Mark E Smith
Issue 472
June 2023
The Portal
From the archive: The Fall
May 2023
Wire subscribers can explore this selection of past features on The Fall and Mark E Smith from The Wire's back pages in our online library
Book Extract
Read an extract from Mark E Smith & Graham Duff's The Otherwise
July 2021
A new book from Strange Attractor includes the screenplay for “a horror film that never was” plus transcripts of its authors Mark E Smith and Graham Duff in conversation. In this extract the pair discuss British director Lindsay Anderson and German group Can
The Portal
Archive Portal: Mark E Smith & The Fall
January 2018
To celebrate the life and work of Mark E Smith, who died on 24 January 2018, we present a selection of articles on the Fall frontman and his group drawn from The Wire’s online archive
News
Mark E Smith 1957–2018
Mark E Smith 1957–2018
The Fall frontman died aged 60 on 24 January
Essay
Lou Reed 1942–2013: Mark E Smith: 11/11/13
November 2013
Lou Reed died 27 October, 2013. Here Mark E Smith eulogises – on being a criminally devout Velvet Underground fan. Not a 'Velvets' or 'Lou Reed' fan.
The Portal
Ivan Seal Portal
May 2011
"I remember being really taken with Hill's early works when I was at college. They are at the same time harsh and blunt, poetic and rich."
Issue 279
May 2007
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Issue 203
January 2001
Issue 134
April 1995
