In this month’s The Word, I interview war reporting colossus, author and columnist Max Hastings
In today’s Guardian, I write about the power and impact of the band t-shirt in
My cover interview with Rosamund Pike, for In Style magazine, is on newsstands today. She
On Monday night, I saw Tony Bennett at the London Palladium. My review for The
My Band T-Shirt, the website I founded with my lovely friend Ian Wade, gets its
My first ever favourite band, REM, split up yesterday. So I did what any fan
For my second Vanishing Points column for Caught By The River, I write about wild,
In this month’s Word Magazine, I interview Peter Gabriel. He talks about making music at
My interview with the lovely King Creosote and Jon Hopkins, co-creators of the gorgeous, Mercury-nominated
More Dolly Parton: my 20 minutes with the unfathomable country goddess is now up on
I’ve started writing a new column for the wonderful Caught By The River website, called
In this month’s issue of The Word Magazine, I interview Tony Bennett. I spoke to
My mega-interview with Dolly Parton – yes, that Dolly Parton – is in the new
In this month’s Elle, I interview Justin Timberlake in New York. He told me a
Today on The Guardian online, I write about my favourite album, New Order’s Power, Corruption
My two gorgeous days at the Cambridge Folk Festival, featuring an incredible performance from Mr
In this month’s The Word Magazine, I interview the brilliant painter, writer, designer and bon
In my regular series, Eccentric Pieces That I Write For National Newspapers, here’s my latest
Simon Reynolds’ new book about the all-consuming presence of the past, Retromania, reviewed, by me,
My piece on the Arctic Monkeys’ big breakthrough – including interviews with lovely insiders –
I’m back! And here’s Guy Garvey, the nicest man in rock, interviewed by me in
Reader, I married him. What it’s like to have a real wedding on the
In this month’s Red Magazine, just after Jennifer Aniston (naturally), I write about my
In this month’s The Word, I interview former Daily Mail columnist and Telegraph Chief Interviewer
What links Hot Chip, This Heat and Betty Boo? About Group do. I interview them
I’ve started up a blog with my lovely friend Ian Wade – fellow music writer, and
Mirrorballs, catwalks, waistcoat-removal prompting wolf-whistles…and Elbow reviewed in Cardiff International Arena, by me, in today’s
Adele Blue Adkins from Tottenham is now number 1 in the USA, and number 1
At the start of a new year, it’s still winter, the season of mist and
Goodbye November, then, and farewell to my strangest month of articles for some time. First
Another month larking about in the murk of rock and pop. To bring things right
August’s long holiday and a considerable house move meant that I’ve somewhat neglected my updates
This week, I’ve had two very different political interviews published: one with the old face
News just in: I’ve reviewed Kylie Minogue’s eleventh album, Aphrodite, for The Quietus (http://thequietus.com/articles/04544-kylie-minogue-aphrodite-album-review). It’s
A Friday update. Firstly, I interviewed the blue-eyed, rumble-tummied, sledgehammering pop shaman himself – Peter
Over on The Quietus, I write many, many words about my beloved Black Box Recorder
Last week’s busy activity in a nutshell: (1) Being Jo Whiley’s guest on her brand
In the last week, I’ve been to Minehead and Manchester, interviewed Richard Herring and Cherry
Shout, weep and fight your way through all the pictures of David Cameron in today’s
Last week, I interviewed Joanna Newsom for The Guardian in a tiny hotel bar full
In today’s Guardian, you’ll find my mammoth feature on music teachers whose bedraggled old pupils
My Lines Made By Walking series for Caught By The River continues this week with
I’m back! Bonjour. And here’s the second interview transcription from my recent angry women in
Am on holiday (sort of) now until next Wednesday, in French France. Lovely. I am
This eerie children’s book from the late 1960s – after which, yes, The Cure named
First things first. My new website, where the work I’ve done recently will be shown
My interview with 2008 X-Factor fourth-placer – who just might become this year’s best new
Here they are – starting with JJ herself. (And if you’ve just arrived here, hello
