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    On my radar: Mat Osman’s cultural highlights

    Suede’s bassist and now novelist on TV vampires, German supper-club jazz and the Soho haunt where Hogwarts meets hard liquor
    by Kadish Morris Feb 29, 2020 3 minutes
    Mat Osman: ‘I couldn’t find many good books written by musicians.’ Photograph: Repeater Books

    Born in 1967 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Mat Osman is a founding member and the bassist of English rock band Suede. He studied economics at the London School of Economics, graduating in 1989, the same year Suede were formed. The band’s debut album won the Mercury music prize in 1993 and their latest album, The Blue Hour, was released in 2018 to critical acclaim. His debut novel, The Ruins, a story about two brothers, music

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