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New Statesman
5 days ago
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- New Statesman
Chris Bryant: 'I've got a terrible confession'
Illustration by Ellie Foreman Peck 'I've got a terrible confession,' Chris Bryant tells me over lunch. He leans forward, intense and conspiratorial, and whispers, 'It's to do with the Pet Shop Boys.' As confessions go, this one – an embarrassing failure to recognise lead singer Neil Tennant at some event, despite the band's hit song 'It's a Sin' once feeling like Bryant's private anthem – barely meets the definition. But the word seems apt, somehow, for our conversation – and for the tangle of concealment and self-confidence that have defined Bryant's political life. The 62-year-old minister for the creative industries, arts, tourism, data protection and telecoms has just published a book full of confessions. A Life and A Half: The Unexpected Making of a Politician is a memoir, not of his time in politics as the Labour MP for Rhondda in South Wales, but of everything that came before. His childhood, partially spent Franco's Spain, and dominated by a distant working-class father and an erratic, alcoholic mother. His struggles with his sexuality (it was Bryant's girlfriend in his twenties who told him he was gay; he married his husband Jared in 2010 in the first civil partnership ceremony to be held in parliament) and how the shame of being a gay man in the Eighties and Nineties shaped him; his time as an Anglican priest, grappling with the Church of England's tortured stance on homosexuality and with his own shifting faith. And his experience of being sexually assaulted by Michael Croft, the founder of the National Youth Theatre – a story he has kept secret for 46 years. 'None of my friends know that story. I'm a bit frightened of how they will react to it,' he tells me, adding that he hopes maybe going public will be helpful to others who experienced similar at the hands of the theatre legend. Croft died in 1986, and Bryant – newly ordained – conducted his funeral. The contradictory emotions around a multi-decade friendship that persevered despite a horrific abuse of power are hard to untangle. Four decades later, Bryant found himself chairing the Commons committee on standards, crusading against sexual harassment in parliament and attempting to tackle bad behaviour among MPs. 'All of which I always thought was very ironic, because I don't think of myself as a very judgemental person.' He switches from a sombre tone to one of exaggerated campness. 'I mean I might say, 'Oooh I wouldn't have worn that shirt.'' He glances at my shirt and pretends to be horrified of causing offence. 'I'm not saying that to you, sorry!' This is the rhythm as our lunch at the Garden Museum Café across the river from Westminster progresses: Bryant launching forth on weighty topics – the anger and guilt he still feels regarding his mother's alcoholism, how he dealt with her illness as a teenager after his father left, the spectre of authoritarianism – then changing to a lighter key just as things get serious. On two occasions he breaks into song; first a rendition of 'Do You Hear The People Sing' in the original French (he claims to have introduced Les Misérables to Peter Mandelson, who was so taken with it he used the rousing anthem as his campaign tune in Hartlepool), then Silvio Rodríguez's 'Ojalá' in Spanish. The latter word conveys the sentiment of 'if only' or 'I wish', which Bryant says has driven through a politics – a politics that has always been partially lived on stage, and as performance. A Life And A Half ends in 2001, when Bryant was first elected. The news stories Bryant is best known for during his decades in public life – his furious crusade against phone-hacking, or (less favourably) the revelations about his property shenanigans unearthed during the 2009 expenses scandal – barely feature. Instead, we get his political journey, from leaving the public school his working-class parents sent him to and joining the Oxford University Conservative Association (he studied English), through the poverty of the Thatcher era and a stint as a young priest in Latin America getting a front-row seat to the realities of inequality, to the point where he campaigned for the Labour Party in 1992 and now says, 'I would call myself a socialist.' Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month Subscribe That's a self-definition with which some of Bryant's Labour colleagues might take issue. He jokes that in a production of The Emperor's New Clothes he once played a guard 'the main characteristic of whom is that he doesn't know his left from his right. And I think there's plenty of people who would say that I don't either.' Bryant rode the New Labour wave into politics, although he has doubts that Tony Blair ever really trusted him. His experience, both of Labour's 1992 defeat and of the party's 14 years out in the parliamentary wilderness cemented his pragmatic tendencies. To those who would prefer Labour to take a more ideologically purist stance, he says simply: 'It's about getting things done… If you're in opposition, all you're really doing is throwing snowballs at the guys on the bridge. It doesn't get you anywhere.' This emphasis on actions over ideology dates back to Bryant's time on his post-ordination 'gap year' that took him to Christian ministries in Latin America. As is his style, the account is full of reeling juxtapositions: encountering grinding poverty on the streets of Peru, realising the blurriness of Christian theology by being asked to take Catholic mass despite being an Anglican when there were no priests available, meeting victims of torture in Argentina, smuggling a video tape of police abusing protestors out of Chile disguised as Disney's Fantasia – and, on one memorable occasion, taking three buses to the rough outskirts of town to follow a young man he'd met at a bar home for sex, only for their efforts to be interrupted by an earthquake. ('Nothing ventured, nothing gained!' he tells me when I bring up this high-risk endeavour.) In Chile in particular, during the dying days of the Pinochet regime, Bryant recalls learning from a group of left-wing nuns to take ego out of activism. 'Change required serious organisation and discipline, not maverick pride,' he writes in the book. 'You could take two things from that political experience of being in Latin American,' he tells me back at the Garden Café. 'One is you could become an ardent fundamentalist about politics and campaign for a particular version of socialism or communism. What I took away from it was something slightly different which was you had to make your socialism work with the grain of humanity.' Nowhere are the contradictions of Bryant's political life more apparent than in his victory in becoming the MP Rhondda – or, as he calls it, the Rhondda (now Rhondda and Ogmore, to use the full constituency name). How did a gay, former Tory, ex-public schoolboy who grew up in Spain and had an English name end up representing a constituency in the heart of the Valleys of South Wales? Bryant recalls in the book the assessment of Tom Baldwin (now Keir Starmer's biographer) after his selection in 2000: 'It would be difficult to find a Labour candidate less in keeping with the traditional image of the Rhondda.' But, Bryant adds, 'Maybe that said more about other people's preconceptions about the Rhondda.' The story of the 2001 election campaign, from Bryant's perspective, is those preconceptions being proved wrong. He remembers a relentless focus on his sexuality (with newspapers constantly referring to him as 'exotic' or 'Labour's openly gay candidate') descending into innuendo, or on one occasion running the headline 'How pink was my valley?' He compares the novelty of his candidacy then with the situation today: 'I wouldn't be able to list the LGBT MPs to you now.' ('Too many?' I ask, obviously meaning too many too count. 'Far too many,' he replies, then goes for another joke. 'But I don't think we're going to cull them.') Whatever the newspaper editors might have presumed about the view in the Valleys on homosexuality, the people of Rhondda had other ideas. Bryant won decisively, dashing Plaid Cymru's hopes of taking the seat off Labour. He has been there ever since, finding the community 'generous and accepting' when he and his partner moved in. With all this in mind, I ask what he makes of the stereotypes of the Valleys bandied around Westminster. Nigel Farage has his eye on Wales in next year's Senedd elections, hoping his brand of populism will find eager ears in the old industrial mining towns abandoned by the political establishment for the past half century. 'There is a very patronising understanding of what the Welsh Valleys are like,' Bryant replies. 'Both Jeremy Corbyn and Nigel Farage have called for all the mines to be reopened in the Valleys. Everybody in the Rhondda certainly just blew a raspberry! They said, 'How patronising can you get? Why can't we be setting up AI companies or doing something fabulously modern?'' Instead of sending their children down the mines to 'die of pneumoconiosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease', they want decent, stable jobs in the communities so people don't have to move away for work. And, like Bryant himself, they want fairness. 'I think voters look for politicians who are human and that they can identify with. I'm not sure how much they care about what school they went to, but what they do care about is whether people could come and have a drink with them or not, have an open proper chat in a language that they understand.' He pauses, then clarifies he means 'a human language', rather than Welsh. This is the reflective, pensive side of Bryant. The mischievous side involves sleight of hand and distraction – when asked a question he doesn't want to answer given his role as a government minister, he deflects by pointing out, apropos of nothing, 'There's quite a lot of sex in the book!' He name-drops shamelessly, from pointing out that Cilla Black came to his civil partnership to a horrifying anecdote about one of the women from the Rhondda Labour party meeting Bill Clinton at an event at Labour Party Conference and asking the former US President and special guest of Tony Blair 'Why didn't you get rid of that dress?' The book similarly revels in playing with expectations. One chapter begins with a page-long musing on why gay men love gym changing rooms, and how, for London gays in the Nineties, the YMCA – or 'Y' – gym in Tottenham Court Road was a particular favourite. Just as the reader is wondering what this foray into homosexual pick-up culture could possibly have to do with Bryant's political journey, he reveals that, 'It was in the changing room at the Y that I met Peter Mandelson.' 'He knows how to talk round corners,' Bryant says when asked about his friendship with Mandelson, the maverick mastermind behind New Labour. Was he surprised when Keir Starmer picked him to be ambassador to the US? 'I texted him to congratulate him' – which we both know is not an answer. But the most outlandish juxtapositions concern Bryant's relationship with the Church of England and the realities of life as a closeted Anglican priest. The knots the Church tied itself in over homosexuality, even when so many of its own clergy were gay, is tackled with his characteristic blend of rage and humour. One paragraph describes a church dinner where 'an ordinand paraded around in a variety of ever more elaborate vestments before dressing up in leathers and a harness to go to a club' – a 'particularly favourite combination', Bryant tells me – 'while an archdeacon fondled his lover and everyone chatted about the best place to pick up a handsome Guards officer'. Two lines later Bryant recounts how a fellow student at his theological college suddenly died. 'We all knew Aids had taken him… and nobody ever uttered a word.' I ask Bryant what he makes of the Church of England now, and how far it has come since he chose to leave behind an alternative career as a vicar 34 years ago. 'One day it will just get its act together and go love is love,' he says, evoking once more the spirit of 'Ojalá'. Yet he is overwhelmingly glad to have left when he did. Had he remained a closeted clergyman, unable to enjoy a proper relationship without being terrified into secrecy, he fears he would have become 'a vicious, queeny, sharp, vindictive, unhappy, lonely, gin-and-lace vicar somewhere'. It's not an irrational fear – he saw it happen. On the prolonged appointment process for the next Archbishop of Canterbury, he notes that, while a non-political appointment, 'the irony of it is you'd be engaged in more realpolitik than the British ambassador to the United Nations' given the tensions within the global Anglican community regarding, among other things, LGBT rights. Byrant himself has never been orthodox in his Christianity. 'I quite like that the fact that our national church doesn't really believe anything too strongly. I think that's a good thing, not a bad thing.' And yet, Bryant does believe in things strongly. He believes in fairness, with childlike outrage where it is found to be warning – from the Church's stubbornness on homosexuality to the lockdown parties held in Downing Street when people were banned from attending funerals. He believes in democracy, which he calls a 'fragile flower', having seen up-close the authoritarian regimes of Franco's Spain and Pinochet's Chile. 'Every time anybody gets frustrated with democracy they say let's have a different system. That's dangerous.' Suggestions from politicians like Farage of appointing ministers from a pool of technocrats rather than elected MP horrify him: 'Oh so we're just binning democracy, are we? That's the way we're going?' And he believes in seeing the humanity in people. 'Quite often when someone gets into trouble in politics, I'll drop them a note saying I hope they're OK,' he says, the former crusading chair of the standards committee now channelling the forgiving vibe of a C of E priest – or, perhaps, the 16-year-old boy tasked with nursing an alcoholic mother unwilling or unable to escape her addiction. That's in part what the book is about: an MP's memoir that stops as soon as he actually arrives in parliament, focusing instead on the much more human story of how he got there. MPs are human, even if some might rarely seem it. Most of all, perhaps, he believes in compromise; grounded not in low expectations or apathy, but in pragmatism, and a belief that in any great institution – whether Parliament, or the Church of England – there should be room for people with differing views of how to make the world a better place. In his ideal world, he says, 'some people would waggle a tambourine and some people would waggle a thurible'. Ever the performer, he pauses for dramatic effect and then corrects himself. 'Swing a thurible. I don't think you can waggle a thurible.' [See also: Trade unionist Joe Rollin: 'Orgreave was a trap, and we fell for it'] Related
Wales Online
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Wales Online
Noel Gallagher's daughter Anaïs turns up in Mumbles ahead of Oasis gigs and makes hugely controversial choice
Noel Gallagher's daughter Anaïs turns up in Mumbles ahead of Oasis gigs and makes hugely controversial choice The photographer and model has shared some snaps of some iconic Welsh spots on her social media. Noel's photographer daughter is no stranger to sharing pictures online, and her trip to Swansea is no different. (Image: Getty Images for Tommy Hilfiger ) After months of anticipation, it is finally time for Oasis to kick off their reunion tour in Cardiff this weekend. The first show of the UK and Ireland tour starts in the Principality Stadium today, Friday July 4 and one member of the Gallagher family has taken to doing a bit of sightseeing in the lead up to the gig. Noel's daughter, Anaïs is a model and photographer and often shares her snaps with her social media followers. After taking a trip down Swansea bay she shared a collection of snaps including one of the iconic red Swansea Bay train that runs through the Mumbles. She shared on Instagram: "M elting ice creams, rock pools, clouds approaching and a trip along the sea front on a little train. What could feel more British summertime?" From superstar gigs to cosy pubs, find out What's On in Wales by signing up to our newsletter here . Content cannot be displayed without consent Her followers were excited to see that she was in Wales ahead of the launch of Oasis' Live 25 tour in Cardiff this weekend. One person said: "And she's set up location for Fridays show! Take pictures, the world is waiting" However, there was some controversy. While people have argued for decades in Swansea if Verdi's or Joe's is the best spot for a Mumbles ice cream, Anaïs ignored both. Instead she plumped for the popular Ripples ice cream parlour on the Swansea coastal path. One fan said: "While in The Mumbles, you must have a Joe's ice cream Best in the World." Another added: "Hope you tried a Joe's ice cream in mumbles, its the best!." Anaïs has confirmed she will be attending tonight's show in Cardiff, when replying to a fans comment on TikTok. They said: "Soo excited for tomorrow! Will the queen herself be there?" To which Miss Gallagher replied: "Don't ask silly questions." Anaïs is no stranger to Wales as she is in a relationship with Welsh actor Callum Scott Howells, known for his appearance in It's a Sin. You can read more here. I f you didn't manage to get your hands on the hard to get tickets you can enter our competition here to be in with a chance of winning tickets to see Oasis at Wembley . Tickets for the Oasis reunion sold out across all venues due to huge demand when they went online earlier in the year. However, there are still several options available for fans trying to snag a last-minute spot. Viagogo and resale tickets Sites such as viagogo, Stubhub, and Vivid Seats allow fans to buy resale tickets from other fans. However, it is important to note that ticket conditions often prohibit resale after initial purchase. Those tickets may not be valid for admittance to gigs. Fans intending to buy tickets for live events through resale websites should check the ticket terms and conditions, to confirm whether resale is prohibited, before they buy. Ticket terms and conditions can be checked with the original seller, such as Ticketmaster or Live Nation. If resale is prohibited, tickets bought second-hand could be voided and admission to the event refused. Article continues below Limited last-minute tickets can be bought from the official Ticketmaster resale site, where fans who can no longer go sell their seats, although these tend to go into and out of stock quickly. Elsewhere, resale sites like Viagogo, Vivid Seats, StubHub and Twickets are selling tickets for various dates with prices from £121, although fans should always bear in mind that many official sites, such as Ticketmaster and Live Nation, discourage the purchase of resale tickets.
Buzz Feed
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
This 'Thrilling' New BBC Drama Is Your Next Binge-Watch
The new BBC drama What It Feels Like For A Girl is already generating a lot of conversation. Based on the memoir of the same name by journalist, presenter and transgender activist Paris Lees, the coming-of-age comedy-drama centres around teenage Byron as they navigate the many highs and lows of growing up queer in the East Midlands in the 2000s, and how their life changes as they find their own tribe. Over the course of it eight episodes, What It Feels Like For A Girl tackles heavy subjects like gender identity, sex, class and the importance of community and chosen family for queer people, and is already being hailed as 'totally fearless', 'raw' and 'essential viewing'. Here's a selection of why the BBC series is being called a must-watch … The Guardian (4/5) 'It's certainly a wild ride – I'll struggle to look at a toilet brush the same way ever again – but if you stay on board until the end, a memorably complex psychological portrait will be your reward.' The Independent (4/5) 'At a time when the trans community are being forced to suffer almost daily indignities at the hands of Britain's political and media establishment, the presence of What It Feels Like for a Girl feels urgent [...] in a world where it is easy to feel pessimistic about the course of progress, What It Feels Like for a Girl presents an engaging – and rational – case for optimism.' The Standard (4/5) 'For A Girl doesn't gloss over the messy bits. There's a lot of sex, drugs, and 2000s dance music. Scenes with predatory older men, from dirty doggers to corrupt coppers, are harrowing for the most part. But it also thrills with its portrayal of teenage transgression.' 'Make no mistake, What It Feels Like for a Girl is raw and frequently uncomfortable viewing [...] Yet the unease is what makes What It Feels Like for a Girl such a visceral, essential watch. We need more TV like it.' The Times (4/5) 'This series is very bingeable. It is funny, heartbreaking, occasionally disturbing, sharply written and well acted, most notably by Ellis Howard, who plays Byron with wit and, at times, devastating poignancy [...] Thisis a raw drama that could easily have been depressing (and at times it is), but ends up ultimately being a buoyant story of resilience.' 'While the drama doesn't fall into the trap of educating or being overtly political, it's an overdue examination of how being lower class intersects with sexuality and gender identity… while also being an utter riot.' Digital Spy 'We need more shows like this, singular outlooks that give a voice and artistic vision to communities long underserved on screen. That's especially true at a time when trans rights are being threatened even more than they were 25 years ago, in the time this show is set. 'To see not just trans pain, but trans joy, trans love and, most crucially, trans acceptance on a platform as widely viewed as the BBC will be nothing short of life-saving right now. This is 2025′s answer to It's a Sin, yet it's even more vital than that show in many ways. Another queer masterpiece that holds the potential for real-world change.' '[ What It Feels Like For A Girl ] pulls no punches […] the series is a raw, hedonistic, brutal – but often hilarious – tale of Byron, a 15-year-old boy who is trying to find his identity and is desperate to escape the small-mindedness of his home town.' Help and support:
Scotsman
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Top 10 most wished for vinyl albums in the UK
The top ten most wished-for vinyl albums in the UK have been revealed by Amazon | Amazon This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. Seven of the top 10 most wished-for vinyls are by acts who rose to fame over 35 years ago. There's a surprise entry from the world of gaming - but number one? Some might say it was always going to be Oasis. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Vinyl never went out of style - it just waited patiently for its comeback. And now it's leading the charts again, with music fans snapping up everything from deluxe box sets to gaming soundtracks on coloured discs. What's striking about the current top 10 most wished for vinyl albums on Amazon UK is just how long some of these artists have been around. Seven of the acts came to prominence more than 35 years ago, and only one band on the list - Wolf Alice - formed this century. It's a testament to the enduring appeal of classic rock, synth-pop and indie pioneers that today's vinyl collectors are still reaching for legendary names like George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Oasis and Duran Duran. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Here's what's topping wish lists in the UK right now, starting from number ten. 10. Chris Rea – New Light Through Old Windows (Recycled Black Vinyl) - £31.99 An understated classic for fans of smooth, soulful rock. This compilation album captures some of Rea's most loved tracks with remastered warmth on sustainable recycled vinyl. 9. Orbital - The Brown Album - £31.99 The pioneering electronic duo's 1993 self-titled second album is a cult favourite, and this new pressing brings back the rave-era magic with pristine audio fidelity. 8. Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection 1985-1991 (Limited Edition 2LP Blue Vinyl) - £44.99 A stunning blue-vinyl reissue of the synth-pop legends' most iconic tracks, from 'West End Girls' to 'It's a Sin'. It's a nostalgia trip worth every penny. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 7. Wolf Alice -The Clearing (Amazon Exclusive Picture Disc Vinyl) - £29.99 This exclusive pressing features gorgeous artwork and raw, emotional indie-rock from one of Britain's most compelling modern bands. 6. Paul Weller - Find El Dorado (Amazon Exclusive Alternate Sleeve) - £39.99 The Modfather returns with another polished release - and fans are loving this alternate sleeve edition, only available through Amazon. 5. Duran Duran - Greatest (Limited 2LP White Vinyl) - £39.99 All the hits, now in sleek white vinyl. From 'Rio' to 'Ordinary World', this collection is a must for fans of '80s pop-rock done right. 4. George Harrison - Let It Roll: Songs of George Harrison - £51.99 This triple-vinyl collection spans Harrison's solo career with a beautifully presented set of tracks that includes 'My Sweet Lord' and 'All Things Must Pass'. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 3. Fallout: The Soothing Sounds of the Apocalypse - £29.57 Yes, a video game / streaming hit soundtrack has cracked the top three. Fallout's atmospheric score on translucent blue vinyl is proving irresistible to collectors and gamers alike. 2. Pink Floyd - At Pompeii (Mcmlxxii) –--£37.98 A defining moment in psychedelic rock, captured live in an ancient amphitheatre. This reissue of the iconic concert film soundtrack is a must for Floyd purists. Definitely maybe the most wanted vinyl in Britain right now | Amazon 1. Oasis - Time Flies… 1994–2009 -£69.99 The Gallagher brothers take the crown with this four-LP box set of every single they released - and it's not even out yet! If you ever sang along to 'Wonderwall' or 'Don't Look Back in Anger', this one's for you. It's officially released on June 13, but it's already the most wished-for vinyl album in the Amazon charts. If you missed out on the mad scramble for Oasis reunion show tickets, pick this up as a consolation prize. These are the albums vinyl lovers are adding to their wish lists - but they won't stay in stock forever, especially the limited edition pressings. If something caught your eye, now's the time to secure it. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Also worth considering: other specialist vinyl retailers like Rough Trade or MusicMagpie are also offering exclusive pressings, bundles, and second-hand gems that might not show up on mainstream charts – so it's worth having a browse.
Scotsman
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
Top 10 most wished for vinyl albums in the UK
The top ten most wished-for vinyl albums in the UK have been revealed by Amazon | Amazon This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. Seven of the top 10 most wished-for vinyls are by acts who rose to fame over 35 years ago. There's a surprise entry from the world of gaming - but number one? Some might say it was always going to be Oasis. Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Vinyl never went out of style - it just waited patiently for its comeback. And now it's leading the charts again, with music fans snapping up everything from deluxe box sets to gaming soundtracks on coloured discs. What's striking about the current top 10 most wished for vinyl albums on Amazon UK is just how long some of these artists have been around. Seven of the acts came to prominence more than 35 years ago, and only one band on the list - Wolf Alice - formed this century. It's a testament to the enduring appeal of classic rock, synth-pop and indie pioneers that today's vinyl collectors are still reaching for legendary names like George Harrison, Pink Floyd, Oasis and Duran Duran. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Here's what's topping wish lists in the UK right now, starting from number ten. 10. Chris Rea – New Light Through Old Windows (Recycled Black Vinyl) - £31.99 An understated classic for fans of smooth, soulful rock. This compilation album captures some of Rea's most loved tracks with remastered warmth on sustainable recycled vinyl. 9. Orbital - The Brown Album - £31.99 The pioneering electronic duo's 1993 self-titled second album is a cult favourite, and this new pressing brings back the rave-era magic with pristine audio fidelity. 8. Pet Shop Boys - Discography: The Complete Singles Collection 1985-1991 (Limited Edition 2LP Blue Vinyl) - £44.99 A stunning blue-vinyl reissue of the synth-pop legends' most iconic tracks, from 'West End Girls' to 'It's a Sin'. It's a nostalgia trip worth every penny. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 7. Wolf Alice -The Clearing (Amazon Exclusive Picture Disc Vinyl) - £29.99 This exclusive pressing features gorgeous artwork and raw, emotional indie-rock from one of Britain's most compelling modern bands. 6. Paul Weller - Find El Dorado (Amazon Exclusive Alternate Sleeve) - £39.99 The Modfather returns with another polished release - and fans are loving this alternate sleeve edition, only available through Amazon. 5. Duran Duran - Greatest (Limited 2LP White Vinyl) - £39.99 All the hits, now in sleek white vinyl. From 'Rio' to 'Ordinary World', this collection is a must for fans of '80s pop-rock done right. 4. George Harrison - Let It Roll: Songs of George Harrison - £51.99 This triple-vinyl collection spans Harrison's solo career with a beautifully presented set of tracks that includes 'My Sweet Lord' and 'All Things Must Pass'. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad 3. Fallout: The Soothing Sounds of the Apocalypse - £29.57 Yes, a video game / streaming hit soundtrack has cracked the top three. Fallout's atmospheric score on translucent blue vinyl is proving irresistible to collectors and gamers alike. 2. Pink Floyd - At Pompeii (Mcmlxxii) –--£37.98 A defining moment in psychedelic rock, captured live in an ancient amphitheatre. This reissue of the iconic concert film soundtrack is a must for Floyd purists. Definitely maybe the most wanted vinyl in Britain right now | Amazon 1. Oasis - Time Flies… 1994–2009 -£69.99 The Gallagher brothers take the crown with this four-LP box set of every single they released - and it's not even out yet! If you ever sang along to 'Wonderwall' or 'Don't Look Back in Anger', this one's for you. It's officially released on June 13, but it's already the most wished-for vinyl album in the Amazon charts. If you missed out on the mad scramble for Oasis reunion show tickets, pick this up as a consolation prize. These are the albums vinyl lovers are adding to their wish lists - but they won't stay in stock forever, especially the limited edition pressings. If something caught your eye, now's the time to secure it. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad
