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Remembering David Bowie

Deborah Levy: ‘Reality was so dull. Bowie gave us glitter and stardust’

Deborah Levy recalls how David Bowie transformed her suburban youth

Thursday, 8 January 2026

BBC Radio’s week of Bowie

The Thin White Duke dominates the airwaves for a week of tributes, featuring interviews, ghostly archival footage and a new Labyrinth-inspired radio drama

Thursday, 8 January 2026

What to read to understand Bowie

Three books that explore the life, literary tastes and larkiness of the enigmatic starman

Thursday, 8 January 2026

David Bowie, remembered by Gail Ann Dorsey

In a tribute published in The Observer in 2016, bassist Gail Ann Dorsey remembers her ‘wacky and wondrous’ band leader

Thursday, 8 January 2026

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