In a piece he penned in Vanity Fair magazine in 2000, Elvis Costello named 500 albums and songs essential to a happy life.

The Sex Pistols were headline-grabbing wrong ‘uns who scandalised the nation by swearing on TV and gunning for the monarchy, ...

Thanks, boss. Yes, there are the proto-punk records from the likes of the Dolls, the Stooges and MC5, but really, in 1976, ...

She told The Mail on Sunday: “Excuse my language but it’s bollocks. Actress Britt Ekland ... alleged in her memoir that she did not realise director Paul Verhoeven, 86, had captured her ...

But the most infamous, most flocked-to – and very probably the best – was Paul Verhoeven’s 1992 fornication-fest ... Serpico – and the arrival of Martin Scorsese. Female prostitutes had long been a ...