Thanks to my colleague Tomi Isaacs for alerting me to Charlie Brooker’s fine parody of the typical television news report. … More
Month: January 2010
Nick Drake, a man out of time
Of course there’s something remarkable about the fact that an evening of music by a singer who died thirty-five years … More
Satire makes a comeback
The Conservative David Cameron posters are just asking to be parodied, and sure enough, at the mydavidcameron site people are … More
Love and power
When I visited the eco-village at Kew Bridge, I noticed this quote painted by the gate. For the past six … More
We want Miles
Anyone who’s interested in jazz knows that the shadow of Miles Davis falls right across the jazz world of the … More
From Imre to Imrie
When you learn about screenwriting, as I did a few years back, you learn that most Hollywood films, and many … More