Sep
01
THE GATEKEEPERS
The early days of September always seem a special time of year to me.
There's a freshness in
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Aug
26
SOUL SHUCKER
Maybe it was the location of Provincetown, Cape Cod, that instantly seduced me while watching the Anthony Bourdain biopic Tony
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Aug
24
HEART CANNOT ERASE
He woke up just before dawn, the dark night still heavy in the room like a thick blanket smothering him.
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Aug
04
WINTERREISE IM SOMMER
It seemed an odd yet canny piece of concert programming by the Three Choirs Festival to present Franz Schubert'
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Aug
03
I, MAX
Smokescreen
There's been a lot of talk of late about the format and presentation of movies at cinemas
7 min read
Jul
23
TOO SAD FOR THE HUMAN HEART
There are some films that are almost too sad for the human heart to bear. Fellini's La Strada
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Jul
13
IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME
“If I see my city as beautiful and bewitching, then my life must be so too.”
― Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul: Memories
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Jun
24
GENTLE BE THE BREEZE
So far, during this week's punishing heatwave (at least for most of us uninitiated natives of Britain), coinciding
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Jun
17
THE IBRAHIM CHORDS
Water From An Ancient well
Great musicians take you home, even to places you didn’t know were your home,
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Jun
15
IT'S JIMI, I MEAN RITCHIE
My Tourette's friend always refers to him as "Art Garfunkel Brow", but to me he'
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