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Catherine Mayer
Mar 10, 202314 min read
Everything You Know Is Wrong: How the media misrepresented Paula Yates and continues to do so
The emails arrive every year without fail, sometimes in a flurry, and often pegged to the anniversary of our friend's death. A new...
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Catherine Mayer
Dec 24, 20222 min read
My Christmas Tree of Life
Andy was never big on Christmas. Early in our relationship, he suggested we escape the whole business by travelling to a city he imagined...
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Catherine Mayer
Dec 19, 20225 min read
Merry Christmas to You and Your Lovely Dead. (And b*ll*cks to moving on)
At a recent media awards dinner, Yasmin Alibhai-Brown mentioned to fellow journalists that she’d be moderating a discussion about public...
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Catherine Mayer
Oct 24, 20224 min read
Why we celebrate Boris Johnson's loss
When Boris Johnson declared his intention to stand for Prime Minister, I posted a thread to try to articulate the pain that his candidacy...
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Catherine Mayer
Jul 19, 20226 min read
In For The Kill: On Love Island, La Roux and the Music Industry
For the best part of my life, I’ve loved music and more than a few musicians, especially my late husband, guitarist-producer-composer and...
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Catherine Mayer
Feb 22, 20224 min read
Gang of Four: A note to journalists, gig-goers & all the folk who keep messaging me
No. I don’t share your excitement about the start of a tour, later this month, by a band called Gang of Four. Nor would my late husband...
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Catherine Mayer
Jan 27, 20221 min read
Speaking for Andy, again. An open letter to Spotify
27 January 2022 Dear Spotify, If my beloved husband, Andy Gill, hadn’t died at the start of the pandemic, he’d have strong and clear...
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Catherine Mayer
Dec 19, 20216 min read
History Isn't Shit. Some Music History Might Be. A Startling Find about the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Every death drags behinds it a long tail of grief, disruption and sadmin, the painful process of sorting out the messes left by your dear...
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