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May 2024

Garrick Club votes to accept female members for first time

Members back dropping men-only rule in place for 193 years, after Guardian revealed details of membership list

April 2024

Admit women or we quit, Sting and Stephen Fry tell Garrick

‘With a Strat you can rule the world!’ Nile Rodgers, Bonnie Raitt and John Squire on the electric guitar that changed everything

March 2024

The Garrick Club’s notable members – in pictures

The Garrick Club is likely to hold a vote this year on changing its rules to allow female members. A Guardian investigation into those who will help decide the issue reveals a host of people in public life among its members

November 2023

Ex-Dire Straits singer Mark Knopfler to sell guitar collection for charity

‘I’ll be sad to see them go but we’ve had wonderful times together,’ says musician ahead of London auction

October 2022

Local Hero review – musical misses the magic of Bill Forsyth’s classic

In spite of a nifty set and new songs, this story of an oil-man trying to buy a Highlands village never quite comes alive

June 2021

Radiohead, New Order and more artists call for overhaul of post-Brexit touring rules

More than 200 UK acts including the Chemical Brothers, Kano and Wolf Alice back Let the Music Move initiative, calling for financial help and cutting red tape for EU tours

March 2019

Local Hero review – musical with a moral heart

Bill Forsyth’s adaptation of his 1983 film, with new music by Mark Knopfler, is topical all over again

Local Hero review – oil-movie gem strikes a salty musical note

Bill Forsyth’s bittersweet comic drama about a Scottish village’s fight with an oil firm sheds its whimsy in this tougher version, scored by Mark Knopfler

Mac's back: Scotland's treasured Local Hero is reborn as a musical

As Bill Forsyth’s much-loved film about an imperilled seaside village is transformed – beach and all – for the stage, its creators say it had to be seen north of the border first

June 2018

From the Guardian archive
Dire Straits: straight on up from Deptford to Dylan - archive, 1979
20 June 1979 The band is one of the most successful British rock exports ever. Robin Denselow meets lead singer and songwriter Mark Knopfler