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Gutter talk with Richard Hawley

Despite the hits and awards such as Arena’s Man of the Year, the Sheffield singer has always looked like the kind of no-nonsense bloke you could go for a pint with, so that’s what Richard Purden did.

Fagan’s is a traditional Sheffield watering hole with a steady flow of regulars. The room may not be smoke-filled, but yellow nicotine stains remain on one punter lightly drumming his fingers aside a pint of the black stuff.