New Statesman - <![CDATA[Nichi Hodgson]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/nichi_hodgson en <![CDATA[Cohen at The Big Chill]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/08/leonard-cohen-chill-festival http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/08/leonard-cohen-chill-festival Mon, 04 Aug 2008 16:00:28 GMT Nichi Hodgson At 73, and with a career spanning four decades, how can Leonard Cohen possibly meet expectations? Quite simply, he doesn't. He surpasses them...

]]> <![CDATA[The Big Chill]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/08/chill-crowd-moon-high-stage http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/08/chill-crowd-moon-high-stage Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:07:16 GMT Nichi Hodgson Stages flanked by 10ft-high daffodils, a fake moon rising in the sky and a hillside sauna with no obvious heat generators but plenty of naked punters, welcome to the Big Chill

]]> <![CDATA[Pickled fish and rotten oranges]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/03/fish-prize-lott-hirst-british http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/03/fish-prize-lott-hirst-british Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:05:16 GMT Nichi Hodgson

]]> <![CDATA[Like a hooked fish]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/03/michael-hofmann-selected-poems http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/03/michael-hofmann-selected-poems Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT Nichi Hodgson Selected Poems Michael Hofmann Faber & Faber, 146pp, £12.99

]]> <![CDATA[“Poets are blessed”]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/03/arnold-wesker-themselves-tire http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2008/03/arnold-wesker-themselves-tire Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:00:00 GMT Nichi Hodgson All Things Tire of Themselves Arnold Wesker Flambard Press, 96pp, £8.00

]]> <![CDATA[Death of a Liberal and other stories]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/03/costa-amy-another-recent-death http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/03/costa-amy-another-recent-death Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:14:59 GMT Nichi Hodgson

]]> <![CDATA[The students boycotting Shakespeare]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/03/british-hodge-proms-students http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/03/british-hodge-proms-students Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:42:19 GMT Nichi Hodgson

]]> <![CDATA[Odd books and Oscars]]> http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/02/anthony-offay-generosity-world http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/arts-blog/2008/02/anthony-offay-generosity-world Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:46:58 GMT Nichi Hodgson Anthony D’Offay's generosity hasn't gone down well in all quarters, this week in the arts world

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