Blog | Adelle Stripe

Hidden Histories at British Pop Archive Books

Manchester University Press are delighted to announce the publication of a new series of short books, taking inspiration from The British...

Old School, Baby: I Am Weekender

Initially banned on its release, Weekender – Flowered Up’s classic acid house film directed by WIZ – is today hailed as one of the most...

Drinking for England

Read Adelle Stripe's short essay on Tadcaster and its drinking culture at Verdant's Brewing Folk blog... "As a little girl, I believed...

Remembering Andy Rourke

Rising from the collapsing industrial backdrop of Manchester in the Thatcher era, The Smiths were a band who spoke for a generation of...

Penderyn Music Book Prize Shortlist

Ten Thousand Apologies is shortlisted for 2023's Penderyn Music Book Prize. The Penderyn is the only UK-based book prize specifically for...

Priestley Postscript for BBC 100

Permed mullets and pearl lipstick at the ice rink, the city's green lungs and the rise and fall of the social club are all topics...

Burgess Fellowship

Adelle has been announced as one of 2023's Burgess Fellows. Alongside Joe Carrick-Varty, she will be writer-in-residence at the...

Bluedot Festival

Bluedot is a music, science and culture event held annually in July since 2016 at Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, England,...

Finchale Award for Short Fiction

Zaffar Kunial and Adelle Stripe have been announced as judges for this year's Finchale Award for Short Fiction. The prize is open to new,...

The Modern Antiquarian

Adelle Stripe opens her battered copy of Julian Cope's The Modern Antiquarian and argues that this guide to Britain's neolithic remains...

Rough Trade Books of the Year

Ten Thousand Apologies: Fat White Family and the Miracle of Failure (published by White Rabbit) is one of Rough Trade's Books of the Year...

Songs They Never Play on the Radio

Tune in to the new episode of Songbook podcast - where Adelle is in conversation with Jude Rogers discussing James Young’s grubby account...