February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
1 post
American TV's hidden gems →
Some of the best US TV shows are extremely difficult to follow in the UK, with weird scheduling and idiosyncratic DVD releases
It can feel like a draining and dispiriting scavenger hunt,…
November 2011
8 posts
Daniel Kahneman: 'We're beautiful devices' →
Called the world’s most important psychologist, Daniel Kahneman inspired the trend for pop-psychology books, won a Nobel in economics and has devoted his life to studying the logic of…
loved The Harder They Come (Deluxe Edition Disc 1)... →
The General Problem →
The artists' artist: street artists →
Five street artists nominate their favourite living artist in their field
Blek Le Rat on Richard Hambleton
I first became aware of Hambleton’s work in Naples in 1984. He doesn’t use…
October 2011
6 posts
loved Silent Shout on Boxee →
Alice Oswald: haunted by Homer →
Alice Oswald thinks The Iliad has been turned into a public school poem that glamorises war. So she has rewritten it – with the footsoldiers as heroes. The poet explains herself to Sarah…
How Yoga Won the West →
Amazon “Punches Apple Hard” With Kindle Fire’s... →
September 2011
1 post
My favourite travel book, by the world's greatest... →
Paul Theroux, William Dalrymple, Kari Herbert, Colin Thubron and many more writers tell us about the travel book that most influenced their own life and work
Colin Thubron
Ionia: a…
August 2011
2 posts
The power of the hoodie →
The hoodie was everywhere during the UK riots. But how did a comfy, utilitarian item of clothing become the ultimate symbol of exclusion and menace?
Feared, derided, misunderstood and still…
May 2011
2 posts
April 2011
1 post
South London's top 10 budget eats →
In the last of his dispatches from London’s best budget eateries, Tony Naylor heads south of the river, picking a variety of tasty venues where you can eat well for under £10 a head Food…
March 2011
1 post
January 2011
8 posts
Bloody Sunday →
District 9 →
Censoring Mark Twain's 'n-words' is unacceptable →
A new edition of Huckleberry Finn expunges its repeated use of ‘nigger’ for understandable reasons, but betrays a great anti-racist novel in the process
So, Mark Twain stays in the news…
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December 2010
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November 2010
3 posts
The "Red Riding" trilogy: '70s England as hell →
October 2009
8 posts
