonight
TV highlights 13/07/2012
October 2011
Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler – review
Former Dire Straits frontman and American musical colossus tour together, but do not share the stage
