For Pete’s sake

After three excellent albums with The Libertines and another three with Babyshambles, Peter Doherty’s status as one of Britain’s premier pop artists is not in doubt.

But that’s only half the story with Doherty – his off the field antics seem to have been taken straight out of the How To Be A Rock Star manual.

Supermodels, drugs and general excess is all part of the Doherty template, but fortunately for fans so is brilliant rock music.

Hamburg Demonstrations is his second album released under his own name, the first being 2009’s acclaimed Grace/Wastelands.Doherty had always wanted to record in Hamburg and turned up unannounced on the doorstep of the Clouds Hills Recordings studio and promptly fell in love with the place basing himself there for the next six months.

The results are a low key, relaxed album which oozes with his ramshackle style and charm, but his songwriting prowess shines throughout.

The album includes a new recording of the wonderful Flags From The Old Regime, which is Doherty’s tribute to another troubled talent Amy Winehouse. Hell To Pay At The Gates Of Heaven is his response to the terror attack in Paris. While he shows his literary leanings with Kolly Kibber, which was inspired by a character from Graham Greene’s book Brighton Rock and A Spy In The House Of Love with its title borrowed from an Anais Nin novel.

Doherty will always be flawed, but his music remains magical. To be in with a chance of winning this album, answer this question: Who was his songwriting partner in The Libertines? Entries to Doherty, Nigel Thornton, Peterborough Telegraph, Unex House - Suite B, Bourges Boulevard, Peterborough, PE1 1NG by December 16.