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Tending to a room
Forget tradition, since it sure doesn't care about you. Instead, write as a form of home-making.
Mar 20
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James Caig
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February 2024
I can't stop thinking about Lankum...
A band that summons ghosts. Theirs is traditional music made for this moment.
Feb 28
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James Caig
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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
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James Caig
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October 2023
The joy and poetry of Stop Making Sense
What does it all mean? Precisely.
Oct 24, 2023
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James Caig
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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
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James Caig
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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
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James Caig
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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