Jarvis Cocker: 'Music has changed. It's not as central, it's more like a scented candle'

On a visit to his former school in Sheffield, the Pulp frontman talks about youth, fame and the changing face of popAnyone trying to spot the pop star in a Sheffield comprehensive school staff room two Mondays ago would have been unlikely to choose the lanky, middle-aged man in a tweed jacket and thick spectacles. Even back in the 90s, when Jarvis Cocker was the star of the Britpop band Pulp, everyone used to say he looked like a geography teacher – and he certainly looks less like a pop star ...

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