The Face Archive

In 1995, for his debut FACE cover – his first ever solo interview – we called him The Wild One. For his second, in 1999, he was our hater-battling Man of the Year, with the bloodied nose to prove it. Now he’s here for a third encounter, as a Better Man – and as a chimp.

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?