Nadine Shah: ‘My personal life was so awful I wanted to escape’

Whether on Syria, Trump or her own life, Nadine Shah’s darkly powerful post-punk holds little back. With her third album up for the Mercury prize, the outspoken Tynesider talks Brexit, the Bad Seeds and toxic relationshipsThe seaside town of Whitburn, South Tyneside, is best known as the birthplace of various 1920s footballers and the place where Lewis Carroll wrote The Walrus and the Carpenter. But that has changed since a local musician made it on to the Mercury music prize shortlist. ...

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