Chanting to the Converted
I was lucky enough to attend two big rallies recently against the Trump administration and our government’s unquestioning toadying up to...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20190 min read
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Mumford & Sons
Talking this afternoon over a hamburger freshly cooked on the barbeque with Jez and Tom who both were at University with me, it struck us...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20193 min read
Ambrose Pierce:”Kill not, abet not those who kill. Thou shalt not pay thy butcher’s bill
I’m watching – through the glories of the BBC’s new iPlayer – a show that seemed to completely escape me for its first series. It’s...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
mirabile visu: regent street, london
Became compulsively fascinated by the Regent Street lights yesterday. Might have been champagne. Might have been the slyly festive Sufjan...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20190 min read
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
“Komponiert ist schon alles – aber geschrieben noch nicht.”
When I younger – perhaps 11 or 12 – I had mildly autistic fascination for composers and books on music. I was encyclopedic in my...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
“Everybody ticks. Only the anti-clockwise hear it.”
Went with Rachel to a wonderfully underground (in all senses of the word) art exhibit in the bowels of Shoreditch Town Hall. The winner –...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Jan Moir
I have a billion things to do – not least get up at 5am tomorrow morning but I cannot sleep until I’ve vented a little of my rage at the...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
This majestical roof fretted with golden fire
This majestical roof fretted with golden fire
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20192 min read
BURNING TURBAN
Wow… after a long gestation, the website is finally born. Burning Turban comes to life. It started as an idea I had 2 years ago while I...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
werner herzog is god
Herz aus Glas. Perhaps one of the most fabulous, under-the-skin brilliant movies I’ve seen in a while. It’s ancient of course – from the...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20194 min read
Eid Mubaraak Saeed
Suddenly I’m in Morocco. A wonderfully impulsive trip to accompany heart-broken Simon who decided to get over his break-up by means of...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20191 min read
as plantas da floresta amazonica
I just spent a couple of days transcribing an interview I did with Silvia, the wonderful Argentinian psychotherapist who runs the...
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Alistair Appleton
Apr 14, 20194 min read
Swimming through the Lion’s Mane
Once a year in Tibet, some mountain monasteries conduct very long non-stop ceremonies called Drupchen. The roots go back into the...
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