journalism
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The rise of social gaming: Morning Star column 24/10/2015
A GROUP of young men are gathered around a screen. On it, a small spaceship piloted by a young anime-style girl is scrolling from left to right, skilfully avoiding a barrage of laser fire and enemy ships unleashing a quite staggering amount of weaponry. The boss — a huge, flying battleship — hoves into view, Read more
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Has Doctor Who lost its edge? Morning Star column 30/09/2015
IT’S the story of a suspiciously human-looking alien. With a magic box. Travelling through space and time. Having adventures. You’ve probably seen it. I’m talking Doctor Who here, as series I love. Though it may not be that important in the cosmic scheme of things, it’s a jewel in the BBC’s crown which is adored Read more
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The Bluetones at the London Forum 24/09/15: Morning Star column 6/10/2015
AT THE pub in the back streets of London’s Kentish Town, The Bluetones — due to play at the Forum across the road — are at the next table. It’s as good way as any of knowing that a band aren’t due on stage yet. The Bluetones are back. Had they ever gone away? The Read more
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Aama Volume 4: You Will be Glorious, My Daughter: Morning Star column 13/10/2015
AN AMNESIAC man wakes up in a desolate landscape. As he focuses his unexpectedly perfect eyes — wasn’t he near sighted? — a gorilla wearing a satchel appears over the horizon. From the waist down, the robot has human legs. The gorilla is delighted to see him, then worried that he can’t remember a thing. Read more
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Drawing the Line at Cressingham Gardens: Morning Star column 20/10/15
“We’ve got family around us, and mum doesn’t want to move.” “We’ve got a support group in the area…” I’m sat on a paving slab in Cressingham Gardens estate, south London, trying but largely failing to sketch a vista that has far too much going on for my limited artistic talents. I’m at Drawing The Read more
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Cosmonauts exhibition, Science Museum: Morning Star column 27/10/2015
“Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle forever.” If you’re a child of the space race who grew up in the West, a visit to the Science Museum’s Cosmomauts exhibition is both familiar and otherworldly. There it all is again, the wonder and the strangeness, the future dreams and Read more
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Morning Star arts column
I’ve started writing regularly for the Morning Star. Some would argue it’s a column. Others would say it’s just a means to ensure that I make myself go and experience at least one new thing per week, which is important when you’re at an age when it’s easy to luxuriate in old certainties. So far Read more
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I understand guns in the A&R office: Cornershop interview for the Morning Star
I did an ickle fanzine interview with the wonderful Tjinder Singh, initially for the Park Hill Confidential fanzine we did for Tokyo. Unfortunately we got the copy slightly too late, but I reworked it a bit and sent it to those redoubtable socialists at the Morning Star. It’s in today’s edition – you’ve still got Read more
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