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Patrick Smith is The Independent’s Chief Culture Writer, specialising in profile interviews. He was previously the Head of Culture & Lifestyle, having joined the Indy in 2018 from The Telegraph, where he was Music Editor, as well as a TV and film critic.
Cameron Crowe, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup and Patrick Fugit talk to Patrick Smith about the classic film that captures the Seventies rock scene
Cameron Crowe, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup and Patrick Fugit talk to Patrick Smith about the classic film that captures the Seventies rock scene
On the release of her debut solo album ‘Jaime’, the Alabama Shakes frontwoman talks to Patrick Smith about growing up gay in the American South, spending her childhood playing in a junkyard, and why she thinks people voted for Trump
On the release of her debut solo album ‘Jaime’, the Alabama Shakes frontwoman talks to Patrick Smith about growing up gay in the American South, spending her childhood playing in a junkyard, and why she thinks people voted for Trump