Jenny Colgan

What is the secret of Duran Duran’s durability?

There’s a cracking story to be told of the teenybopper band who refused to lie down and die, but sadly Stephen Davis’s book isn’t it

Left to right: Roger Taylor, John Taylor, Nick Rhodes, Simon Le Bon and Andy Taylor in 1984 [Getty Images]
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  • Please, Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story

    Stephen Davis

    Hachette Books, pp. 368, £25

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