The news that Ridley Scott agreed to direct a follow-up to his sci-fi classic Blade Runner will comfort fans who feared a quick-buck travesty. “It’ll certainly be fascinating to see what the “new, exciting direction” […]
The acclaim from the movie The Wrestler did more than simply win Marisa Tomei the smattering of high-profile roles she’s promoting this month: with that role, she was seen to champion the middle-aged woman in […]
Nice obituary in The National of one of my favourite painters, including an obligatory shoehorned-in reference to East Anglia. “Lucian Freud was a still a teenager when he learnt arguably his most important lesson in […]
The annual festival in Liverpool seemed particularly timely this year, with the Arab Spring cropping up in nearly every conversation. Here’s a nice little snapshot of my time there, in The National. “I’d love people […]
Copy: The National, 18/10/2011 >>Rashid Rana is the star of the show at the Asia Triennial Manchester, and the Pakistani artist deserves such attention. After really enjoying this retrospective, I spoke to him as he […]