FOLK BRITANNIA AT BARBICAN - 21st Century Folk Music
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FOLK BRITANNIA provides an idiosyncratic snapshot of British folk music in the 21st century.
A year ago, the festival Jazz Britannia was such a success that the Barbican along with BBC Four are bringing to us this year, a 3 day festival which celebrates the evolution of British folk music from the end of the Second […]
SHOOT THE COMMUNITY? - Shoot the Messenger
I wasn’t privy to the preview of the film ‘Shoot the Messenger’ to a floor full of ‘community leaders’, leading lights, notables and other luminaries…
However, what I have to say was that some organizations like Ligali, who I want to stress, usually do a good job, were quick to do the intellectual jump stating that […]
WORLD CUP 2006 - Diary of a Dirty World Cup
On BBC’s Bias:
The BBC lacked insight and awareness of continental football when dealing with the World-Cup. As did ITV by the way. Luckily the BBC had Leonardo and Desailly to give us much more balanced view on the game. Obviously, they have played in different countries and had the ability to judge different systems, players […]
NICOLA BENEDETTI - Young Musician 2004
17 year old Nicola Benedetti, who became the first Scot to win the BBC Young Musician of 2004, released her debut album recently on one of the most prestigious classical labels in the music industry, Deutsche Grammophon (a subsidiary of Universal Music Group).
The album is regarded as one of the most anticipated recordings of recent […]
THE WHITBREAD BOOK AWARDS 2005
The Whitbread is one of the longest established and esteemed book awards in the UK and celebrates some of the most enjoyable books published in the UK each year across a number of different genres.
There are six awards in total - five category awards (Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children’s) and, from these, one […]
LEIGH LIGHTING - My Aqueous Resonance
The Royal National Theatre eagerly and protectively awaits the title and production of Mike Leigh’s new play, as do we, excited by the mystery and fascination of it all. Will it cause a tempest, flooding the South Bank venue with honour or derision?
“I want you to get an interview with Mike Leigh!” The assertion in […]
SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2005 - Jonathan Coe Wins Non-Fiction
Jonathan Coe is the winner of the £30,000 BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2005 for his book Like a Fiery Elephant: The Story of BS Johnson published by Picador.
B.S. Johnson was a brilliant working-class writer, compared to Joyce and so wedded to innovation that he cut holes in the pages of his novels. […]
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