Tracey Thorn is a musician and writer, best known as one half of Everything but the Girl. Her memoir, Bedsit Disco Queen, was published by Virago in 2013. She writes a fortnightly column for the New Statesman.

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Me, my boutique hotel room – and a really annoying bar of soap
11 June 2015
Off the Record.
Cultural Capital
Whither we mature ladies, once our rock-chick years are over?
29 May 2015
Off the record.
Cultural Capital
Modern life is a miracle. If you don’t believe me, read this book
14 May 2015
Off the record.
Cultural Capital
Tracey Thorn on Nick Cave: man and bogeyman
06 May 2015
Lessons in transformation.
Culture
In music today, it’s all or nothing – rich at the top or languishing forlornly at the bottom
30 April 2015
Off the Record.
Culture
Back in front of the cameras this week – and posing doesn’t get any easier
16 April 2015
Off the Record.
Cultural Capital
Tracey Thorn: Your songs are like your children – you have to wave them off into the world
27 March 2015
Off the record.
Lifestyle
There’s no magic to raising twins – I just had to find my own brand of baby care
19 March 2015
Off the Record.
Cultural Capital
The Brits are so polite these days. One reason? There’s no bands left
26 February 2015
Off the record.
Cultural Capital
Tracey Thorn: I know just how uptight I am when I find myself at a spa and unable to chill
19 February 2015
Off the Record.
Cultural Capital
Tracey Thorn: The more attention we pay to childish behaviour, the more we get
05 February 2015
Off the record.
Cultural Capital
Tracey Thorn: Do we really want to watch P J Harvey drinking tea and plugging in studio leads?
16 January 2015
Off the Record.
Cultural Capital
Guest-editing the Today programme was like watching air-traffic controllers at work
08 January 2015
Off the Record.
Cultural Capital
Tracey Thorn: Not for me the party songs. Come, listen to the clanging chimes of doom!
19 December 2014
Off the Record.
Cultural Capital
All my life, people have shouted, “Cheer up!” at me, but I was born with a glum face
04 December 2014
Women expected to smile.

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