The Oldie

GOLDEN OLDIES-

The Rolling Stones have been together for longer than I've been on this earth, but they don't seem remotely interested in Guinness World Records about longevity. They care only about their 24th album, out on 20th October.

It's called (the slang for what results after your windscreen or shop window is smashed into a million glinting shards of glass in the East End). It was announced by a small display advertisement for a fake glass-repair company ‘est 1962’ – the year the band was founded by Brian Jones – in the

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