REVIEW: MOHAMMED HANIF
Copy: The Observer 24/10/11 >>Some of you may have seen the interview I did with Mohammed for The National. There’s a link here, if not. And off the back of that, here’s a nice big […]
THE NATIONAL
THE MAN WHO CHANGED MUSIC?
As a former editor of MP3 Magazine (yes, it did exist) it felt right to muse on Steve Jobs’ death in The National. If the iPod had come out a year earlier, perhaps we might […]
LIVERPOOL ARABIC ARTS FESTIVAL
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 […]
RASHID RANA’S TOWERING ACHIEVEMENT
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 […]
Interview: Patrick deWitt for the Booker
It’s the Booker prize this week, which of course means the attendant controversy – this time focussing on that terrible crime: the books being too readable. I’ve read three of the list now – Esi […]