Jarvis Cocker now editor-at-large

Jarvis Cocker has a new literary role after becoming editor-at-large for a leading publisher.

The Pulp singer and solo star has been given an “open brief” when he takes up the two-year position at Faber & Faber in January. His new gig follows a similar role for the Who guitarist Pete Townshend at Faber in the 1980s.