Men of a Certain Age by Kate Mossman review – close encounters with charismatic male rockers
A journalist’s bracingly honest account of interviews with musicians from Brian May to Shaun Ryder
Girl on Girl by Sophie Gilbert review – how pop culture turned a generation of women against themselves
The Pulitzer-nominated journalist recounts how modern misogyny has been shaped by a mass culture attuned to male desire and all-pervasive pornography
On my radar: Romola Garai’s cultural highlights
The actor on her love of sad songs, history podcasts and cemeteries with mysterious gravestones
Johnny Green obituary
Other lives: Road manager for the Clash who wrote a book about his time with the punk band
‘His delivery cut through class barriers’: Moby, Mala and other musicians on working with Benjamin Zephaniah
On what would have been the late dub poet’s 67th birthday, his musical collaborators remember his warmth, invigorating words and reflections on the state of the world
‘I’d love Keanu to read it’: Ione Skye on bisexuality, infidelity and her wild tell-all memoir
The actor’s aptly named memoir Say Everything has been praised as raw, revealing, disarming and horny
Patti Smith to publish ‘intimate’ new memoir, Bread of Angels
Published in November, it will cover everything from Smith’s childhood to her rise as a punk rock star and later retreat from public life
Love and Fury: The Extraordinary Life, Death and Legacy of Joe Meek by Darryl W Bullock – review
This richly detailed and exhaustive biography of the maverick 60s British music producer reveals a sonic visionary whose brilliance concealed a tragically violent temper
We Were There by Lanre Bakare review – the forgotten voices of black Britain
The author’s sharply intelligent history of how black British identity was forged beyond London in the cauldron of the Thatcherite 1970s and 80s is a necessary corrective
On my radar: Nell Zink’s cultural highlights
The Germany-based American novelist on being cheered up by a gulag memoir, the best Wagner around and how to encourage a nightingale into your garden
Yoko by David Sheff review – a queasily one-sided defence
The artist and musician is a brilliant subject for an epic, in-depth biography, but this is merely hagiography
‘Society SUCKS!’ The fanatical diary of a teen scribbler who threw herself into punk
Don’t live like everyone else! Angela Jaeger met every act going in punk, in New York and London – and had crushes on them all. Now 65, she talks us through her thrill-filled diaries
Maybe I’m Amazed by John Harris review – with a little help from John, Paul, George and Ringo
The Guardian journalist’s tender account of how music became a bridge between him and his autistic son, James, is full of wit and wisdom
With a little help from my friend: John, Paul and the ‘romance’ that transformed culture
The emotional bond between John and Paul was at the heart of the Beatles’ success – but it’s not the first time intense, creative male friendships have changed the world
John & Paul: A Love Story in Songs by Ian Leslie review – a Beatles bromance
An intelligent, diligently researched look at the intense bond between Lennon and McCartney