The moment in last night's concert, which veered from sublime to ridiculous, when Laurie Anderson called Gertrude Stein "the mother of ai". Hmm
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The moment in last night's concert, which veered from sublime to ridiculous, when Laurie Anderson called Gertrude Stein "the mother of ai". Hmm
Went to a shop, bought a novel on publication day (near enough), came home, started reading. Haven't felt this excitement since err... Bleeding Edge. Or when late Roths were coming out. Cherish greatness while we have it and always be a fan.
October 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Went to a shop, bought a novel on publication day (near enough), came home, started reading. Haven't felt this excitement since err... Bleeding Edge. Or when late Roths were coming out. Cherish greatness while we have it and always be a fan.
Wincing the night away
October 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Wincing the night away
My bad picture of a good picture of Leonora Carrington by Kati Horna that I meant to share from an exhibition that closed a couple of weeks ago
September 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
My bad picture of a good picture of Leonora Carrington by Kati Horna that I meant to share from an exhibition that closed a couple of weeks ago
Wincing at details of a choppy 20s then lol at "Torn". From v good Joy is My Middle Name by Sasha Debevec-McKenney via @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Wincing at details of a choppy 20s then lol at "Torn". From v good Joy is My Middle Name by Sasha Debevec-McKenney via @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
I'll read anything Pankaj Mishra publishes but this dismissal ignores that the reason to read said DFW essay is the minutiae of his observations, the comic details from the campaign - staff falling asleep standing up on the bus for eg - and the "indecisiveness" is part of what makes it memorable
September 7, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I'll read anything Pankaj Mishra publishes but this dismissal ignores that the reason to read said DFW essay is the minutiae of his observations, the comic details from the campaign - staff falling asleep standing up on the bus for eg - and the "indecisiveness" is part of what makes it memorable
Last night I left London and went all the way to Luton to see Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band at the @thebearclubluton.bsky.social. They were amazing and deserve to be massive after new album "New Threats from the Soul" so I feel v lucky to have seen a band that great in such an intimate space
August 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Last night I left London and went all the way to Luton to see Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band at the @thebearclubluton.bsky.social. They were amazing and deserve to be massive after new album "New Threats from the Soul" so I feel v lucky to have seen a band that great in such an intimate space
Always knew being tall was a disadvantage
August 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Always knew being tall was a disadvantage
"I'd like to mix in nonsense/ While there's time left/ Before it ends." Endings - personal, American, global - are everywhere in this collection. It's extremely poignant in places but always great fun too
August 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"I'd like to mix in nonsense/ While there's time left/ Before it ends." Endings - personal, American, global - are everywhere in this collection. It's extremely poignant in places but always great fun too
I love this novel. It is calm, mature and profound. It left me bereft. The quote on the back is me in a review of You Don't Have to Live Like This from 10 years ago. I hope the answer is "not anymore"
August 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I love this novel. It is calm, mature and profound. It left me bereft. The quote on the back is me in a review of You Don't Have to Live Like This from 10 years ago. I hope the answer is "not anymore"
Lucy Sparrow's "Bourdon Street Chippy" (a felt fish and chip shop installation) at Lyndsey Ingram gallery is a joy
August 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Lucy Sparrow's "Bourdon Street Chippy" (a felt fish and chip shop installation) at Lyndsey Ingram gallery is a joy
As reparations for being privately educated go this is a good one
July 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
As reparations for being privately educated go this is a good one
Part of Tomaso Binga's "desemanticised writing" series at Donnaregina Contemporary Art Museum in Naples -superb gallery that's open until 8pm on Sundays and gives free entry to journalists
July 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Part of Tomaso Binga's "desemanticised writing" series at Donnaregina Contemporary Art Museum in Naples -superb gallery that's open until 8pm on Sundays and gives free entry to journalists
True that. Andrea Long Chu making the excellent point that the secret of good criticism is time and money. From her forthcoming "Authority: Essays on Being Right"
July 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
True that. Andrea Long Chu making the excellent point that the secret of good criticism is time and money. From her forthcoming "Authority: Essays on Being Right"
NP after that extraordinary Glastonbury set
June 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
NP after that extraordinary Glastonbury set
Finally made it to The Homewood in Esher and all I want to do is fall into its green pool
June 20, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Finally made it to The Homewood in Esher and all I want to do is fall into its green pool
Nice to walk into a bookshop today and discover I'd missed that a great American writer has a new book out
June 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Nice to walk into a bookshop today and discover I'd missed that a great American writer has a new book out
Beyonce live in London tonight. Phenomenal
June 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Beyonce live in London tonight. Phenomenal
Feel a bit winded at just finishing this exceptional first novel about politics, faith, searching in your 20s. Loved the narrator's indifference to the economy crashing: "It couldn't take away what it hadn't given me." Exactly... Don't judge me for the badge (many of us got swept up in that)
June 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Feel a bit winded at just finishing this exceptional first novel about politics, faith, searching in your 20s. Loved the narrator's indifference to the economy crashing: "It couldn't take away what it hadn't given me." Exactly... Don't judge me for the badge (many of us got swept up in that)
In The Looking Glass by Magda Stawarska, a highlight of fine new group exhibition at Lisson Gallery
May 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
In The Looking Glass by Magda Stawarska, a highlight of fine new group exhibition at Lisson Gallery
Who remembers this introduction to that generation? Some were already fairly well known over here when it came out in 2003. A few went on to become stars, others faded, one or two are no longer with us... None are children any more
May 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Who remembers this introduction to that generation? Some were already fairly well known over here when it came out in 2003. A few went on to become stars, others faded, one or two are no longer with us... None are children any more
Perfect pub reading. PM Press doing more vital work with their "Kelman Library", this time with nearly 100 of his v short stories from across five decades
May 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Perfect pub reading. PM Press doing more vital work with their "Kelman Library", this time with nearly 100 of his v short stories from across five decades
Happy Spring Equinox. I'm having a great time reading these incendiary and indelible poems each morning
March 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Happy Spring Equinox. I'm having a great time reading these incendiary and indelible poems each morning
Enjoyed getting looks reading this on public transport and trying to figure out which side they were coming from. Still think PM better over 6000w than 60 but this retains plenty of power of the lecture it was based on and goes deeper. And thank god someone's doing it
March 14, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Enjoyed getting looks reading this on public transport and trying to figure out which side they were coming from. Still think PM better over 6000w than 60 but this retains plenty of power of the lecture it was based on and goes deeper. And thank god someone's doing it