The Face Archive

The angry Irish girl – the Sinéad of the savage crop and mouth to match – is a thing of the past. At 22, Sinéad is discovering the joys of marriage, motherhood and, not least, mysticism. You can hear this in the softer, more spiritual songs written for her new LP. It is, says Sinéad, like being visited by the Holy Ghost…

First up: a Blur cover story from May 1994, in honour of the legendary band announcing their first album in eight years, The Ballad of Darren. You don't wanna miss this...

November 1996: The Spice Girls. You may very well laugh when they say they’re on a mission to empower the women of the world, but more than a million people in Britain appear to believe them. Just who exactly do they think they are?