Sophia Deboick heads to Canvey Island to embark on the annual walk in memory of the band’s late frontman and take in the new exhibition of Dr Feelgood paraphernalia
Blog: ‘I’ll drink to that’ – Tallinn’s Black Celebration of Depeche Mode
The winding medieval streets of Estonia’s capital hold a bit of a surprise for the traveller who hasn’t done their top bars research in advance
Talk: ‘Reach out and touch faith’ – Pilgrimage and fandom, sacred and secular
Guest ‘sermon’ given at Hertford College Chapel, Oxford, at the Choral Evensong service on 21st October, at the invitation of the College Chaplain, Gareth Hughes
Blog: Seaside soul – Discovering Marvin Gaye’s Ostend
An audiovisual walking tour, the Midnight Love Digital Tour, launched earlier this year by Toerisme Oostende, explores Gaye’s time in the town, offering a new view of a music legend and a chance to reflect on the twin issues of pilgrimage and representation in music
The Quietus: Basildon Bond – Depeche Mode & the Essex New Town
Three decades on from the release of their debut album, Sophia Deboick argues that it’s time that Depeche Mode’s home town of Basildon honoured its most famous sons
The Guardian, Face to Faith: The enigma of Saint James
The identity of Saint James has been reinvented many times over two millennia, from Moor-slayer to Spaniard-killer to pilgrim
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