I’ve only just discovered a gem of an exhibition, Japanese Ghosts and Demons, which fills but one small room of Oxford’s giant Ashmolean museum. Nevertheless, its seventeen prints contain such a fantastic mix of the grotesque, the cute and the comic that I’ve decided to squeeze the creatures they depict into my list for 2010. …
Even back in the summer, when it was released, I had a suspicion that Gonjasufi’s A Sufi and a Killer might be my favourite album of 2010. In the following months I became convinced that nothing would beat its mix of spooky sitar-sampling production and wild-eyed-prophet vocals. Then along came The Caliph’s Tea Party, which …
A List for 2010 – Gonjasufi’s A Sufi and a Killer, with The Caliph’s Tea Party Read More »
I noted in my last post on the topic that this list would contain things I discovered in 2010, rather than things released during the year. I’m sure many of you will understand what I mean by a to-read pile that grows faster than you can make it shrink. It’s hard to keep up with …
Picador USA will be publishing The Girl with Glass Feet in paperback this coming January, so I wanted to take a moment to share their beautiful new cover art with you. Picador have also devoted a part of their website to the book. Here you can listen to some thoughts on the inspiration and the …
This time last year I put together a list of my favourite discoveries from 2009, and this year I’m going to do the same. As with last year’s list these are things that were new to me in 2010, not necessarily new releases during the year. They are also listed in no particular order – …