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Jacques Greene: ‘I wanted to do something quick, low-profile and good fun’, Arts

Jacques Greene: ‘I wanted to do something quick, low-profile and good fun’

The last time I spoke to Jacques Greene, the Canadian was preparing the release of his ‘Another Girl’EP. Since then the elusive producer has endeared himself to new fans through his tour and most recently, a new EP.

By | Arts, Music | Thursday, 29 September 2011 at 2:30 pm

Review of The Fades Episode 2, Arts

Review of The Fades Episode 2

With far more laughs and important character development, this week was a vast improvement on episode 1.

By | Arts | Wednesday, 28 September 2011 at 10:14 pm

Clooney likes being the boss, Film

Clooney likes being the boss

George Clooney gives The Ides of March co-star, Ryan Gosling, some fashion advice.

By | Film | Wednesday, 28 September 2011 at 3:09 pm

Murs: I’ve got everything I wanted from this career, Arts

Murs: I’ve got everything I wanted from this career

Murs has always been one of the West Coast’s most distinctive voices. The famously dreadlocked L.A rapper, who started off with rap collectives 3 Melancholy Gypsies and Living Legends in the mis-90s, has worked with some of hip hop’s finest talents over the years, from Atmosphere’s Slug to producer 9th Wonder.

By | Arts, Music | Wednesday, 28 September 2011 at 10:00 am

Helen Mirren: My funny habits, Film

Helen Mirren: My funny habits

Dame Helen Mirren reveals a co-star in The Debt pointed out some funny habits.

By | Film | Wednesday, 28 September 2011 at 9:41 am

Pipilotti Rist is not the girl who misses much, Arts

Pipilotti Rist is not the girl who misses much

Having started out using Super 8 film, Pipilotti Rist is one of the pioneers of video art. She made her first film in 1984, depicting herself with her breasts out repeatedly singing the line “I’m not a girl who misses much” (a reference to The Beatles’ “Happiness is a Warm Gun”) and became notorious for [...]

By | Arts | Tuesday, 27 September 2011 at 5:06 pm

Touching Bass: Blacksmif, Arts

Touching Bass: Blacksmif

North London genre-juggler, Blacksmif, welds together elements from over two decades of musical exploits into bass maidens that should get the likes of Gilles Peterson nodding their heads in sonic agreement once they find out about him.

By | Arts, Music | Monday, 26 September 2011 at 10:00 am

Review of Doctor Who ‘Closing Time’, Arts

Review of Doctor Who ‘Closing Time’

After taking leave of Amy and Rory last week, the Doctor continued his farewell tour by re-visiting Craig Owens (James Corden).

By | Arts | Sunday, 25 September 2011 at 12:25 am

The Debt: Cast interviews, Film

The Debt: Cast interviews

The Independent speaks to director John Madden and lead actress Jessica Chastain.

By | Film | Friday, 23 September 2011 at 5:26 pm

Gus from Young Guns talks inspiration, festivals and writers’ block, Arts

Gus from Young Guns talks inspiration, festivals and writers’ block

The past eight years have been remarkable for Gustav Wood. Ever since Gus – as he’s more commonly known – formed the band Young Guns in 2003, the many months gone by have seen them go from strength to strength. The band opened Reading Festival 2010 and has had supporting slots with Bon Jovi and LostProphets. We sat down with frontman Gus for a chat about Thailand, Tempo and The Dillinger Escape Plan. I caught up with him to find out what he’s planning next.

By | Arts, Music | Friday, 23 September 2011 at 1:34 pm

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