Pete Doherty and Carl Barât: 'The Libertines were an accident at birth'

It's 10 years since the Libertines released their debut album, Up the Bracket. In this previously unpublished interview from the eve of its release, they talk Britishness, busking and rent-boy sexIt was a crisp autumn day in 2002 when the Libertines arrived back in London to play the penultimate show of a 26-date tour at the 100 Club on Oxford Street. Their debut album Up the Bracket was due to be released in 10 days, and the band were the most talked-about in Britain. Though in a somewhat ragge...

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