Archive - More News From Nowhere

Tending to a room

Forget tradition, since it sure doesn't care about you. Instead, write as a form of home-making.

Mar 20 •

February 2024

I can't stop thinking about Lankum...

A band that summons ghosts. Theirs is traditional music made for this moment.

Feb 28 •

January 2024

On the edge of the labyrinth

Aerial by Kate Bush turned 18 late last year. It has a lot to tell us about how to live as a grown-up.

Jan 26 •

October 2023

The joy and poetry of Stop Making Sense

What does it all mean? Precisely.

Oct 24, 2023 •

Playing with the horror of the world

Voyeurism, Bond and the perverse appeal of Aphex Twin. All part of life, according to Freud.

Oct 3, 2023 •

September 2023

Zadie Smith says don't worry about it

Yesterday I asked Zadie Smith a question. From the sixth row, I put my hand up to receive the roving mic. Thanks for reading More News From Nowhere…

Sep 8, 2023 •

August 2023

Words and ripples - the story of A Longing Look

I was recently asked to submit "a thing you made" as part of a tender. So I did what I'd been meaning to do for years - write the story of A Longing…

Aug 24, 2023 •

April 2023

The model citizen

Just before Easter, I took a day trip and magic happened. Here's how an exhibition, an event and a book seemed to speak as one, pointing the way to a…

Apr 21, 2023 •

March 2023

The ceaseless flow of Screamadelica: a symphony in three parts

This is a long piece on memory and music and the tricks we play on ourselves. It's about being young, ageing, and having faith that the art you need…

Mar 31, 2023 •

December 2022

Returning to myself

It's been months since I've written here. But a performance of Joni Mitchell's music by Eska and the Nu Civilisation Orchestra was too good not to write…

Dec 13, 2022 •

April 2021

What do you read a book with?

“The laughs come hard in Auld Lang Syne,” sang the Beach Boys, bitterly, and from experience by the sounds of it. In a song called Surf’s Up, from an…

Apr 8, 2021 •

March 2021

Time is a flat circle

Do you remember True Detective? The one with Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. The one set in the Deep South where Woody Harrelson and Matthew…

Mar 12, 2021 •

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