Derek Ridgers spent 1977 deep in the back alleys of London, dodging flailing limbs and saliva in the city’s mosh pits in order to capture its then-exploding punk scene with a borrowed camera.

When punk started, I was just a music fan with a borrowed camera. I used to photograph bands by jumping into the photo pit and pretending to be a real photographer – in those days, there was little or ...

The wording in the local newspaper advert is reserved and ever-so-slightly quaint. Due to serious illness, it disclosed, a band had had to cancel ...