Bona Contention
Len Brown, Vox, November 1990
Morrissey could probably have done without the last year, and there's a been a few none too kind hacks and hackettes who say we could do without him. The much more solicitous Len Brown shares a cup of rosy with the hero of bed-sit land who is quite happy not being part of the mancy crowd, not playing with Johnny Marr and not having a whippet.
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