Blanche Gardin: “Why should you trust a machine?”
Delete History (Effacer l’historique) takes place in a provincial French suburb, where three neighbours are overtaken by the emergence of new technologies and the horrors of social media. Actor, writer and comedian Blanche Gardin plays Marie, one of the neighbours whose own world is overturned by the emergence of a sex tape and those consequences. […]
‘I Am Not A Dog On A Chain’ – Morrissey’s best album (since his last)
‘I Am Not A Dog On A Chain’ – Morrissey. Released 20 March. There’s always been a huge element of mainstream isolation throughout Morrissey’s career, both with The Smiths and then into his solo years. He’s always been a willing outsider, it’s part of the charm. However recent times in particular have seen him alienate […]
Will Self: “Writing definitely became my drug of choice…”
Writer Will Self’s periods of drug addiction are well documented for anyone keen enough to use Google. And anyone familiar with the author should know the best and most public anecdote. That’s the one about getting caught taking smack on John Major’s private jet. His ‘official’, as I’ll call it, ‘addiction’ memoir only came […]
Morrissey’s North American Tour – exclusive photos
All images are by Holden Morrissey @Holden__Morrissey
Method in the sadness: Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq
Michel Houellebecq is an author who masters the art of decline, as well as the art of writing unspeakable and often unlikable truths in a world which is increasingly unwilling to accept such talk. In print he’s been convicted of misogyny, sexism, casual-homophobia, racism and in real life, a charge of hate crime regarding comments […]