Two middle schoolers coping with the unexpected find comfort in each other’s presence in this uplifting novel from Stout (Anatomy of Lost Things). Upon starting sixth grade, Nigel Binty and his best ...

Forty-six years ago (doesn’t time fly!) XTC famously made plans for Nigel as they only wanted what’s best for him. The song, released in 1979, was written by bassist Colin Moulding in response to his ...

Steelmaking in the UK has been in decline for a long time — so long that even the 1979 XTC hit Making Plans for Nigel, which envisioned its subject having his future “as good as sealed” with a job at ...