E o mundo abrisse já, por sua vez, asas e petalas
It’s almost too much. I’ve been back from Brazil for a fortnight. It’s been perhaps less than 4 weeks since I last drank – but it feels...
top of page
BLOG
Search
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
found in a spring clean: le déjeuner sur le beau
It’s weird stumbling across a cache of photos. It’s like opening a chamber in the head and letting an army of activity out. A boyfriend...
2 views0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Belle & Sebastian
Belle & Sebastian Simon had free tickets, so we went to the B&S gig at the Astoria. Heard their first album in Berlin, years ago. But to...
1 view0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20193 min read
Ulysses on british rail
Ulysses on British Rail Been wrapped up in a cyclone of work lately. My heart sank fathoms when I got my schedule for this summer. 25...
4 views0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
the chomondeleys and the featherstonehaughs
They’ve been hovering on my dance consciousness for years. ‘Oh yes, those all-male, all-female types with the tricksy names’. (You...
3 views0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20190 min read
1 view0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
Mindsprings has Podded
After a bit of technical head-scratching, I think the Mindsprings Podcast page is up and running. Hurrah! You can to subscribe through...
2 views0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Benjamin Grosvenor is God
Benjamin Grosvenor is God In many ways the ungraspable fluidity of music – the fact that dwelling too long on one musical moment fatally...
5 views0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
The Cockettes
The Cockettes More proof that BBC4 is a wild and wonderful treasure chest. Happened upon the start of this gorgeous hour-and-a-half long...
1 view0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
the sublime of the puppet
I was feeling a bit floaty and spaced after my therapy session and didn’t really want to go across town to Battersea but I’m glad I did....
2 views0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Cover Versions
Went with Sara to a concert at Kings Place where amongst others, we heard this amazing piece by Tom Adès, atomising Couperin into sticky...
1 view0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Insomnia
I can remember the times I’ve not been able to sleep on one open hand. Usually I can sleep anywhere – planes, trains, sitting up, lying...
2 views0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20190 min read
2 views0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20194 min read
Brexit is important because it’s a closing-in of the British mind that we should all fear.
I don’t usually write about political things on here although as the years pass I find myself moving to a more radical and left-wing view...
2 views0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
holy islander
So in love with the Island . I landed there one June to do a tai chi course and was so bowled over by serenity and happiness of the Monks...
3 views0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20195 min read
WHAT HOUSE: Mexican Style
I’m just back from a filming trip to Mexico and as well as having an unseasonal tan, which I’m parading around town before it fades, I...
1 view0 comments
Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 201915 min read
HOW TO MEDITATE
©2002 Alistair Appleton. Please feel free to print off and read at home. First you have to ask yourself: “why meditate?” There’s no point...
5 views0 comments
bottom of page