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theASHtray, vol.3

Saturday, February 18, 2012

In which Whitney Houston spoils my Valentine’s evening.

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For theartsdesk

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Zona (my other Valentine)

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

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

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For Guernica

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On tennis, Twitter and telly

Monday, February 13, 2012

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

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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.

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For theartsdesk

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Bullets, Boots & Bandages

Friday, February 10, 2012

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

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For theartsdesk

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DNA

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

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

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For theartsdesk

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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.

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For theartsdesk

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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.’

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Shooty-shooty-shouty-shouty (and a little bit of FHM)

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Reviewing Channel 5 on patrol in Royal Marines: Mission Afghanistan.

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For theartsdesk

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After Wood (after Sebald)

Friday, January 27, 2012

… and it was here, while re-reading an article by the American critic James Wood on the oneiric nature of the writings of ‘Max’ Sebald, that I found myself impressed more and more by the feeling that it was in fact Wood himself who had at least once previously caused me to look up the word ‘oneiric’.

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