“I don’t think Ian’s wife came ... to lose every bone in his body and was like a rag doll.” Two days later, on Easter Sunday and back at home in Macclesfield, Curtis took an overdose ...

and the prospect of escaping from Manchester for a few weeks was enticing – not least to Ian Curtis who, away from his wife, Deborah, could live openly with Annik Honoré, a Belgian girl he had ...