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theASHtray, vol.9

Saturday, March 31, 2012

Read, watch and listen: climate-change, Maldivian politics, Jon Shenk, Mohammed Nasheed, Radiohead, Start the Week, Anne McElvoy, Geoff Dyer, Paul Farley, Andrei Tarkovsky, Tristram Shandy, Werner Herzog, Liz Mermin, large hadron colliders, Scott Waugh, Mouse McCoy, Act of Valor, Navy Seals, John McCain, Facebook, blockbusters, Aung San Suu Kyi, Burma, pianos, Clementi, Mozart, Telemann, and […]

Filed in column, Journalism | Also tagged Americans, Andrei Tarkovsky, Anne McElvoy, Aung San Suu Kyi, blockbusters, Burma, Clementi, climate-change, Facebook, Foreign Affairs, Geoff Dyer, John McCain, Jon Shenk, large hadron collider, Liz Mermin, Mohammed Nasheed, Mouse McCoy, Mozart, Navy Seals, Paul Farley, piano, politics, radio, Radiohead, Scott Waugh, Start the Week, Telemann, The Independent, the Maldives, theartsdesk, Tristram Shandy, Werner Herzog | Comments (0)

theASHtray, vol.7

Saturday, March 17, 2012

From the arts desk at the end of the universe, reflections on Douglas Adams, Erwin Schrödinger, Joseph Kony, YouTube, Ian McKellen, Stephen Fry, Bilbo Baggins, Saul Zaentz, trademark and copyright law, Lewis Hyde, Amy Winehouse, Florence Welch, Queens of the Stone Age, MUSE, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård, and the many and various meanings of Liff. […]

Filed in column, Journalism | Also tagged Africa, Amy Winehouse, Bilbo Baggins, comedy, Douglas Adams, Erwin Schrödinger, Florence Welch, Ian McKellen, Joseph Kony, law, Lewis Hyde, literature, MUSE, music, Pierce Brosnan, Queens of the Stone Age, Saul Zaentz, Spotify, Stellan Skarsgård, Stephen Fry, theartsdesk, YouTube | Comments (0)

theASHtray, vol.6

Saturday, March 10, 2012

This week delving into the mysteries of Blood Cars, the Olympics, the (very) near future, the poppiest of pop literature, Antarctic exploration, organ donation – of both the voluntary and involuntary sort – and questionable legal defences in late-C.20th Caribbean culture. — For theartsdesk

Filed in column, Journalism | Also tagged Captain Scott, comedy, dolphins, Hugh Bonneville, Jim O'Loughlin, Marc Haynes, McSweeney's, music, Olympics, radio, sex, theartsdesk, Vaughan Williams | Comments (0)

War Horse: (a tangent to) the real story

Monday, March 5, 2012

Channel Four runs with variation on Michael Morpurgo’s dubious theme – reviewed. — For theartsdesk

Filed in Journalism, review | Also tagged horses, literature, Michael Morpurgo, Steven Spielberg, theartsdesk, theatre, TV, war | Comments (0)

theASHtray, vol.5

Saturday, March 3, 2012

In which we hear more about Klinghoffer, camp terrorism, vultures, fake boobs, Cape Town, Debussy, The West Wing, and the aftermath of sex with Willie Nelson. — For theartsdesk

Filed in column, Journalism | Also tagged Alan Rickman, Cantona, Debussy, Denzel Washington, ENO, hairdressers, Israel, John Adams, Maeterlinck, Mallarmé, opera, Palestine, Ricardo Darin, Ryan Reynolds, South Africa, theatre, TV, Vincent Cassel, Willie Nelson, Zach Braff | Comments (0)

theASHtray, vol.3

Saturday, February 18, 2012

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

Filed in column, Journalism | Also tagged Alexander McCall Smith, art, David Shrigley, Elizabethans, 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 | Also tagged choc-ices, Geoff Dyer, Guernica, literature, Russians, Tarkovsky | 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 | Also tagged Alain de Botton, Beyoncé, Daniel Craig, Eddie Redmayne, Germans, Grant Gee, James Bond, literature, music, Sebastian Faulks, Sweden, theartsdesk, TV, war, WG Sebald | Comments (0)

A Ghanaian election

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

How much do you remember about the Ghanaian presidential run-off of 2008? Hm? No? Fair enough. Me neither. And there’s a reason for that. But Jarreth Merz does. The Swiss documentary-maker spent three hectic months on the campaign trail, the better that we might understand – and he’s put it all down in his film, […]

Filed in Journalism, review | Also tagged Africa, Ghana, Jerry Rawlings, politics, theartsdesk | Comments (0)

Alexandray Dumb-ass

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Abysmal 3D remake of The Three Musketeers, reviewed. — For theartsdesk

Filed in Journalism, review | Also tagged Dumas, France, Matthew Macfadyen, Orlando Bloom, Ray Stevenson, theartsdesk | Comments (0)