Entries for March 2007
the waterboys
Inspired by the five stars that the Guardian gave to the new album from the Waterboys I downloaded the new single ‘Everyone takes a tumble’ and it is currently playing on a loop. There are so many bands who emerged from the eighties who are now trading on nostalgia and …
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come together
I spent the day at the Guardian recording the Islamophonic podcast which will be available for download from next week. The question that the programme explores is why Muslims, Jews and Christians cannot seem to get along. Its something which has long frustrated me. Muslims and Jews in particular have …
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cover stories
One of the things I was most confident about concerning my book was its cover; even before I had written a word I had visualised the front cover. Inspired by the album cover for ‘Greetings from …
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melting pots and hotpots
I have been in Berlin since Wednesday to attend a conference organised by the British Embassy in Germany on the issues facing Muslims in Europe. I was in the fortunate position to not actually have to do anything at the conference except listen and learn. What was most interesting about …
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what’s the story
you often hear artists say that once they have completed their work it no longer belongs to them, it belongs to the world and their interpretation is only as valid as that of anyone else who chooses to read the book or watch the film or attend the play. now …
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Coming to America
I hate airports. That’s not quite true since what I really hate about airports are immigration officials. Yesterday afternoon I landed into JFK with another BBC colleague. We are here because I am presenting my 5 Live Radio programme from New York and so am spending four days in the …
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