Adelle Stripe Awards 2011

Thought it was about time I scraped together a list of the some of the finest things that have passed through my orbit this year. In no particular order…   Continue reading →

September Reading List

As I Ride With No Horse, Battant, CD The Road to Los Angeles, John Fante Bruce McLean, Mel Gooding Other Voices, Truman Capote Savage Messiah, Laura Oldfield Ford Chavs: The Continue reading →

Art Has No Frontiers

It has been an incredibly busy summer so far. Over the past month I’ve been to London (to the Tate’s summer party), the Vorticist show (where Epstein’s terrific Rock Drill Continue reading →

Some Dead Druid Lyre

Back in 1998 I listened to Julian Cope, reading from his latest book, The Modern Antiquarian, at a bookshop in Leeds. It was one of those chance readings that had Continue reading →