Bernard Sumner: 'I went swimming the other day in a mini skirt'

Kraftwerk in pants, and a grade two back'n' sides: there's nothing Bad Lieutenant's Bernard Sumner regrets, he tells Lee GaleHello Bernard, why are you squinting? Have you not seen sunlight for a while?I've been in my home studio for 18 months. It's a tiny room and you're like a vacuum-packed sardine. After six months, you go mad; band members start looking attractive. The kids run in sometimes but the music puts them off.Is Manchester still banging and double top, man?It's a bit gentrified. It'...

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