Saturday, 24 January 2015

Politics for Ask Men

My weekly politics column for Ask Men goes live every Thursday/Friday. You can read them all in one place, here.

Jason Becker for Red Bull

My long feature/interview with Jason Becker appeared on Red Bull's site. Becker was the teen heavy metal prodigy who was struck down by ALS (a kind of muscular dystrophy) in his early twenties and despite paralysis and the other constraints of the disease, has continued to make music. Read the piece here.

The search for the Doves Type

My long feature on the four year quest to redesign, rebuild and eventually dredge up the long lost Doves Type was in the Sunday Times magazine in January. Visit Typespec for more information and to buy the font, and read the story behind the Times' paywall for £1 here.

HOUSE issue 31

I edited the winter issue of HOUSE for Soho House. The retrospective issue, featuring cover star Sam Taylor-Johnson.

Contemporary art latest

Loads of new articles by me up at Artphaire, including pieces on Ryoji Ikeda, Chris Ofili, Eve Arnold and Jockum Nordstrum.

Bluffer's Guide

I have been writing various pieces for the excellent new Bluffer's website on everything from Hamas to Vladimir Putin.

Features for Esquire Weekly

I contributed some essays to various issues of Esquire Weekly. One on the cultural genius of AC/DC and another on the future of employment, which made the magazine's cover.

Teenage punk for Town Quarterly

My first person essay about my teenage obsession with Crass, animal rights and anarcho-punk appeared in the latest issue of Town Quarterly.£5, out now.

HOUSE issue 30

I edited the autumn issue of House magazine for Soho House. It's a technology special and you can read it here.