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All New People

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Review of Zach Braff’s debut stage-comedy, at the Duke of York’s Theatre. — For theartsdesk

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theASHtray, vol.4

Saturday, February 25, 2012

Carry on up the hillbillies, the questionable merits of Aïda, and why the CIA employs so many jazz nerds. — For theartsdesk

Filed in column, Journalism | Tagged Aïda, art, CIA, Egypt, Hamlet, Hieronymus Bosch, jazz, John le Carré, Kings of Leon, opera, plaid, radio, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, theartsdesk, Verdi | Comments (0)

theASHtray, vol.3

Saturday, February 18, 2012

In which Whitney Houston spoils my Valentine’s evening. — For theartsdesk

Filed in column, Journalism | Tagged Alexander McCall Smith, art, David Shrigley, Elizabethans, film, John Banville, Julian Fellowes, literature, Lucian Freud, Minette Walters, music, National Portrait Gallery, Ricky Gervais, Sir Paul McCartney, Terry Pratchett, The Beatles, theartsdesk, Tracy Chevalier, TV, Valentine's Day, Whitney Houston, Yorkshire | Comments (0)

Zona (my other Valentine)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

A Q&A about a book about a film about a journey… ft. Geoff Dyer. — For Guernica

Filed in interview, Journalism | Tagged choc-ices, film, Geoff Dyer, Guernica, literature, Russians, Tarkovsky | Comments (0)

On tennis, Twitter and telly

Monday, February 13, 2012

Out-takes plus trailer for my forthcoming Geoff Dyer Q&A. — For Guernica

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theASHtray, vol.2

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Featuring genre-smashing coverage of Christoph Waltz, Kate Winslet, Roman Polanski, Yasmina Reza, Keira Knightley, David Cronenberg, Chris Addison, George Clooney, Seth MacFarlane, Alison Moyet, Queen, Latin America, Haruki Murakami, Leos Janacek, Saul David (again), and apple desserts. — For theartsdesk

Filed in column, Journalism | Tagged Alison Moyet, Chris Addison, Christoph Waltz, David Cronenberg, George Clooney, Haruki Murakami, Kate Winslet, Keira Knightley, Latin America, Leos Janacek, Queen, Roman Polanski, Saul David, Seth MacFarlane, theartsdesk | Comments (0)

Bullets, Boots & Bandages

Friday, February 10, 2012

Saul David’s surprisingly-watchable army logistics doco, BBC Four. — For theartsdesk

Filed in Journalism, review | Tagged documentary, Saul David, theartsdesk, war | Comments (0)

DNA

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Review of Dennis Kelly’s made-for-GCSE theatre piece. — For theartsdesk

Filed in Journalism, review | Tagged crime, Dennis Kelly, Kingston, theartsdesk, theatre | Comments (0)

theASHtray, vol.1

Saturday, February 4, 2012

In which James Bond, Beyoncé Knowles, WG Sebald, Daniel Craig, Grant Gee, Alain de Botton, Eddie Redmayne and that girl with the dragon tattoo are discussed. — For theartsdesk

Filed in column, Journalism | Tagged Alain de Botton, Beyoncé, Daniel Craig, Eddie Redmayne, film, Germans, Grant Gee, James Bond, literature, music, Sebastian Faulks, Sweden, theartsdesk, TV, war, WG Sebald | Comments (0)

Journalistic confession

Thursday, February 2, 2012

There comes a moment, in the long night of every interview transcript, when you realise you’re actually quite irritated by the number of times you’ve cut the line ‘No, you’re absolutely right.’

Filed in Non-fictions | Tagged Interviews, Journalism, micro-non-fiction | Comments (0)