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The July issue featured articles on The Salford Lads’ Club upgrade and Mozoscopes by astrologer Jessica Adams. Fans are invited to write, suggest story ideas or supply illustrations at [email protected]

Salford Lads’ Club recently marked the passing of Andy Rourke with fan tributes at the door.

There are many new tributes to The Smiths as Morrissey prepares for a sold-out tour.

Gareth Roberts, writing in The Spectator, contributed a recent article called ‘What the Smiths’ critics don’t get’ on the 40th anniversary of Hand In Glove.

Paul Asplin’s unique perspective on The Smiths in London arrives in a new book, Did I Really Walk All This Way? It features four Smiths-themed walks in London. There are also unseen photographs of the band. Buy it here with a new take from Stephen Street. And – Buckingham Palace is just one place on the map. The Queen Is Dead, indeed.