Registered user login:

The Way I See It

Articles in The way I see it

Results 1 to 10 of 63

Emory Douglas: The Way I See It

  • 02 October 2008

Douglas was minister of culture for the Black Panther Party from 1967 until it disbanded in the 1980s. An exhibition of his work, “Black Panther: Emory Douglas and the Art of Revolution”, is at Urbis, Manchester, from 30 October. Details: http://www.urbis.org.uk

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

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

Roots Manuva

  • 28 August 2008

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

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

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).

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.

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).

The way I see it: Hana Makhmalbaf

  • 24 July 2008
  • 2 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.

Quick Access to

Vote!

Should Britain now join the euro?