May 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
First published by Standpoint magazine May 2015 In 2013 Lord Glasman of Stoke Newington and Stamford Hill was giving a lecture at the Vatican. He was expecting to speak to a handful of intellectuals. Hundreds of people turned up, including, in the third row, a man...
Apr 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
Sufjan Stevens, No Shade in the Shadow of The Cross The New Basement Tapes, Lost on the River #20 Typhoon, Postscript Will Butler, Anna Odetta and Larry, Old Cotton Fields At Home Yo La Tengo, Pablo & Andrea Hollow Talk, Choir of Young Believers Bifrost Arts Psalm...
Mar 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
First published in The Spectator, 28th March 2015 I took a trip to Hollywood because I’m a budding screenwriter. ‘Budding’ in this context means ‘unsuccessful’. Here’s Tennessee Williams on being an unsuccessful writer: ‘A life of clawing and scratching along a sheer...
Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
I’m excited about this one: some new discoveries as well as some classics. Enjoy! The Headlocks – Dream While You’re Awake Interpol – Hands Away Vampire Weekend – Worship You Alt J – The Gospel of John Hurt Kansas City – Marcus Mumford (Basement Tapes) Radiohead...
Nov 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
First published by The American Conservative on 13th November 2014 G.K. Chesterton offers a non-statist vision for economic and social change that’s still relevant in the age of the iPhone. I’m not holding out for a Red October 2017, but neither am I happy...
Oct 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
New album by Lia Ices and Alt J’s new offering are blowing my mind right now! And I’m going through a serious Arctic Monkeys/Black Keys rock-fest… Enjoy! Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know? The Black Keys – Gotta Get Away Lia Ices – Higher Al J – Nara...
