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Zimbabwe Part One: Meet Harare International Arts Festival
The band and I have played at many festivals and events all around the world, but there is nothing quite life Hifa (Hara International Arts Festival), Zimbabwe. Steve, Alan and I were in for one of the...
View ArticleAdventures on the Road
I'm still on tour with my show "Sane New World" where I've zigzagged across and up and down the UK and Ireland and Wales and have never been happier, in spite of the four hour train journeys between...
View ArticleFootball Is More Than Just a Game - Soccer Aid Can Help Change Children's Lives
This is set to be a blockbuster summer for football, with the upcoming World Cup causing excitement and anticipation all over the world. For the players involved, and the travelling fans, it's likely...
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Eurovision 2014: Ones to Watch
Eurovision officially kicks off on Tuesday 6 May at 8pm UK time from Copenhagen with the first semi-final. To help you through the semis and Saturday's Grand Final, I've picked my ones to watch...
View ArticleIs Patience Making a Comeback?
We're constantly being bombarded with the same messages about our behaviour that we have no time to take in. We're apparently in need of immediate gratification, we're always time poor and we need to...
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Aakash Odedra: Man in Flight
The legendary ballet dancer Margot Fontaine once said that dance communicates with people in a way that no other art form can, and it's true, dance has the ability to tap into the deepest recesses of...
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Watch: The Incredible New Video From We Cut Corners
Stream Think Nothing, the critically acclaimed new album from Irish band We Cut Corners, available at this SoundCloud link 'Blue' We Cut Corners from The Delphi Label on Vimeo. Love and violence...
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Little Barrie Rock The Big Apple
They like their music in New York City. It's the crucible of North America and has been the destination for every major cultural exodus. Part charnel house, part cauldron, it's the city of cities where...
View ArticleDance Gets the X Factor
So Simon Cowell is on the hunt for the world's next super star DJ. No surprise there. What modern day impresario wouldn't want a piece of the EDM action? That's Electronic Dance Music for those of you...
View ArticleEurovision Final 2014: The (un)Official Scorecard
The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 is nearly upon us. This year's final is on Saturday 10 May and comes live from Copenhagen - featuring last year's Danish winners, PLUS the beardy one off...
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Stepping Out From the Shadows
On the first really sunny day of spring, I am sitting here pondering darkness; I'm attempting to describe being a 'songwriter stepping out from the shadows to release my own album'. Some incredible...
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East and West Are Joined in a Celebration of 'Love & Peace'
This past winter, the Today Art Museum in Beijing welcomed a brand-new solo show of my latest paintings and sculptures, called Wonderland. It was such an incredible experience: Wonderland was the...
View ArticleThe Work of Don McCullin
This weekend I was delighted to welcome Don McCullin to the Marrakech Museum of Photography and Visual Arts. Don McCullin has long been considered a pioneer in the art of photojournalism, and has been...
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The Cursed Twins of Madagascar
Meeting the unluckiest woman in Madagascar changed my views on motherhood forever. Despite standing almost 6ft tall, Carolin ducks her eyes when she smiles, shyness getting the better of her. She hides...
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Film Review - Frank - Offbeat, quirky, surreal and unique
Artificial Eye/Curzon Film World Director: Lenny Abrahamson Cast: Michael Fassbender, Domhall Gleeson, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Scoot McNairy Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery Language: English Country of...
View ArticleSurrealism? It's Mostly About Sex, Says Peter Capaldi
A lobster on a telephone, a clock that seems to have melted. These are some of the most famous images of the movement known as 'Surrealism', but what are they all about? Sex, mostly, explains the Dr...
View ArticleThe Big Diversity Debate Again
I am pleased to see that diversity is on the agenda after actor Lenny Henry proposed new measures to increase the representation of BAME groups in the TV industry in his speech at the BAFTA awards. But...
View ArticleCut Gwenyth Some Slack: No Fault Divorce Is the Future
Each case and each divorce is unique. None has provoked such a uniquely vitriolic reaction as the headlines that have been spinning for the past few weeks on Gwyneth Paltrow's request on her website...
View ArticleAn Extreme Beginner's Guide to Composing Movie Scores
Way back in the rainy summer of 2010 - when Wikileaks was busy leaking, a volcano in Iceland was busy erupting and Gordon Brown was busy packing - my old university chum Damian Samuels contacted me to...
View Article'Married At First Sight': Will Channel 4's New TV Show Live Happily Ever After?
Channel 4 have just announced a new television series which they describe - in the hyperbole we've come to expect from them - as "a groundbreaking social experiment". The series is called Married at...
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