Take a look at him now: Phil Collins delivers his life story

Unfashionable musicians get critically rehabilitated all the time – but not Collins

Music Memoir: Not Dead Yet, By Phil Collins, Century, €20

Phil Collins is the cultural pariah who other cultural pariahs call The Guv’nor, and it’s been that way for some time. Admitting to a fondness for his work is like opining that you think Donald Trump has been treated disgracefully by the media. Unfashionable musicians get critically rehabilitated all the time – Daryl Hall, Gary Numan, Fleetwood Mac, even Leo Sayer – but ...