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Sylvia Patterson

Sylvia Patterson is one of pop journalism’s best-known voices. She joined Smash Hits as Staff Writer aged 20 during its mid-late 80s heyday when it sold a million copies a fortnight. Life thereafter as an acclaimed freelancer has seen her sprinkle irreverence throughout NME, The Face, Guardian Guide, The Observer, Sunday Times, Interview, The Word, Q and Glamour. She’s also the only writer to have penned sleeve-notes to the greatest hits of both Take That and Oasis. Because that’s how she rolls (with it).
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