Helen Barrett

Celebrating Tony Wilson, the founder of Factory Records

The arch networker who championed the Sex Pistols, Joy Division and Happy Mondays receives reverential treatment from Paul Morley

Tony Wilson in 2002. [Getty Images] 
issue 06 November 2021
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  • From Manchester with Love: The Life and Opinions of Tony Wilson

    Paul Morley

    Faber, pp. 624, £20

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