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Poly Styrene: seven records that define the punk pioneer’s rebel life

The singer’s daughter co-directs Poly Styrene: I am a Cliché, a bittersweet documentary about the X-Ray Spex frontwoman. Here, Celeste Bell tells us about the songs that reflect her legacy and life

Mar 05, 2021

Nick Chen

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Inside unorthodox punk icon Poly Styrene’s wild, day-glo style

Ahead of the launch of a new book and knitwear collection dedicated to the X-Ray Spex founder’s legacy, her daughter Celeste Bell breaks down her pioneering punk aesthetic and its influence on fashion

Mar 29, 2019

Emma Elizabeth Davidson

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Why Poly Styrene is punk’s great lost icon

We speak to the makers of a new documentary about what made the late X-Ray Spex frontwoman such a one-off talent

Apr 29, 2017

Alex Denney

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Feminist punk pioneer Poly Styrene is getting a documentary

The late singer’s daughter is crowdfunding a film that tells the ‘fascinating and sometimes frightening story’ of the legendary frontwoman

Mar 30, 2017

Selim Bulut

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The black punk pioneers who made music history

The rebel icons who defied cultural stereotypes to kickstart a musical revolution

Nov 19, 2015

Daisy Jones

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Poly Styrene: plastic fantastic

X-Ray Spex’s singer recalls stealing bread, being heckled by the Sex Pistols and life as a mixed race kid in 1960’s Britain

Dec 24, 2005

Iphgenia Baal

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