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Journalist and author David Marsh, former lead singer with The Whatcha-Gonna-Do-About-Its, left the Guardian after 20 years in July 2016 to spend more time with his record collection. He is the author of For Who the Bell Tolls: One Man's Quest for Grammatical Perfection.

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July 2, 2016

This bike isn’t a pipe bomb, officer, honest

Sticker sparks explosive end for punk fan’s bike Police sealed off part of an American university after noticing a sticker on a...

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July 1, 2016

Teacher who saved Lynyrd Skynyrd from calling themselves The Noble Five

Leonard Skinner, the PE teacher who inspired the name of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, has died in Florida. He was 77. Skinner, who had...

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