Book review: Here Comes Trouble, By Michael Moore

In 2003, the film director Michael Moore made his infamous Oscar acceptance speech in which he called George Bush a "fictitious president" who had sent America to war "for fictitious reasons". He was rewarded with a vandalised statuette, half a ton of manure on his front lawn and so many threats of violence that he was forced to hire a bevy of ex-Navy Seals to see off any would-be assassins.
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Comics...it's the way they sell 'em

A dire childhood and years of failure are good for sales, when professional jokers relate their life stories. By Fiona Sturges
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Baby blues: Laura Marling on hits, heartache and that tricky 21st birthday

Laura Marling was so young when she started that the bouncers wouldn't let her in to her own gigs. Now 21, with a Brit in her pocket and a sell-out tour ahead, how is our 'most gifted young singer-songwriter' coming to terms with fame? Interview by Fiona Sturges
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'Nevermind': Smells like my teen spirit

Nirvana's second album is to be re-released, 20 years after it sparked a musical revolution. Fiona Sturges salutes an album that changed her generation.
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