The Way I See It

Theatre

Katie Mitchell

• 25 September 2008
• 2 comments

Mitchell is an English theatre director who is best known for her bold reworkings of plays by Euripides and Chekhov. She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1998 and was made an associate of the Royal National Theatre earlier this year. “. . . some trace of her”, inspired by Dostoevsky’s “The Idiot”, is at the Cottesloe, National Theatre, until 21 October. For more information, visit www.nationaltheatre.org.uk

Dame Evelyn Glennie

• 18 September 2008

Glennie is a percussionist from Scotland. She has selected an evening of programmes for the Sky Arts channel, to be broadcast on 19 September

Music

Jem Finer

• 04 September 2008

Finer is a musician/composer from Stoke-on-Trent. He was a founding member of the Pogues and co-wrote the song “Fairytale of New York”. In 2000, he launched Longplayer, an electronic composition commissioned by Artangel that is designed to run for a thousand years without repeating. The piece forms the basis of a public discussion between George Soros and Alain de Botton that takes place at the Royal Geographical Society, London SW7, on 12 September. For more information visit: http://www.longplayer.org

Music

Roots Manuva

• 28 August 2008

Roots Manuva (also known as Rodney Smith) is a rap artist and music producer from Stockwell, south London.

Music

Bill Drummond: The way I see it

• 21 August 2008

A founding member of the KLF, Drummond set up the K Foundation, which famously burned £1m in cash on the Scottish island of Jura. His latest project is a conceptual choir he calls The 17

Music

Efrim Menuck

• 14 August 2008

Menuck is a member of the Canadian band A Silver Mt Zion, acclaimed for its mix of rock, folk and avant-garde styles. The band’s most recent album is “Thirteen Blues for Thirteen Moons” (Constellation Records).

Art

RZA

• 07 August 2008

RZA is an American music producer, rapper and actor, best known as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He also has a passion for chess, as is clear from his new website, http://www.wuchess.com.

Music

The way I see it: Joanna Newsom

• 31 July 2008
• 3 comments

Newsom is a harpist and singer-songwriter from California, best known for her critically acclaimed 2006 album “Ys” (Drag City).

Film

The way I see it: Hana Makhmalbaf

• 24 July 2008
• 3 comments

Makhmalbaf, aged 19, is a film director from Iran. Her debut feature, “Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame”, set in modern Afghanistan, is out now.

Music

Alicia Keys

• 17 July 2008

Keys is a singer and founder-director of the charity Keep a Child Alive, which combats Aids in Africa. http://www.keepachildalive.org