Reflections on books and the arts from the New Statesman culture desk
The creator of Brass Eye on his new film, Four Lions.
The arts website IFC has a rare interview with Chris Morris. The comedian behind the cult television shows Brass Eye and The Day Today usually avoids talking to the press, but was giving interviews at this year's Sundance Festival to promote his directorial debut, Four Lions.
The film, a "jihadist comedy", will inevitably be compared to Armando Iannucci's Oscar-nominated political satire In the Loop (the two films even share a ... read more
I enjoyed the book, the first section which dealt with life in an oppressive pre First World War France was I thought better than the chapters involving the war. Although, the pieces dealiing with...
From John Dessauer, 13 February 21:40
Love Adele, however, besides some Country music, most new stuff is gar-baaage!
From John Cheese, 13 February 17:48
Sad. Shades of MJ. Always makes me wonder about the inner circles, not intervening due to a paycheck, ala MJ, Elvis, Anna Nicole Smith, etc??
From John Cheese, 12 February 22:19
Can the UK achieve it’s commitment to carbon reduction targets by 2020?
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