Kara Walker, American Negress (2013)
[This text was written for the Camden Arts Centre's Exhibition: 'We at Camden Arts Centre are Exceedingly Proud to Present an Exhibition of Capable Artworks by »
An Interview with Michael Moorcock (2010)
The Guardian has a long essay on my early science-fiction reading and the work of Michael Moorcock. Here's the full transcript of our baggy, voluminous, digressive »
Bookforum list: books about underground London
This week, a list of lesser-known novels about London , for Bookforum: Like any large city, London is a place of subcultures, most of which don’t »
Magda Mandela (2007)
It is 4:30 A.M. and Magda would like us, her neighbors, to know that she is a very talented woman, a woman of accomplishments. »
The Battle of Broadway Market (2005)
In the Britain of Saint Jamie of Oliver, every right-minded person (or at least every right-minded person who can afford to spend three quid on a »