Morning Star columns
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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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