JON SAVAGE is a longtime contributor to Esquire and the author of numerous books on pop and youth culture, including the definitive account of punk, England’s Dreaming. His new book, The Secret Public: How LGBTQ Resistance Shaped Popular Culture (1955-1979), will be published by Faber on 6 June. For this issue, he writes about Oasis.
‘POPTIMISM’, PAGE 80
WILL SELF is an Esquire editor-at-large and the author of numerous works of fiction, including the trilogy Umbrella, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Shark and Phone.
‘FEELING SLIGHTLY RUFF’, PAGE 71
FINLAY RENWICK, Esquire’s former deputy style editor, works for Drake’s, the men’s outfitter.
‘THE GRIT FACTOR’, PAGE 104
JESSE LAITINEN’S photography has appeared in Vogue Italia and Luncheon magazine.
‘GOING UNDERGROUND’, PAGE 138
MICHAEL DONKOR’S writing has appeared in…
