Poly Styrene News & Updates

"Poly Styrene: I am a Cliche" portrays a pioneer punkstress ahead of her time

You still have a few days left of the MKE Film Festival to catch "Poly Styrene: I am a Cliche" about...

May 18, 2021 • OnMilwaukee

Common plastics soak up ballistic impacts thanks to a cross-linking molecule

With help from a novel cross-linking molecule, MIT chemists have shown they can substantially improv...

Jun 03, 2026 • Phys.org on MSN

Watch the trailer for 'Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché'

New documentary Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché looks and the life of the late singer of iconic UK punk...

Feb 28, 2021 • brooklynvegan

Ghana to ban polystyrene foam products from 2027

The measure covers the making, import, supply, sale and use of these products, referred to as "styro...

May 26, 2026 • Yahoo

A New Documentary Explores the Legacy of Poly Styrene, Punk Pioneer and Fashion Renegade

In 2016, five years after the death of Poly Styrene—the punk legend and trailblazing frontwoman of...

Feb 01, 2022 • Vogue

How Poly Styrene’s Daughter Captured the Punk Trailblazer’s Complicated Life

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Jan 31, 2022 • Yahoo

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché review – riveting take on British punk heroine

The X-Ray Spex singer is revealed as a mystic, rebellious working-class woman of colour in this valu...

Mar 05, 2021 • The Guardian

Poly Styrene: Taking Moral Stances Solo

Poly Styrene stood out in British punk. Female in a male world, heavy in a skinny world, half-Africa...

Apr 25, 2011 • NPR

Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché

This is not a banal or mundane fake-objective music history doc: it's an almost real-time chronicle ...

Feb 24, 2021 • Rotten Tomatoes

Watch the trailer for new documentary about X-Ray Spex’s Poly Styrene

A new documentary surrounding the life of X-Ray Spex’s Poly Styrene has been announced. Titled Pol...

Apr 01, 2017 • NME

US Plastics Pact urged to remove 2 polystyrene items from ‘problematic’ list

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance calls for the changes based on its newly released end market surv...

May 22, 2026 • Yahoo

Polystyrene Recycling Alliance Presents Business Cases for EPS and Rigid Polystyrene Recyclability

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a leading North American coalition advancing innovative p...

May 20, 2026 • Waste Advantage Magazine

Polystyrene Recycling Alliance Releases Business Cases Supporting Material Circularity

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA) has released two business cases challenging the classifica...

May 20, 2026 • PlasticsToday

Polystyrene recycling group cites medical, transport packaging as key end markets

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance is also working with the Mexican Plastics Pact on a PS recycling ...

May 18, 2026 • Yahoo Finance

Poly Styrene's inspiring sensitivity should be the true legacy of punk

Mixed race, with braces on her teeth, Poly broke the mould of UK punk. A new documentary explores he...

Mar 05, 2021 • The Guardian

‘Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché’: Watch exclusive trailer for documentary on late punk icon

A new trailer for the forthcoming Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché documentary is available to watch exc...

Feb 25, 2021 • NME

Why Poly Styrene’s Voice Was Anything But Disposable

Poly Styrene performing with X-Ray Spex at England’s Roxy Club in 1977. Photo: Gus Stewart/Redfern...

Apr 26, 2011 • Vulture

Utopia Picks Up Sales Rights To Glasgow & SXSW Music Doc ‘Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché’ Narrated By Ruth Negga

EXCLUSIVE: U.S. sales firm Utopia has picked up world rights excluding the UK to biographical doc Po...

Feb 23, 2021 • Deadline.com

‘Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché’ Review: An Overdue Close-up

In this new documentary, Poly Styrene’s daughter grapples tenderly with the legacy of her punk roc...

Feb 02, 2022 • The New York Times

Poly Styrene, influential singer for X-Ray Spex, has died

LOS ANGELES — Poly Styrene, whose clarion call, “Oh bondage, up yours!” became the rallying cr...

Apr 25, 2011 • Boston Herald

Punk Legend Poly Styrene’s Untold Fashion Influence

Although the face of punk rock is often represented by white males and their rage and nihilistic att...

May 27, 2021 • W magazine

Rebel Girl: Poly Styrene Was The Feminist Punk Way Ahead Of Her Time

If you’re not familiar with Poly Styrene, otherwise known as Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, then now ...

Apr 08, 2019 • Refinery29