I’ve been reading articles at The Correspondent for a few months now. Episode 13 of _The Idealists_ podcast has an interview with the founding editor – Rob Wijnberg, The Correspondent. Some refreshing views on news and journalism. 🔗
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Posted on February 4, 2020
Walking in London – Finding poetry, politics and more – a Flickr album 📷 🔗
Posted on February 2, 2020
Andy Gill: Gang of Four's genius guitarist who burned a route out of punk 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ Britain’s late 70s provincial punk scenes were seldom places for the faint-hearted, but few were as starkly polarised as that in Leeds.
Posted on January 30, 2020
Tate Modern – Kara Walker: Fons Americanus – review 🔗
Posted on January 29, 2020
Shelley in London: Poland Street 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ Soho is my favourite part of London. I love walking from Oxford Circus to Leicester Square, dipping into Covent Garden.
Posted on January 29, 2020
A visit to St Pancras Old Church: Mary Wollstonecraft, Sir John Soane and Edward Carpue 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ Although I visit the British Library from time to time I always find myself too exhausted or too worried about getting stuck with rush hour crowds to spend an hour or so at St Pancras Old Church.
Posted on January 29, 2020
Mary in Somers Town 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ A few days ago I went exploring, with Chihiro Umegaki, the Japanese historian mentioned earlier, and the Swedish performance designer Asa Norling. (Åsa had read the Scandinavian letters, and commented that Mary hadn’t much liked the Swedes.
Posted on January 28, 2020
Cardiff Bay to Penarth – a Flickr album 📷 🔗
Posted on January 8, 2020
Doors drummer, John Densmore: 'It took me years to forgive Jim Morrison' 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ It took the Doors’ drummer, John Densmore, three years to visit the grave of his bandmate Jim Morrison after he was found dead in a Paris bathtub in 1971. He didn’t even go to the funeral. “Did I hate Jim?” Densmore pauses, although he is not obviously alarmed by the question. “No.
Posted on December 30, 2019
The best movies of 2019 that you haven't seen 🔗 — _Excerpt:_ This quite extraordinary film from the 28-year-old Russian director Kantemir Balagov was a prize-winner in Cannes; in the UK it had three showings at the London film festival and then went straight to the streaming platform Mubi. Everyone should see it.